White Mountain National Forest · New Hampshire, Maine
Caribou
5.2 mi of trail, end to end · native material surface · trail No. 31860 · trail class 3 · typical grade 10-12% · tread 18-24 inches wide · hiking, bike
Trailheads Caribou East Trailhead Drive there · Caribou West / Mud Brook Trailhead Drive there
Caribou East Trailhead the Forest Service's write-up
The Caribou Trail leaves the Bog Brook valley along a succession stream crossings and logging roads. It then ascends Caribou Mountain into the Caribou-Speckled Wilderness.
This trailhead on fs.usda.gov
Caribou West / Mud Brook Trailhead the Forest Service's write-up
The Mud Brook and one end of the Caribou trails share this trailhead. The two trails diverge and then meet again, creating a loop hike the views and ledges atop Caribou Mountain.
This trailhead on fs.usda.gov
Stone House / White Cairn Trailhead the Forest Service's write-up
Hikers can access White Cairn and Stone House Trails from this small parking lot on private land and make a loop with Blueberry Ridge Trail in the Caribou-Speckled Wilderness.
This trailhead on fs.usda.gov
Every trail in White Mountain National Forest
Other trails from the same trailheads
- Mud Brook · 3.6 mi · from Caribou West / Mud Brook Trailhead
About this trail's facts
The lines are the US Forest Service's National Forest System trails layer (public domain), read 2026-10-16 and simplified for the map; the length is the line's, end to end, and the class, surface, grade and tread width are the forest's own entries where it publishes them - a forest that publishes the centreline alone has none. The trailheads and the points along the way are the Service's recreation points, and the write-ups its own recarea text, unedited. Heights come from USGS 3DEP through Terrain Tiles on AWS (Mapzen/Tilezen), read along each line and rounded; a short trail on steep ground can be off by a few tens of feet. Closures change: check the forest's own site before you go.
