Peaked Mountain – Piermont, NH
| Date: | 8-16-2025 |
| Location: | Piermont, NH |
| Distance: | 2.49 mi |
| Elevation Gain: | 568′ |
| Total Time: | 2 hr 43 min |
| Parking: | 4 cars |
I’ve passed this mountain many times on Route 25C. This mountain has always intrigued me. It just pops up out of the ground begging to be hiked.
Its not a big mountain but very noticeable. Doing some research, it seems like access to this mountain is limited and it is surrounded by private property with no official trail head. I did see some city land on Bedford Rd. that might have been worth parking at.
When I arrived, I decided to continue driving. The road came to an end at a Blueberry Farm and private residence. The property owner was outside and she said I could park at the farm. We chatted for a bit and she told me how to get to the mountain.
I started out though some old class six roads that were a bit of a maze. In hindsight I realized that I had made a wrong turn and my trial ended at an old cabin.
After some looking around to see where I might have gone wrong, I deiced to bushwack toward the mountain. There is a large network of maple sap lines on this property.
While trying to reach the mountain I came across some animal bones. And then some more animal bones, then more. There seemed to be a large area of scattered bones. They looked like they had been there awhile.
It kind of gave me a creepy feeling and shortly after I found an overgown road with a foot bath leading toward the mountain. Just as I was feeling a sense of relief finding the trail, a grouse flew up right in front of me and scared me half to death!
This trail gradually climbed for and seemed to circle the base of the mountain. At the end of that trail there is a cairn with a reflector that marked the trail up the mountain.
At this point the trail started to climb moderately steep. After a bit of climbing I reached some ledges with beautiful views of Mt. Piermont. I could also see a lot of houses on Indian Pond Road. My wife lived in one of those houses as a child.
After a break and some photos, I went to the official summit. There was a jar with a log to sign but other than that not much there so I started to head back down.
The way back seemed to go a bit quicker and smoother. I followed the road past where I came out of the bushwack to see where I had gone wrong at the beginning.
This road was interesting. There was an old sugar shack and an old sawmill that the woods was starting to take back. I arrived back at the original property and realized that I had passed this road just before I went off track.
This was a really fun hike despite the challenge of staying on the trail. I’d like to go back in the winter time when all the leaves are off the trees.
