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Acadia National Park: Sargent Mountain
Ascend Acadia's second tallest peak on this 4-miler, which features panoramas that stretch from rocky coastal shores to a distant blue Atlantic horizon.
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| Author: | Backpacker Magazine |
| Activity: | Hiking |
| State: | Maine (ME) |
| Distance: | 1.96 mi |
| Difficulty: | 7 / 10 |
| Rating: |
 5 rating(s)
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TO TRAILHEAD: ME 3 S to Thompson Island Information Center to Mount Desert Island to ME 102/198 S to ME 3/198 S. In 4.2 miles, park N of Upper Hadlock Pond on E side of road.
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SGT01
| Distance: 1.96 mi | Points: 531 |
Sargent Mountain Track
Points of Interest
SGT001
Location: 44.325794, -68.291008Head NE into mixed canopy of maple and oak hardwoods accented by fragrant spruce
SGT002
Location: 44.326332, -68.290443R @ Y over root-covered path strewn with small boulders
SGT003
Location: 44.327209, -68.287170Cross carriage road and continue on foot trail
SGT004
Location: 44.327591, -68.285019R onto Hadlock Brook Trail
SGT005
Location: 44.328419, -68.283508R @ Y over gurgling creek through tall beeches and oaks
SGT006
Location: 44.331219, -68.281029L onto carriage road; cross Waterfall Bridge and feel cool mist from the 40-foot cascade
SGT007
Location: 44.331818, -68.281654L @ trail marker approaching Hemlock Bridge; pass under bridge following Maple Spring Trail
SGT008
Location: 44.333408, -68.281181R onto Grandgent Trail; a stiff climb up gully
SGT009
Location: 44.338806, -68.278580L @ T, following blue blazes alongside—and sometimes in—Hadlock Creek
SGT010
Location: 44.343281, -68.273460Sargent Mtn. (1,373 ft.): Scan W to glacial-carved head of Somes Sound, the only fjord on Atlantic Coast; then sweep from S to E, noting Cranberry Isles in Gulf of Maine and granite domes of Pemetic and Cadillac Mtns.; retrace route to car
Rocky Path and Trail Junction
Location: 44.326767, -68.290337Root-covered path strewn with small boulders. ©Tim O'Shea
Trail Sign
Location: 44.331150, -68.280807Head under Waterfall Bridge and feel cool mist from the 40-foot cascade. ©Tim O'Shea
Hemlock Bridge
Location: 44.331913, -68.282036Ascent begins on Maple Spring Trail past hemlock. ©Tim O'Shea
Sargent Mountain
Location: 44.343170, -68.273270The snow-filled summit cairn of Sargent Mountain. ©Tim O'Shea
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