White Mountain National Forest · New Hampshire, Maine

Flat Mountain Pond Trail

5.8 mi of trail, end to end · about 500 ft of climbing · 1,100 ft of descent · 1,258 ft–2,356 ft · native material surface · trail No. 32409 · trail class 3 · typical grade 12-20% · tread 18-24 inches wide · hiking

Backcountry camps

1,852 ft 2,249 ft · 3.6 mi high 2,355 ft

Along the way Flat Mountain Pond Shelter

Flat Mountain Pond Trailhead (Bennett Street) the Forest Service's write-up

The Flat Mountain Pond Trail is 10.3 miles in length. The shelter can be reached five miles from this trailhead.

This trailhead on fs.usda.gov

Flat Mtn Pond Trail / White Face Trailhead (Intervale) the Forest Service's write-up

Flat Mountain Pond Shelter can be reached in 5.3 miles from this trailhead.

This trailhead on fs.usda.gov

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About this trail's facts

The lines are the US Forest Service's National Forest System trails layer (public domain), read 2026-10-16 and simplified for the map; the length is the line's, end to end, and the class, surface, grade and tread width are the forest's own entries where it publishes them - a forest that publishes the centreline alone has none. The trailheads and the points along the way are the Service's recreation points, and the write-ups its own recarea text, unedited. Heights come from USGS 3DEP through Terrain Tiles on AWS (Mapzen/Tilezen), read along each line and rounded; a short trail on steep ground can be off by a few tens of feet. Closures change: check the forest's own site before you go.