Nova Scotia trails · Earltown Lake & Portage Trail
Earltown Lake & Portage Trail
A 3.6-mile out-and-back in Nova Scotia, with 121 ft of climbing. Reaches Taylors Lake and other lake destinations.
Elevation profile
Most of the climbing sits in the first third — 62% of the ascent, between mile 0.0 and mile 1.2. It gives back about 120 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.
3-D terrain
NRCAN MRDEM ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Taylors Lake (lake)
- Earltown Lake (lake)
Getting there
Earltown Lake & Portage Trail access. 45.56664, -63.13999 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On October 14, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 6:57 a.m., the sun rises at 7:27 a.m. and sets at 6:29 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 6:59 p.m. (ADT) — 11 h 02 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 7.1-mile round trip takes roughly 2 h 46 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 10:13 a.m. — 8 h 16 min before sunset.
Nearby trails
- Gully Lake Trail — 3.9 mi