One favorite hike, that my family has done 10+ times (basically every time we head to MDI), is up to Sargent Mountain, then down and up Penobscot Mountain.
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The little pond isn't seen on the NPS maps,
but you can see it on Google Maps (my text edits). |
To start we would park at the
Jordan Pond House in the morning, make reservations for afternoon tea and popovers at the Pond House, then start our hike. Sometimes we would go up to Penobscot first, climbing up the built in ladders and then picking blueberries on the ridge to accompany a PB&J lunch, then a quick swim in the little pond just over the hill from Penobscot before climbing up Sargent to the peak, then back down to the Pond House for those tea and popovers.
Other times, we would go up to Sargent first, following the trail along Jordan Pond first, then after Sargent stop at the pond, then up Penobscot, over the ridge (collecting blueberries in remembered tupperware for pie that night), and down to the Pond House.
It makes for a lovely day!
If you don't have strong hikers, you can always to do the loop around the pond which is pretty flat and has some boardwalk.
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| Extended family hike (2017) |
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| View from Penobscot Mtn |
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| Those bushes in the lower left? Blueberries! |
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| This is waiting for you at the end! |
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