Gorham Mountain Trail

[image error]View from Gorham MountainOn Wednesday of last week, the hiking club set its sights on the Gorham Mountain trail. It's not a particularly challenging trail with only a few rocky spots, but it does offer a unique few of the south eastern corner of MDI. We started at the Sand Beach parking lot to add some mileage and traveled along the Ocean path, passed Thunder Hole and Monument Cove, to reach the trail. In all it was just over 2 miles (525 ft max elevation) and took about 2 hours to complete at a fairly leisurely pace.

View of Beehive from the Bowl TrailThe thing that struck me about hiking that particular day was that you could see where you'd been, where you were going, distant islands, and even a spectacular view of the Beehive trail. The only thing you couldn't really appreciate was where you were. But that's the way it is with hiking. The view of Beehive really gave me a better appreciation for that trail. I've been up it 3 times (always taken the back end trails down). While on it all I can think about is the breathtaking views and even more breathtaking drops. I've enjoyed this trail for its challenge, but taking the outsider's view gave me a new appreciation for it.