Baxter Ponds Loop

Note that a campground reservation is required for overnight stays in Baxter State Park. For more info about the park and planning your trip, visit the park’s website.

Hike Description

1. Walk from Daicey Pond Campground back to the A.T. and follow it north along the shore of Daicey
2. Pond for 0.5 mile. When the A.T. turns sharply left, continue along the shore of Daicey Pond now following the Grassy Pond Trail, which is marked by blue blazes. At 1.3 miles, the Grassy Pond Trail turns away from the shore of the pond to follow an old tote road.
3. Almost 2 miles after leaving the campground, take the side trail that leads 0.1 mile to the south end of Grassy Pond Pass, the outlet of Grassy Pond, and continues through a swamp on bog bridges.
4. At mile 2.2 reach the park’s perimeter road, which is about 0.1 mile from Katahdin Stream Campground. Turn left and follow the A.T. for another 0.5 mile, heading away from the perimeter road. Here, the Trail skirts Tracy Pond with fine
   views of the Doubletop Mountains.
5. In another 0.1 mile you will skirt the shore of Elbow Pond and cross its outlet. From the outlet, hike another 0.5 mile to the junction with the Grassy Pond Trail. Follow the white blazes around the north shore of the pond and return to Daicey Pond Campground.