| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
Second Roach Pond , ME |
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 | Trails: |
North Lake Trail, Nahmakanta Road |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Thursday, July 10, 2025 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
The guidebook says the trail starts on Penobscot Pond Rd but then in the driivng description, says nothing about ever turning onto a Penobscot Pond Rd, only Nahmakanta Rd. Gaia calls it Nahmakanta Rd as well. I drove in Sias Hill Rd and Smithtown Rd. All roads should be suitable for low clearance. No fees/checkpoints for this one. Roadside parking but pletny of room to get off at the jct with a secondary rd just north of the trail. Only one there at 5 and 8pm. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Dry Trail |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
None |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
The trail was signed and is marked with red diamonds (I don't recall the frequency) but is not hard to follow as it mostly follows roads. I believe it was signed well at all jcts. The roads may have been a bit overgrown, but I don't really recall. No pictures of blowdowns but that doesn't necessarily mean there weren't any. |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
Sure |
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 | Bugs: |
Probably awful |
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 | Lost and Found: |
None |
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 | Comments: |
After the behemeath of a day I had before on Katahdin, I let myself sleep in and didn't get started this day until 5pm! This was a quick hike to redline North Lake Trail on the north side of Second Roach Pond. The trail follows a road for 3.9mi, then turns right and follows what I believe was also a road for most or all of its way another 0.4mi. Easy hike and the campsite looked very nice. Some views to surrounding peaks from the pond. I got the sense that it's not used much. Rather than return on the trail, I stayed striaght at the jct where the trail turns right/south to head down to the water, and just continued on the road to the north for 1mi till it met Nahmakanta Rd. Here I turned left/west and walked 2.9mi west back to my car. Not really any shorter distance, but quicker than the grassy roads in the woods. The trails/roads were dry as far as I recall and Gaia had me at 8.8mi, 400ft of gain, 3hr7min. |
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 | Name: |
Liam Cooney |
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 | E-Mail: |
liamcooney96@gmail.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2025-11-19 |
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 | Link: |
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