Good Little Mountains
Here’s a list of mountains I highly recommend that aren’t too high but have views and can be hiked in a morning or afternoon (or sometimes just one hour!). All are under 2,500 feet. (Little doesn’t always mean easy, however, especially if the trail goes straight up!)
Western Maine (Oxford and Franklin counties)
- Bald and Speckled Mountains, PERU AND WOODSTOCK sights and attractions: lakes, open summits, small mountains, swimming spots, traverses
pets: yes - Bald Mountain, OQUOSSOC IN RANGELEY sights and attractions: small mountains, towers, views
pets: yes - Bald Mountain and Saddleback Wind, NEAR WELD sights and attractions: open summits, small mountains, traverses, views
pets: yes - Bald Pate Mountain Preserve and Five Fields Farm, BRIDGTON sights and attractions: farms, fields, orchards, open summits, small mountains
pets: yes - Bear Mountain, HARTFORD sights and attractions: open summits, small mountains, views
pets: yes - Blueberry Mountain, TOWNSHIP 6 NORTH OF WELD sights and attractions: open summits, parks, views
pets: yes - Blueberry Mountain and Rattlesnake Pool, WHITE MOUNTAIN NATIONAL FOREST sights and attractions: open summits, swimming spots, views, waterfalls
pets: yes - Buck's and Lapham Ledges, and Moody Mountain, WOODSTOCK sights and attractions: accessible trails, small mountains, views
pets: yes - Five Kezar Ponds Reserve, STONEHAM sights and attractions: open summits, small mountains, views
pets: yes - Flint Mountain Wildlands, ALBANY TOWNSHIP sights and attractions: small mountains, views
pets: yes - Glassface Ledges Trail, RUMFORD sights and attractions: small mountains, views
pets: yes - Hawk Mountain Preserve, WATERFORD sights and attractions: open summits, small mountains, views
pets: yes - Hedgehog Hill and Mt. Blue State Park Multi-Use Trails, WELD sights and attractions: open summits, parks, views
pets: yes - Howard Pond Overlook, HANOVER sights and attractions: small mountains, swimming spots, views
pets: yes - Little Deer and Big Deer Hills, WHITE MOUNTAIN NATIONAL FOREST sights and attractions: open summits, rivers, traverses, views
pets: yes - Long Mountain, ALBANY TOWNSHIP AND GREENWOOD sights and attractions: streams, views
pets: yes - Lookout Rock, TOWNSHIP C sights and attractions: small mountains, views
pets: yes - Lord Hill and Pine Hill, WHITE MOUNTAIN NATIONAL FOREST sights and attractions: open summits, quarries, small mountains, traverses, views
pets: yes - Moody, Hall, and Wyman Mountains, ANDOVER NORTH SURPLUS sights and attractions: small mountains, springs, views
pets: yes - Morrill Ledge, PERU sights and attractions: open summits, small mountains, views
pets: yes - Mount Cutler, HIRAM sights and attractions: cliffs, open summits, views
pets: yes - Mount Tire'm, WATERFORD sights and attractions: open summits, small mountains, views
pets: yes - Mount Tom, FRYEBURG sights and attractions: open summits, small mountains, stone foundations, views
pets: yes - Mount Will, BETHEL AND NEWRY sights and attractions: small mountains, views
pets: yes - Mountain Pond, RANGELEY PLANTATION AND SANDY RIVER PLANTATION sights and attractions: lakes, ponds, small mountains
pets: yes - Mt. Zircon, PERU sights and attractions: small mountains, springs, views
pets: yes - Mystery Mountain, RUMFORD sights and attractions: small mountains, views
pets: yes - Noyes Mountain, GREENWOOD sights and attractions: fields, quarries, small mountains, views
pets: yes - Oversett Pond/Mountain and Sanborn River Trail, GREENWOOD sights and attractions: lakes, rivers, small mountains, views
pets: yes - Patch Mountain, GREENWOOD sights and attractions: open summits, small mountains, views
pets: yes - Peary Mountain, BROWNFIELD sights and attractions: open summits, views
pets: yes - Pico Ledges Trail and Little Pico Peak, INDUSTRY sights and attractions: open summits, small mountains, views
pets: yes - Pleasant Mountain, DENMARK AND BRIDGTON sights and attractions: open summits, towers, traverses, views
pets: yes - Potato Hill, TEMPLE sights and attractions: small mountains, views
pets: yes - Round Mountain, ALBANY TOWNSHIP sights and attractions: glacial or geological features, views
pets: yes - Sabattus Mountain, LOVELL sights and attractions: open summits, small mountains, views
pets: yes - Savage Mountain, TEMPLE sights and attractions: small mountains, views
pets: yes - Singepole Mountain, PARIS sights and attractions: open summits, quarries, small mountains, views
pets: yes - Streaked Mountain, PARIS, BUCKFIELD, AND HEBRON sights and attractions: open summits, small mountains, towers, views
pets: yes - Sugarloaf Mountain, DIXFIELD sights and attractions: open summits, small mountains, views
