Hogback Mountain – CLOSED

Town: Montville
Length: 2 miles
Connects to: Frye Mountain

**TRAIL ALERT** The Hogback Mountain section of the GHP is currently CLOSED. Please respect the landowner’s request and avoid using this trail. The Frye Mountain Trail is still open to hiking.**

The Hogback Mountain trail takes hikers past the gigantic glacial erratic known as “piano rock,” through a young beech forest, and up a 30-foot cliff with tiny cascading waterfalls.

The payoff at the summit (1,115 feet) is a fantastic southerly view of the Georges River watershed. Hogback Mountain sits to the west of Frye Mountain and the trails of both mountains are linked for an 11-mile adventure. Please note that this trail used to be a looped route around the top of Hogback Mountain, but, as of June 2015, it is now a point-to-point trail.

The Hogback Mountain trail also connects to the Sheepscot Headwaters Trail Network, created and maintained by Midcoast Conservancy, a local nonprofit conservation organization. This partnership has opened up an additional 15 miles of trails for the public to enjoy, featuring old growth hemlock forests, a large hidden marsh, and the rollicking headwaters of the Sheepscot River.

Trail Map

When we are able to reopen this trail, we will post the trail map.

Directions to the Trailhead

Access is via the Frye Mountain parking area. From the intersection of Routes 3 and 220 in Liberty, follow 220 north for 6.5 miles to Walker Ridge Road on the right. Park at the Dept. of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife maintenance building lot (see map) and walk north on Route 220 for 500 feet. Trail is on the left.

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