QUICK TRAIL FACTS
- Preserve Size: NA
- Trail Mileage: ~2.2 mile loop
- Pets: yes
- Difficulty: easy to moderate
- Sights: views, open summit (~1,365 ft.)
Note: Hikers have reported that this trail is posted no trespassing and no parking.
I think this must be mostly hiked by well-informed local people, and I couldn’t find any map online. I wouldn’t have known how to make a loop here if I hadn’t run into a nice gentleman at the trailhead who gave me instructions.
The first part of this fairly easy hike starts on an old road or snowmobile trail that makes a couple of switchbacks up to a ridge where you’ll see a view and a fire pit. Look for a narrow walking trail on your right marked by a cairn. Follow the cairns and path to the summit. Make sure you continue a little bit beyond the summit for some great views over the back of the hill and a delightful bench carved into a downed tree.
Once you’ve summited the hill and returned to the snowmobile trail, continue walking. You’ll keep climbing for a ways, and when there is an obvious intersection, go left. Take another obvious left a little while later. You’ll pass some old wells and come out on Thayer Road.
If you do the loop, the total distance is about 2.2 miles.
Directions: From Paris Hill, turn onto Mt. Mica Road. Follow 1.1 miles to the dirt road, Thayer Road, and drive 0.7 miles to trailhead. You’ll see a gate and possibly a Crocker Tree Farm sign.
Currently the green gate has a mine area caution, no admittance sign 4/7/25
10/15/25. Still posted no trespassing, no parking.
Ah, that’s too bad! I’ll reinforce this in my post.
8/15/26- still posted mining signs, although doesn’t look active recently. There is active logging . We went on a Saturday so no activity. This is a recommended hike in the Maine Mountain Guide, so we were surprised. The spur trail to the outlook is overgrown & grassy in places. We were wondering about the history of the old wells.
Thank you for the update!