Cave Mountain – Bartlett, NH
| Date: | 11-8-2025 |
| Location: | Bartlett, NH |
| Distance: | 1.52 mi |
| Elevation Gain: | 544′ |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 27 min |
| Parking: | 6 cars |
This is the fourth annual haunted hike day with my friend Melissa. Cave Mountain was the first stop of the day. The mountain is located in Bartlett, New Hampshire and is a relatively short hike, about .7 miles to the cave. Some sections are steep with loose gravel.
On the drive up the clouds were thick and moody but by the time we arrived at the trailhead the clouds were starting to lift a bit.
We got to the trail head and there was plenty of room for parking. The lot holds 5-6 cars. Weather was unseasonably warm in the mid 50’s. I started out without a jacket, I knew I would heat up quickly.
There was nothing really haunted about this hike but about a 100 feet up Langdon trail there was a grave surrounded by an Iron fence. The town of Bartlett named this single grave cemetery the Doctors Cemetery for an old civil war veteran Dr. Leonard Eudy.
About .3 miles up we got to the junction of Cave Mt. trail. There is a cool hand made sign that marks the trail.
The trail starts out fine and is not very long but as you get closer to the cave you can see the steepness of the upcoming terrain. The last .25 miles is very steep with loose gravel and covered with wet leaves. The section directly below the cave was the steepest and required the most concentration.
When I got the cave, I was huffing and puffing. The cave is pretty cool inside. It sits kind of on a ledge. After a bit of exploring I did see some engravings on the side of cave.
We continued toward the top of the cave. This section was also very steep. I was moving much slower than Melissa. At one point I asked if this giant rock I was passing was the one we were climbing to. She just looked at me shock her head and pointed straight up to the sky. Lol.
At the top we had some great views of the surrounding mountains. There is a nice ledge and some trails there as well. We took a few pictures and had a snack before heading back down the trail.
The way down was a little slower than the way up. There were a few sections where I slid down on my butt. When I got to the section just below the cave, that was a full-on butt slide on the slippery leaves and loose gravel. After that last steep part, the rest of the walk out was a piece of cake.
Once we were back in the car driving to our next stop, we saw some llamas (maybe alpacas?) on the side of the road hanging out so we stopped to take a few pics and say hight.
