Home States  Connecticut  Maine  Massachusetts  New Hampshire  New York  Rhode Island  Vermont  View All Lists  NE 4,000 Footers  NE 100 Highest  NH 4,000 Footers  NH 52 With A View  NH Belknap Range  NH Ossipee 10 Explanation of Ratings Links Ossipee Mountains Notice Search Trail Conditions Trip Log About	Important Notice About the Ossipee Mountains and Trail Access (Updated July 23, 2010) Bayle Mountain Ossipee, NH Trailheads, measurements, times, distances, and maps are all approximate and relative to the hike(s) as shown below. Looking up the trail to Bayle Mountain Route: Unknown snowmobile trail, red blazed trail, (Bayle Mountain), red blazed trail, unknown snowmobile trail Since the mostly sunny day was still looking rather cloudy up north, I decided to stay local and head to Bayle Mountain. While I prefer the scenery from the western branch of the snowmobile trail, I decided to take the slightly shorter east branch to the trailhead. The lower portion of the trail still had some late fall foliage, making things rather colorful. The trail, despite recent rains, was fairly dry. The views from the summit were tremendous - though there were some clouds in the sky, the views seemed to be perhaps the best I've ever experienced from Bayle - Moose Mountain to the south and the mountains of Maine to the east were very clearly seen and appeared to be closer than they really are. Hike Ratings Getting To Trailhead: Moderate Destination: Bayle Mountain Length: Moderate Steepness: Difficult Navigation: Easy Views: Excellent Crowds: Minimal Hike Stats Date Hiked: Thursday, October 30, 2008 Hike Commenced: 3:47 PM Parking Elevation: 1,040' Destination: Bayle Mountain Ascent Commenced: 3:52 PM Summit Reached: 4:15 PM Time Elapsed: 00:23 Trailhead Elevation: 1,100' Summit Elevation: 1,853' Vertical Gain: 763' Hike Ended: 5:01 PM Hike Time Elapsed: 01:14 Hike Vertical Gain: 873' The trailhead to the trail to the Bayle Mountain summit Looking at Green Mountain from the Bayle Mountain summit Directions to trailhead: From Route 16 South in West Ossipee, take a right onto Pine Hill Road. At the end of Pine Hill Road, take a right onto Ossipee Mountain Road. Just after passing Connor Pond, take a right onto Bayle Mountain Road. Heading down this road, there will eventually be a quasi-fork in the road (the road continues right, while an old woods/logging road goes left, sort of lined with rocks at the beginning). Low clearance cars should park before this road, while four wheel drive vehicles should be able to make it to the orange gate (there is room for one vehicle to park on the left). Walk past the gate, then take an immediate left on the snowmobile trail/logging road. The trailhead will be a few minutes down this trail, on a height of land on a curve in the road, marked with a cairn. Back to Bayle Mountain Profile
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