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Casco, ME, Raymond, ME
Trailheads, measurements, times, distances, and maps are all approximate and relative to the hike(s) as shown below.
Looking up Bri-Mar Trail
The second hike of the day was Rattlesnake Mountain. Arriving at the Bri-Mar Trail trailhead, I could see there were already some folks out on the trail.
The first part of the trail goes through a meadow filled with wildflowers. From there, the trail was somewhat hard to follow - there are multiple junctions and only a few faded blazes. For future reference, left at the first fork, then merge left at the second junction, then right at the last fork, heading up hill.
After a somewhat steep portion, the trail becomes increasingly scenic, arriving at a nice grassy viewpoint. This is still somewhat short of the summit.
I continued on from the viewpoint, soon ending up on a blue blazed trail. I followed this for a bit, before notcing it was losing elevation. Backtracking, I went to a junction I had reached earlier and followed a herd path up to what seemed to be the highpoint. With nothing to see here, I went back to the blue blazed trail, then took a left at another junction and followed a series of red spray painted rocks and ribboned trees to a grown in viewpoint with a log bench. All things considered, it was a pretty fruitless endeavor going beyond the original grassy viewpoint, so I went back to that and enjoyed the excellent vista.
Fortunately, bugs were not a problem at all.
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The Bri-Mar Trail trailhead
One of many wildflowers near the beginning of the Bri-Mar Trail
Looking toward Sebago Lake from the viewpoint below the Rattlesnake Mountain summit
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