Nova Scotia trails · Long Lake - Main Trail

Long Lake - Main Trail

A 1.5-mile out-and-back in Nova Scotia, with 42 ft of climbing. Reaches Cranberry Pond and other lake destinations.

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Length

1.5 mi

Elevation gain

42 ft

Difficulty

Easy

Max grade

10%

Steepest mile

+42 ft

Tread at ≥10% grade

0.0 mi

Shape

out-and-back

Surface

Ground

Elevation profile

Essentially flat — no sustained climb anywhere along its 1.5 miles.

3-D terrain

NRCAN MRDEM ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5

Reaches

Cranberry Pond (lake)
Hail Pond (lake)
Long Lake (lake)

Heads up

Stream ford: expect at least one unbridged crossing.

Getting there

Long Lake - Main Trail access. 44.63281, -63.63762 · directions

Daylight at the trailhead

On October 14, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 6:58 a.m., the sun rises at 7:28 a.m. and sets at 6:32 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 7:01 p.m. (ADT) — 11 h 04 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 3.1-mile round trip takes roughly 1 h 11 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 8:38 a.m. — 9 h 54 min before sunset.

Loop options

Long Lake - Main Trail + Long Lake Wilderness Trail - Dunbrack Loop + Long Lake Woods Path — 1.5 mi loop, 120 ft gain
Long Lake - Main Trail + Lake Lake - Cranberry Pond Trail + Long Lake Wilderness Trail - Dunbrack Loop — 2.0 mi loop, 254 ft gain