{"id":24819,"date":"2019-11-30T00:18:35","date_gmt":"2019-11-30T00:18:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mainebyfoot.com\/?p=24819"},"modified":"2019-11-30T00:18:35","modified_gmt":"2019-11-30T00:18:35","slug":"bald-mountain-dedham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.mainebyfoot.com\/index.php\/2019\/11\/30\/bald-mountain-dedham\/","title":{"rendered":"Bald Mountain"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/embed?mid=1-m6XMNa_BKVwxaVr8_jKYmGKYYhjgVfo\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>While the trail isn&#8217;t signed or blazed, it&#8217;s easy to follow the steep service road to the old fire tower at the top of the 1,237-foot mountain. Right from the trailhead, off Bald Mountain Road, you head up the wide road. Close to the bottom, it takes a turn to the left. But if you doubt where to go, just go straight up! You can also use the power lines as a guide; they end at a cluster of radio towers at the summit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I think the best views might be slightly to the right of and below the towers, where there is a big exposed ledge with lovely eastern views. Because the trail is exposed and steep, on bare ledges, it can be icy in the winter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This place used to be an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newenglandskihistory.com\/Maine\/baldmtn1.php\">alpine<\/a> ski area; it closed in the 1970s. I read online the mountain also holds the wreckage of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acadiavisitor.com\/cold-war-fighter-jet-remains-flank-mountainside\/\">military jet that crashed<\/a> in 1961. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The elevation gain is about 537 feet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Directions: <\/strong>From the Dedham Fire Department, take Bald Mountain Road about 3.7 miles to the trailhead on the left. A small area to pull over cars is just 100 feet or so beyond where Bald Mountain Road makes a sharp turn to the right. So the trailhead is technically on Johnson Road. 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