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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.

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Author: Backpacker Magazine
Activity: Hiking
State: Maine (ME)
Distance: 5.46 mi 
Difficulty: 6 / 10
Rating: Unrated  
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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.

DIRECTIONS + WAYPOINTS: helping you find your way

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TSL01

Dist: 5.46 mi Points: 577
Time: none Speed: 0.0 mph Pace: 0:00 / mi
Twin Summit Loop Track

Points of Interest

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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