Appalachian Trail: Cape Moonshine Road to USFS 19

Several reasons to explore this mostly forested 9.4-mile trip: Two shelters, countless springtime wildflowers, a lovely pond, and a summit bid on Mount Mist.

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Shelters: Ore Hill Shelter; sleeps 8. Jeffers Brook Shelter; sleeps 10.

Trail Facts

  • Distance: 15.2

Waypoints

WPT006

Location: 43.9536170959473, -71.9457015991211

NH 25C

WPT007

Location: 43.9694671630859, -71.9354629516602

Doubletrack

WPT003

Location: 43.9968338012695, -71.8889694213867

Jeffers Brook Shelter

WPT008

Location: 43.9752502441406, -71.9320526123047

Mt. Mist (2,200 ft.)

WPT001

Location: 43.9953002929688, -71.8898849487305

Stream

WPT002

Location: 43.9960708618164, -71.8886184692383

Trail to shelter

WPT003

Location: 43.915699005127, -71.9647369384766

Cape Moonshine Road; parking

WPT005

Location: 43.9221839904785, -71.9585189819336

Trail to shelter

WPT010

Location: 43.982666015625, -71.9281692504883

Webster Slide Trail

WPT004

Location: 43.9217338562012, -71.9580535888672

Ore Hill Shelter

WPT009

Location: 43.979434967041, -71.9267807006836

Views NNE

WPT004

Location: 43.9973487854004, -71.8874130249024

AT turns E on dirt road USFS 19; parking

WPT011

Location: 43.9896659851074, -71.8990859985352

AT continues across NH 25 to the W; head E to Hikers Welcome Hostel; parking