Day hikers can walk between two small ponds on the Albany Brook Trail.
The 1.8-miles round trip hike sits in the Maine portion of the White Mountain National Forest. It’s among the easiest trails to hike in the national forest.
To reach the trailhead, from Bethel, Maine, take Maine Hwys. 5/35 south. Turn right/west onto Patte Brook Road. The highway naturally becomes National Forest Road 7. Next, go left/south onto National Forest Road. The trailhead is at the road’s end near the Crocker Pond Campground.
The trail heads south along the west shoreline of Crocker Pond. It is forested the entire way, and the trail is particularly pretty during autumn.
Albert Brook sits on the trail’s east side, connecting Crocker and Round ponds.
You’ll cross four intermittent streams on the hike, all flowing off of Albany Mountain. The mountain, topping out at 1906 feet, looms to the west.
The gently undulating trail can be rocky and at times muddy.
At 0.9 miles, the trail reaches the north shore of Round Pond. Turn back there.
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