Falls Pond and the West Canada Wilderness Area trailhead has a large parking area leading to some 4,000 acres of pristine forest. This hike starts along the Brooktrout Lake Trail.

Key takeaways

• Distance: 3.8 miles round trip
• Elevation gain: 510 feet
• Hike includes trail junctions

Hiking Falls Pond

Start your hike along an old forest road that quickly becomes a nice walk through a lush hardwood forest. After 1.5 miles. the trail to Falls Pond will come in on the right. An old metal sign on a post and a new wooden sign on a tree mark the trail intersection. From here, it's a slight but steady 0.4 mile descent to the shore of Falls Pond. In the summer, Falls Pond is a good swimming spot.

Falls Pond in the winter

This hike is not recommended in winter. The Moose River Plains is a snowmobile corridor and not open to cars or trucks during the snowy months.

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Fishing

At a maximum depth of only 10 feet, this small pond offers brook trout for the taking. The trout here aren't very big, but they are fun to catch. There is decent shoreline access and it would require a long carry with a canoe or kayak.

How to get there

The parking area is a 13-mile drive in from the Moose River Plains Wild Forest's Limekiln entrance in Inlet. It's 9.1 miles to the big T intersection, then bear right and continue on the Otter Brook Road as it crosses the Moose River and Otter Brook bridges before reaching the Falls Pond parking area on left. The access road has a gravel and dirt surface.