New Brunswick trails · Mount / Mont Carleton
Mount / Mont Carleton
A 5.8-mile out-and-back in New Brunswick, with 1,340 ft of climbing. Reaches Mount Carleton.
Elevation profile
The climbing leans toward the middle third: 53% of the ascent falls between mile 1.9 and mile 3.8. It gives back about 1,387 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.
3-D terrain
NRCAN MRDEM ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Mount Carleton (summit)
Getting there
Mount / Mont Carleton access — parking nearby. 47.35249, -66.90205 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On October 14, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 7:13 a.m., the sun rises at 7:44 a.m. and sets at 6:42 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 7:13 p.m. (ADT) — 10 h 58 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 11.5-mile round trip takes roughly 5 h 36 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 1:20 p.m. — 5 h 22 min before sunset.
Loop options
- Mount / Mont Carleton — 5.8 mi loop, 1,470 ft gain
Nearby trails
- Ruisseau Dry Brook — 2.7 mi
- Mount / Mont Head — 4.0 mi
- Mount / Mont Bailey — 4.6 mi
- Mount Sagamook Trail — 4.8 mi