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Grafton Notch Trail route map
Difficulty: ExpertLoop
Maine

Grafton Notch Trail

Newry, Maine

33.5 mi

Distance

11,686 ft

Elev. Gain

16h 44m

Est. Time

Loop

Route Type

Expert

Difficulty

About This Trail

We don't publish a description for Grafton Notch Trail unless we can point you at the agency it came from. We don't have one yet. The planning figures above — distance, elevation gain, estimated time, route type — come from the source listed on this trail.

The managing agency is the authority for conditions, closures and route notes. See official sources below. Spot something we should add?

Trail Conditions

Trail Conditions

Unknown

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Elevation Profile

Min:217 ft
Max:1,274 ft
Gain:3,562 ft
Loss:3,562 ft
Elevation profileA line rising and falling between 217 ft and 1,274 ft across 33.4 mi along the route, drawn from start to end.217 ft569 ft922 ft1,274 ft0.0 mi8.4 mi16.7 mi25.1 mi33.4 mi

Elevation at the labelled points along this route
PointDistance from startElevation
Start0.0 mi224 ft
High point21.7 mi1,274 ft
End33.4 mi224 ft

Trail Details

Route Type
Loop

Official sources & verification

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Where it is

Nearest town:
Bethel, ME · about 9 mi away
County:
Oxford County, ME

Nearest town and county from U.S. Census Bureau place records and county boundaries.

We display cached information from agency feeds. Hours, fees, permits, closures, fire restrictions, and conditions change without notice. Outdoors is not the permitting authority. Confirm current conditions for this trail using the links above before you go — you are responsible for compliance. Last verified by us: May 23, 2026. Our copy is more than a month old — please reconfirm with the agency before relying on it.Spot an error in our data?

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Path geometry came from our pre-launch legacy database. Routes have not yet been re-verified against the operator and may differ from the actual trail.

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