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White Cap Mountain route map
Difficulty: DifficultOut and Back
Maine

White Cap Mountain

Greenville, Maine

6.8 mi

Distance

2,329 ft

Elev. Gain

3h 20m

Est. Time

Out & Back

Route Type

Difficult

Difficulty

About This Trail

We don't publish a description for White Cap Mountain 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

We have no current condition data for this trail. Check with the operator before you go, and submit a report below if you've been recently.

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Elevation Profile

Min:492 ft
Max:1,109 ft
Gain:710 ft
Loss:710 ft
Elevation profileA line rising and falling between 492 ft and 1,109 ft across 6.7 mi along the route, drawn from start to end.492 ft698 ft903 ft1,109 ft0.0 mi1.7 mi3.4 mi5.1 mi6.7 mi

Elevation at the labelled points along this route
PointDistance from startElevation
Start0.0 mi501 ft
High point3.4 mi1,109 ft
End6.7 mi501 ft

Trail Details

Route Type
Out & Back

Official sources & verification

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Where it is

Nearest town:
Greenville, ME · about 17 mi away
County:
Piscataquis 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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