pets: yes - Table Rock, GRAFTON NOTCH STATE PARK sights and attractions: cliffs, views
pets: yes - The Roost, WHITE MOUNTAIN NATIONAL FOREST sights and attractions: rivers, views
pets: yes - Tumbledown Dick Mountain, PERU sights and attractions: cliffs, open summits, views
pets: yes - Whitecap and Black Mountains, RUMFORD sights and attractions: open summits, rivers, traverses, views, waterfalls
pets: yes
Downeast (including Waldo, Knox, Hancock, and Washington counties)
- Beech Mountain, ACADIA NATIONAL PARK sights and attractions: cliffs, open summits, parks, small mountains, swimming spots, towers, views
pets: yes - Cadillac Mountain, ACADIA NATIONAL PARK sights and attractions: accessible trails, lakes, open summits, parks, small mountains, traverses, views
pets: yes - Champlain Mountain, ACADIA NATIONAL PARK sights and attractions: open summits, parks, small mountains, traverses, views
pets: yes - Donnell Pond Public Reserved Land, NEAR SULLIVAN AND FRANKLIN sights and attractions: lakes, open summits, sandy beaches, small mountains, views
pets: yes - Dorr Mountain, ACADIA NATIONAL PARK sights and attractions: accessible trails, open summits, parks, small mountains, traverses, views
pets: yes - Great Pond Mountain and Dead River, ORLAND sights and attractions: lakes, open summits, swimming spots, views
pets: yes - Klondike Mountain, LUBEC sights and attractions: bays, fields, open summits, seashores, small mountains
pets: yes - Norumbega Mountain, ACADIA NATIONAL PARK sights and attractions: lakes, open summits, parks, views
pets: yes - Parkman, Bald Peak, Sargent, Gilmore Peak, Cedar Swamp, and Penobscot Mountains, ACADIA NATIONAL PARK sights and attractions: open summits, parks, ponds, swimming spots, traverses, views
pets: yes - Pigeon Hill, STEUBEN sights and attractions: open summits, seashores, stony beaches, swimming spots, views
pets: yes - St. Sauveur, Acadia, and Flying Mountains, ACADIA NATIONAL PARK sights and attractions: open summits, parks, small mountains, stony beaches, swimming spots, traverses, views
pets: yes - The Beehive and Gorham Mountain, ACADIA NATIONAL PARK sights and attractions: cliffs, open summits, parks, ponds, small mountains, traverses, views
pets: Partly - The Triad, ACADIA NATIONAL PARK sights and attractions: parks, small mountains, streams, views
pets: yes - Western Mountain (Bernard and Mansell peaks), ACADIA NATIONAL PARK sights and attractions: open summits, parks, small mountains, views
pets: yes - Wildlands (Hothole Valley), ORLAND sights and attractions: ponds, small mountains, streams, views, wetlands
pets: Partly - Young Tunk Mountain, CHERRYFIELD sights and attractions: open summits, small mountains, views
pets: yes
Midcoast (Brunswick)
- Bald Mountain Preserve, CAMDEN sights and attractions: open summits, small mountains, views
pets: yes - Blue Hill Mountain, BLUE HILL sights and attractions: fields, open summits, small mountains, towers, views
pets: yes - Camden Hills State Park, CAMDEN sights and attractions: cliffs, open summits, parks, small mountains, views
pets: yes - Hatchet Mountain Preserve, HOPE sights and attractions: small mountains, views
pets: yes - John B. Mountain, BROOKSVILLE sights and attractions: cemeteries, open summits, small mountains, views
pets: yes - Mt. Waldo, FRANKFORT sights and attractions: open summits, ponds, quarries, towers, traverses, views
pets: yes - Ragged Mountain Trails, CAMDEN AND ROCKPORT sights and attractions: accessible trails, open summits, views
pets: yes - Spruce Mountain and Pleasant Mountain, UNION AND ROCKPORT sights and attractions: open summits, views
pets: yes - Wallamatogus Mountain, PENOBSCOT sights and attractions: barrens, small mountains, views
pets: yes
Southern Maine, mostly Cumberland and York counties
- Abbott and Sugarloaf Mountains, SHAPLEIGH sights and attractions: open summits, views
pets: yes - Bald Ledge, PORTER sights and attractions: open summits, small mountains, views
pets: yes - Bauneg Beg Mountain Conservation Area, NORTH BERWICK sights and attractions: small mountains, views
pets: yes - Devils Den, PORTER sights and attractions: fields, gorges, open summits, views
pets: yes - Knox Mountain, NEWFIELD sights and attractions: fields, open summits, views
pets: yes - Province Mountain, NEWFIELD sights and attractions: small mountains, views
pets: yes - Randall Mountain, PARSONSFIELD sights and attractions: views
pets: yes - Sawyer Mountain Highlands, LIMERICK AND LIMINGTON sights and attractions: views
pets: yes
Central Maine, (Kennebec and Androscoggin Counties)
- French Mountain, ROME sights and attractions: open summits, small mountains, views
pets: yes - McGaffey Mountain's “A” Trail, “B” Trail, Homestead Trail, Long Pond Trail, ROME sights and attractions: accessible trails, swimming spots, views
