Pond Loop

Pond Loop: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this trek: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Pond Loop

Season: October to February.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

Visiting Pond Loop: tips

• Start early, check the weather and tell someone your route.

How to reach Pond Loop — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 45.14510, -70.33074. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Pond Loop

• Mount Bigelow · viewpoint · Somerset · ~4 km · Must-see
• Flagstaff Lake · lake · Somerset · ~7 km · Must-see
• Crocker Mountain · viewpoint · Franklin · ~15 km · Must-see
• South Crocker Mountain · viewpoint · Franklin · ~16 km · Must-see
• Sugarloaf Mountain · viewpoint · Franklin · ~16 km · Must-see
• Mount Redington · viewpoint · Franklin · ~18 km · Must-see
• Black Nubble · viewpoint · Franklin · ~19 km · Must-see
• Spaulding Mountain · viewpoint · Franklin · ~20 km · Must-see
• Mount Abraham · viewpoint · Franklin · ~24 km · Must-see
• East Kennebago Mountain · viewpoint · Franklin · ~27 km · Must-see
• Saddleback Junior · viewpoint · Franklin · ~29 km · Must-see
• The Horn · viewpoint · Franklin · ~31 km · Must-see
• Saddleback Mountain · viewpoint · Franklin · ~34 km · Must-see
• Spencer Lake · lake · Somerset · ~35 km · Must-see
• Shutdown Mountain · viewpoint · Somerset · ~40 km · Must-see
• Kibby Mountain · viewpoint · Franklin · ~43 km · Must-see
• Moxie Mountain · viewpoint · Somerset · ~44 km · Must-see
• Rangeley Lake · lake · Coös · ~45 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Pond Loop

Other treks near Pond Loop

• Cohos Trail · trek · Coös · ~119 km · Must-see
• Hundred-Mile Wilderness · trek · Piscataquis · ~122 km · Must-see
• Maine Huts Trail · trek · Somerset · ~20 km
• Hatchery Book Preserve Loop · trek · Franklin · ~41 km
• Mingo Springs Trail · trek · Franklin · ~44 km
• Bonney Point Trail · trek · Franklin · ~47 km
• Around Pond Trail · trek · Franklin · ~51 km
• Bald Mountain Trail · trek · Franklin · ~52 km
• Sentier Frontalier 7 · trek · Maine · ~55 km
• Sentier Frontalier 6 · trek · Maine · ~57 km

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