TO TRAILHEAD: From Camden, ME, take ME 52 N (Mountain Rd.). In .2 mi., take fourth street on R. Go L onto Megunticook Rd (Mt. Battie Trail sign). Park in dirt lot.
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TSL01
| Dist: 5.46 mi |
Points: 577 |
Calories: none |
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Twin Summit Loop Track
TSL001
Location: 44.216499°, -69.070000°
Take blue-blazed Mt. Battie Trail over boulder-strewn path
TSL002
Location: 44.223267°, -69.070251°
Mt. Battie (800 ft.): Neck-twisting views of Penobscot Bay to E; descend NE on narrow, rocky Tablelands Trail
TSL003
Location: 44.228733°, -69.066536°
Veer L, bearing N onto Tablelands Trail
TSL004
Location: 44.231449°, -69.065536°
Continue straight on Tablelands Trail; begin climb of Mt. Megunticook up stone staircase past rock field littered with glacial erratics
TSL005
Location: 44.235451°, -69.061668°
Stay on Tablelands Trail to R of wall; climb up exposed rock slabs
TSL006
Location: 44.237148°, -69.062782°
Ocean lookout with breathtaking sweep of jagged coastline and many islands. At junction, continue on ridge, following root-laced Ridge Trail into dense pines
TSL007
Location: 44.241299°, -69.067131°
Mt. Megunticook (1,385 ft.) marked by 4-ft. cairn; turn R and head NE on blue-blazed Slope Trail for steep, 1.5-mi. descent into mossy forest
TSL008
Location: 44.251717°, -69.061279°
Cross Spring Brook on bridge and find renovated wooden hut (camping allowed with permit); to hike on, follow multiuse trail NW for 300-ft. climb
TSL009
Location: 44.255550°, -69.063850°
Turn L onto Zeke's Trail to traverse wide, rocky drainage into thick forest of stunted pines
TSL010
Location: 44.247482°, -69.076752°
L onto Ridge Trail for views W of Megunticook Lake and E of Atlantic; continue to beech-blanketed ridge
TSL011
Location: 44.241283°, -69.067566°
Close loop, backtrack to car via Mt. Megunticook and Mt. Battie
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