pets: yes - Mount Phillip, ROME sights and attractions: small mountains, views
pets: yes - Mt. Pisgah Conservation Area, WINTHROP AND WAYNE sights and attractions: towers, views
pets: yes - Rattlesnake Mountain, CASCO sights and attractions: open summits, small mountains, views
pets: no - Round Top Mountain, ROME sights and attractions: small mountains, views
pets: yes - The Mountain Trail and Quill Hill, ROME sights and attractions: small mountains, views
pets: yes
Northern Maine (Somerset, Piscataquis, Penobscot and Aroostook counties)
- Bald Mountain, MOUNT CHASE sights and attractions: small mountains, streams, views, waterfalls
pets: yes - Barnard Mountain, KATAHDIN WOODS AND WATERS NATIONAL MONUMENT sights and attractions: open summits, small mountains, views
pets: yes - Barrell Ridge, BAXTER STATE PARK sights and attractions: open summits, parks, ponds, swimming spots, traverses, views
pets: no - Blackcap Mountain and Fitts Pond, EDDINGTON sights and attractions: lakes, small mountains, swimming spots
pets: yes - Burnt Jacket Mountain, FORSYTH TOWNSHIP sights and attractions: small mountains, views
pets: yes - Burnt Mountain, BAXTER STATE PARK sights and attractions: parks, small mountains, views
pets: no - Deasey and Lunksoos Mountains, KATAHDIN WOODS AND WATERS sights and attractions: open summits, rivers, small mountains, streams, traverses, views
pets: yes - Eagle Rock, LITTLE MOOSE PUBLIC LAND (NEAR GREENVILLE) sights and attractions: open summits, views
pets: yes - Flagstaff Mountain, TR R4 BKP WKR sights and attractions: small mountains, towers, views
pets: yes - Horse Mountain, BAXTER STATE PARK sights and attractions: parks, ponds, small mountains, swimming spots, views
pets: no - Indian Mountain, AMC MAINE WOODS INITIATIVE sights and attractions: views
pets: yes - Little Kineo Mountain, DAYS ACADEMY GRANT TOWNSHIP sights and attractions: open summits, small mountains, views
pets: yes - Little Moose Mountain, LITTLE MOOSE PUBLIC LAND (NEAR GREENVILLE) sights and attractions: lakes, ponds, sandy beaches, small mountains, swimming spots, traverses, views, waterfalls
pets: yes - Little Peaked and Big Peaked Mountains, CLIFTON sights and attractions: open summits, small mountains, views
pets: yes - Mosquito Mountain, THE FORKS sights and attractions: open summits, small mountains, views
pets: yes - Mount Kineo State Park, KINEO TOWNSHIP sights and attractions: cliffs, islands, lakes, parks, small mountains, swimming spots, towers
pets: yes - Moxie Mountain, CARATUNK sights and attractions: open summits, views
pets: yes - Mt. Chase, MOUNT CHASE sights and attractions: open summits, views, waterfalls
pets: yes - Picked Chicken Hill, DEAD RIVER TOWNSHIP sights and attractions: small mountains, views
pets: yes - Pleasant Pond Mountain, THE FORKS AND CARATUNK sights and attractions: lakes, open summits, sandy beaches, small mountains, swimming spots
pets: yes - Quaggy Jo Mountain, Aroostook State Park, AROOSTOOK STATE PARK sights and attractions: lakes, open summits, small mountains, swimming spots, views
pets: yes - Rum Mountain, GREENVILLE sights and attractions: lakes, small mountains, swimming spots, views
pets: yes - Sally Mountain, ATTEAN TOWNSHIP sights and attractions: open summits, sandy beaches, small mountains, swimming spots, views
pets: yes - Sentinel Mountain, BAXTER STATE PARK sights and attractions: lakes, open summits, parks, swimming spots, views
pets: no - Sugarloaf Mountain, T5 R7 WELS sights and attractions: open summits, views
pets: yes - Third Mountain to Chairback Mountain Loop, AMC MAINE WOODS INITIATIVE sights and attractions: lakes, open summits, ponds, swimming spots, traverses, views
pets: yes - Trout Brook Farm Campground Trails, BAXTER STATE PARK sights and attractions: lakes, parks, small mountains, swimming spots, views
pets: no - Trout Brook Mountain, BAXTER STATE PARK sights and attractions: parks, views
pets: no - Williams Mountain, MISERY TOWNSHIP, PARLIN POND TOWNSHIP sights and attractions: small mountains, views
pets: yes - Woodchuck Hill, EDDINGTON sights and attractions: lakes, small mountains, swimming spots, views
pets: yes
And a few other notable ones around the state
- John B. Mountain, Brooksville
- Mountain Pond, Rangeley
- Mt. Phillip, Rome
- The Mountain, Rome
5 comments to “Good Little Mountains”
5 comments to “Good Little Mountains”
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Thank you for your comment. I love working on this site, partly because it’s an excuse to go on adventures with dogs! (Although I have to borrow my dog companions because I don’t have any of my own.) Here’s to many more happy outings with your dog crew!
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