White Mountain National Forest · New Hampshire, Maine

Mountain Pond Loop Trail

2.2 mi of trail, end to end · Mountain Pond Trailhead: 2.7 mi in the Service's write-up · about 60 ft of climbing · 1,469 ft–1,519 ft · native material surface · trail No. 31872 · trail class 3 · typical grade 12-20% · tread 18-24 inches wide · hiking, bike

Backcountry camps

1,472 ft 1,517 ft · 2.2 mi high 1,519 ft

Along the way Mountain Pond Shelter

Trailhead Mountain Pond Trailhead 1,469 ft Drive there

Mountain Pond Trailhead 2.7 mi · the Forest Service's write-up

In winter this road is only plowed to 3.5 miles; beyond this point it is used as a snowmobile trail. This loop is 2.7 miles in total. There is a shelter with an outhouse on this trail, reached at 1 mile in a clockwise approach.

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.