Day hiking - Do Stuff Outdoors

Hiking Maine’s coastal high point (Mount Megunticook via Ocean Lookout) (ME)

⏳️ 5m / 🥾️ Aug 5, 2025 / 👁️ 336 / Leave a Comment

My brother and I originally planned to hike Old Speck, ranked #5 out of Maine’s fourteen 4,000 footers. That was before we spent almost the entire day prior installing flooring above his garage. When I woke up, I felt like I just finished hiking Old Speck! […]

Hiking through (parts of) Uwharrie National Forest (NC)

⏳️ 6m / 🥾️ May 17, 2025 / 👁️ 351 / 1 Comment

We headed toward Lake Tillery for the weekend; there, we a) took advantage of Alan H.’s hospitality, and b) planned to hike a roughly 15 mi loop through the southern parts of Uwharrie National Forest. There were ten of us on this hike! […]

Day hiking National forest North Carolina

Hiking (most of) the Neusiok Trail (NC)

⏳️ 9m / 🥾️ Mar 15, 2025 / 👁️ 355 / 2 Comments

The Neusiok Trail, one of the last segments of North Carolina’s Mountains-to-Sea Trail, runs through Croatan National Forest in southeastern North Carolina. It’s in the vicinity of the Weetock Trail we hiked the year before. (It’s the trail we wanted to hike then but got washed out.) […]

Day hiking MST National forest North Carolina

Hiking Borestone Mountain—but in the winter this time! (ME)

⏳️ 9m / 🥾️ Dec 27, 2024 / 👁️ 347 / 1 Comment

In a previous post, I talked about hiking Borestone Mountain. A lot. Probably too much. That said, I had never hiked it in the winter before. Since our family was back in Maine for Christmas in 2024, I thought I’d make the most of the opportunity. […]

Day hiking Maine Solo Views

Hiking the Eagle Rock Trail (ME)

⏳️ 5m / 🥾️ Jul 1, 2024 / 👁️ 314 / 1 Comment

While visiting family over the summer, I was looking for day hikes in places I hadn’t heard of before. That’s when I discovered Eagle Rock Trail. It’s not too long—just under 3.6 mi out (and another 3.6 mi back), with a short spur to Raven Ledge which gives you great views to the west and southwest. […]

Day hiking Maine Solo Views

Hiking (part of) the Weetock Trail in Croatan National Forest (NC)

⏳️ 4m / 🥾️ Mar 2, 2024 / 👁️ 327 / 2 Comments

We were supposed to hike the Neusiok Trail today. We set up a shuttle near Oyster Point Campground, then parked at the Pine Cliff Equestrian Trailhead. The rain was still pounding down, and within a few feet of trail, I stepped in puddles three to four inches deep. […]

Day hiking National forest North Carolina

Hiking part of the AT over Barren Mountain (ME)

⏳️ 7m / 🥾️ Aug 6, 2023 / 👁️ 308 / 6 Comments

When I was in high school. a friend invited me to hike Barren Mountain with him and one of his other friends. Back then, the fire lookout was still intact—I remember napping in the cab. It’s gone now—it had been before the last time I climbed Barren, which was…I don’t remember. […]

AT Day hiking Maine Solo Views