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New Brunswick trails · Upper Salmon

Upper Salmon

A 5.0-mile out-and-back in New Brunswick, with 355 ft of climbing.

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Length
5.0 mi
Elevation gain
355 ft
Difficulty
Hard
Max grade
26%
Steepest mile
+233 ft
Tread at ≥10% grade
0.9 mi
Shape
out-and-back
Surface
Ground

Elevation profile

30 – 382 ft1234

The climbing leans toward the first third: 46% of the ascent falls between mile 0.0 and mile 1.7. It gives back about 558 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.

3-D terrain

3-D terrain view of Upper Salmon

NRCAN MRDEM ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5

Heads up

Stream ford: expect at least one unbridged crossing.

Daylight at the trailhead

On October 14, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 7:04 a.m., the sun rises at 7:34 a.m. and sets at 6:36 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 7:06 p.m. (ADT) — 11 h 02 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 9.9-mile round trip takes roughly 4 h 02 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 11:36 a.m. — 7 h 00 min before sunset.

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