Mount Meader Trail (Trail #31874)

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Features River/Creek · Waterfall · Wildlife

This trail starts from a small trailhead, that's difficult to see. It travels for approximately 0.7 miles before entering the White Mountain National Forest. It travels a bit further before reaching a short spur to Brickett Falls. The trail mostly parallels Mill Brook, before reaching the switchbacks.

After the last stream, just above Upper Mill Brook Falls, the trail travels through Bean's Purchase in Coos County. The trail climbs up to the Meader Ridge Trail and Basin Rim Trail. It's unclear which is the true summit of Mount Meader; it's either here at the junction or west off Meader Ridge Trail.

Flora: Painted Trillium, Eastern Hemlock, Trailing Arbutus, Hobblebush, Indian Cucumber-Root, Beech, White Pine, Clintonia borealis, Partridgeberry, Wild Sarsaparilla, Common Wood-Sorrel, Wintergreen, Goldthread, Red Spruce, Sheep Laurel, Reindeer Lichen, Rock Tripe.
Fauna: Tiger Slug, Great Blue Heron, Centipede.
Geological Interest: Mica, Quartz.