Waumbek is one of the Appalachian Mountain Club's Four-thousand footers and is located inside the White Mountain National Forest. The summit can be reached from U.S. Route 2 via the Starr King Trail, a segment of the Cohos Trail, from Jefferson village. The Starr King Trail climbs moderately to the summit of Mount Starr King where there used to be a lodge and then across the ridge to the wooded summit of Mount Waumbek. On some older maps it is shown as Pliny Major in the uninhabited township of Kilkenny. A colony of gregarious Canada jays live near the summit of Starr King year-round.