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 With limited morning time to hike, I decided to head over to Bayle Mountain for the sunrise, something I had wanted to do for a few years. Starting in the dark, I headed up the Bayle Mountain Trail with headlamp on. The waning near-full moon provided some additional backlight. Despite being late September, the weather was warm and humid. Reaching the summit, I could see there were clouds on the horizon, which would either provide for great or bland colors. The sunrise tended to be the latter, with a few brief displays of color separated by blocked out light that almost resulted in me heading down a few times. Nonetheless, the lifting valley fog was a nice sight. Near the bottom of the descent, I was suddenly attacked by some ground bees, fortunately only getting stung maybe three times. Hike Ratings Getting To Trailhead: Moderate Destination: Bayle Mountain Length: Moderate Steepness: Difficult Navigation: Easy Views: Excellent Crowds: Minimal Hike Stats Date Hiked: Saturday, September 25, 2010 Hike Commenced: 5:23 AM Parking Elevation: 1,040' Destination: Bayle Mountain Ascent Commenced: 5:29 AM Summit Reached: 5:50 PM Time Elapsed: 00:21 Trailhead Elevation: 1,100' Summit Elevation: 1,853' Vertical Gain: 763' Hike Ended: 7:42 AM Hike Time Elapsed: 02:19 Hike Vertical Gain: 873' The trailhead to the trail to the Bayle Mountain summit Sunrise over Ossipee Lake as seen from Bayle Mountain Looking at Green Mountain from Bayle Mountain Looking up the trail to Bayle Mountain 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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