Maine Trails

We’re all for tagging summits, but the best way to experience a peak? Hike around it. You’ll see a mountain’s many faces on a single, peak-circling loop. These 14 trips circumnavigate the best of the best.

Only two types of people stay at huts located less than a quarter-mile from the trailhead: those with kids and those who don’t want to skimp on luxuries.

Head north in the shoulder season, and you won't have to share.

Maine carries a rep for being the wildest state in the east.

The federal government is considering changes to national monuments around the country. Hike these trails to get a ground-level view of what's at stake.

Acadia National Park

Test out one of the most notoriously difficult trails in New Hampshire's White Mountains.

Hike, climb, and scramble your way up the final five miles of the Appalachian Trail and be rewarded with the best views in Maine.

Bag three peaks in virtual solitude in the middle of summer on this gem atop Baxter State Park in Maine.

Find complete solitude and expansive views on one of Baxter State Parks lesser known and lesser traveled loop hikes.

Acadia National Park, Maine

Trapped by flooding

Rowdy hikers and an ultrarunner's clash with park rangers have officials threatening to move the northern terminus of America's most famous trail.

Baxter State Park, Maine

This mile of heart-pounding mountain climbing is among the best 100 miles of trail in the whole national park system.

Summit nine peaks and graze on trailside blueberries in Maine.

The Appalachian Trail in Maine will take your breath away, both as you climb 3,662 feet to the summit and then your 360-degree view.

Find the best foliage and trails for fall right here.

On this 7.8-mile hike-and-scramble in Camden Hills State Park, you'll bag two peaks and earn million-dollar views of Penobscot Bay's craggy coastline.

This 3-ring loop circles through forest and alongside stone walls to the park's namesake summit, offering lots of Kodak moments-especially in autumn.