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Great Circle Trail
Next nearby hike: Hundred-Mile Wilderness 9 mi · 14 kmExplore Maine →
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: May–Oct · highs 10–23 °C (50–73 °F)
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- F-4°-12°75
- M1°-8°89
- A7°-1°108
- M15°6°109
- J20°12°130
- J23°15°122
- A22°15°116
- S17°11°123
- O10°4°133
- N4°-2°130
- D-3°-11°103
Average high °C · low °C · precipitation mm per month. Highlighted: best months.
How we pick months
Best months are those where the 1981–2010 average daily high is 10–27 °C (50–81 °F), the average overnight low is 0 °C (32 °F) or warmer, and average precipitation is 200 mm (7.9 in) or less. Values are long-term monthly averages for the ~1 km cell at the trail point on the map, from CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al., CC0), not a forecast. Higher or more exposed parts of a route can be colder, wetter or snowier.
Trail facts
- Mapped length
- 45 km · 28 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Nearest town
- 36 km W of Millinocket (Penobscot County, Maine) · GeoNames
- Best months
- May–Oct
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Maine
- Continent
- North America
- Route type
- Local route
- Operator (OSM)
- Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands
- Route centre
- 45.7300, -69.1455
- Route start
- 45.6957, -69.1666
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 15015210
How it’s scored
Hikers can rate difficulty from 1 to 10 (1 = flat, short, easy walk for anyone; 3 = gentle hills, a little effort; 5 = moderate climbs, some fitness needed; 7 = steep or long, solid fitness required; 10 = extremely strenuous or technical; long steep climbing; experienced hikers only). The community average is shown once at least 3 people have rated the trail; until then the official or computed score is used when we have one.
Nearest trails
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Abol Pond Trail
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Rum Pond Trail
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Abol Slide Trail
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