BEAR COUNTRY
Round Pond Brook Trail is lush and really pretty. You can even spend the night there because the trail-builders have constructed a beautiful lean-to and a latrine. Look for a spur that takes you to a stream and and some falls. Everything is marked including a warning that this trail runs through bear country. Yipes.
We’ve hiked this easy trail twice, once in the rain when we could barely see two feet in front of us. That was spooky, given the warning about bear. Thank you to the trail-makers and trail-keepers. This is one of the magical trails that winds through varied, super-picturesque terrain.
The trailhead is off Route 3 adjacent to First Lake, on Moose Alley going north near mile marker 230. Upon exiting the trail, we encountered a border patrol officer who questioned my husband. This happens to us now and then. Our advice is to politely answer the questions and move on.
To find any of the trails, you can buy Lainie Castine Winchell’s “Pittsburg/Clarksville Hiking Trail Guide.” It contains directions to the trails and descriptions.