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Mount Shaw Information

Elevation: 2,990 feet (910 meters)
Location: Moultonborough and Tuftonboro, NH
Range: Ossipee Range
Features: Lakes Region Conservation Trust (Castle in the Clouds), summit views, 52 with a View
Coordinates: 43°44'38"N 71°16'27"W
Distance of highlighted hike below: 7.7 miles with Black Snout and Tate Mountain (Big Ball Mountain).

Mount Shaw is a 2,900 foot mountain in Moultonborough, NH. It is on the Lakes Region Conservation Trust property, also known as the Castle in the Clouds estate. It is part of the Ossipee Range and is the tallest peak in the range.

Mount Shaw is on the 52 with a View hiking list as well as the Lakes Region Conservation Trust (Castle in the Clouds).

Lists Mount Shaw are on: = A patch is available for this list
52 with a View
Lakes Region Conservation Trust (Castle in the Clouds)


 


hike mount shaw lrct lakes region conservation trust castle in the clouds 52 with a view shaw mountain
Photo taken from the summit of Mount Shaw on 5-18-2014.


Mount Shaw Trail Maps Top

The map below shows how to get to the summit of Mount Shaw as well as Black Snout and Tate Mountain (Big Ball Mountain) via the Shaw Trail.

(NOTE: Most of the trails in the route below are NOT on the Castle in the Clouds Estate trail map, so if you are trying to get the hiker achievement patch, click here to see a trail map of appropriate trails.)

Starting on the Shaw Trail, hike for 0.4 miles until you come to a fork with the Italian Trail. (You can go either way since this is a loop hike, but the rest of these directions will go right, counter-clock-wise).

Go right at the fork onto the Italian Trail. Hike for 1.2 miles until you reach the summit of Tate Mountain (also known as Big Ball Mountain). After enjoying the summit, continue along the blue-blazed trail, which not turns into the Big Ball Mountain Trail, for 1.5 miles until you reach the summit of Black Snout. From the Black Snout outlook, follow the Black Snout Spur Trail for 0.3 miles where it will lead straight/right into High Ridge Trail. After 0.5 miles on the High Ridge Trail, you will be at the summit of Mount Shaw.

To get back down to the parking lot, retrace your steps on the High Ridge Trail for 0.5 miles going straight/left onto the Black Snout Trail (where High Ridge Trail continues to the right). Follow Black Snout Trail for 0.5 miles, (skipping the spur trail on the left after 0.3 miles and then turning left onto the Shaw Trail while Black Snout Trail continues straight). Hike down the Shaw Trail for 2.5 miles until you reach the road.

hiking trail map black snout tate mount shaw bald knob big ball mountain lakes region conservation trust map 171 castle in the clouds 52 with a view 52 wav lrct
Click to download PDF Trail Map of Mount Shaw.


  To see a full map of the Lakes Region Conservation Trust / Castle in the Clouds Estate click here

 

 
Mount Shaw Photos Top


hike mount shaw lrct lakes region conservation trust castle in the clouds 52 with a view shaw mountain
Looking at the Castle in the Clouds on 5-18-2014.

 

hike mount shaw elevation 2990 feet lakes region conservation trust castle in the clouds trail sign summit
Photo taken from the summit of Mount Shaw on 5-18-2014.


Mount Shaw Driving Directions Top

These are driving directions to the (unsigned) traillhead for Mount Shaw:
From I-93, take exit 23 and follow Route 104 for about 8 miles until it ends in Meredith, NH. Turn left on Route 3 and drive 0.8 miles to a traffic light. Turn right onto Route 25 and drive 10.1 miles (you will pas through Moultonborough Village). Turn right onto Route 109 and drive 2.2 miles. Turn left onto Route 171 East and drive 3.9 miles. You will pass Sodom Road on the right side, and directly after that cross a bridge over Fields Brook, then you turn left into the small parking area.



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