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