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Support the Office of Landowner Relations and FUN ON THE , NOT ON THE RAILS Protect Recreational Access in Snowmobilers Support Maine Landowner This map is provided for snowmobilers RAILROAD TRESPASS IS Relations Program through the joint effort of Sound Forestry Practices The Trails: SUPERSPORT DANGEROUS AND ILLEGAL www.maine.gov/lor The trails depicted on this map are created The Maine Snowmobile Association and Your Snowmobile Registration The Maine Department of Conservation Maine Operation Lifesaver Maine’s Sustainable 1-888-SFI-GOAL through the efforts of the members of the clubs of the Forestry Initiative Departments of Conservation www.maine.gov/ifw www.oli.org (1-888-734-4635) & Inland Fisheries & Wildlife Maine Snowmobile Association (MSA), the Snowmobile Division of the Bureau of Parks & Lands-Maine Expect Grooming Equipment On The For Emergency Assistance: Department of Conservation, participating municipalities To Reach a Maine Game Warden 24 Hours a Day, and many generous Maine landowners who allow Anywhere, 24 Hours A Day snowmobile trails on their property. Due to weather conditions, traffic patterns or volunteer scheduling. Contact a Regional Communication Center: AUGUSTA...... 1-800-452-4664 To create and maintain these winter trails, snowmobile Equipment may take the full width of the trail. GRAY...... 1-800-228-0857 clubs, chambers of commerce, municipalities and HOULTON...... 1-800-924-2261 businesses have provided thousands of volunteer Maine Snowmobile Association ORONO...... 1-800-432-7381 hours, a considerable amount of their own funds and PO Box 80, Augusta, ME 04332 DOVER-FOXCROFT...1-800-432-7372 207-622-6983 • [email protected] (Piscataquis County Sheriff’s Dept) trail grooming equipment to supplement the money Trail Conditions: www.mesnow.com provided to the trail system through snowmobile Regional Warden Service Headquarters ASHLAND...... 207-435-3231 registration fees and some gas tax revenue. GRAY...... 207-657-2345 These primary trails and many others have been 35 GREENVILLE...... 207-695-3756 developed to provide the snowmobilers of Maine and Estcourt Station those who visit our state with safe, enjoyable snowmobiling on over 13,500 miles of groomed winter Customs at Estcourt. Check locally for gate trails. All who enjoy snowmobiling in Maine are encouraged to join a club and the MSA to help keep schedule before you AK39 Maine Department of Conservation head out. Madawaska St. David the trails open. To contact an MSA club in your town Bureau of Parks and Lands-Snowmobile Program ITS 1 or riding area, see the list on the reverse of this map.

State House Station #22, Augusta, ME 04333 *92 5 AK 37 Grand Isle 207-287-4957 • [email protected] N.B. 19 ITS Frenchville 85 Lille www.maine.gov/doc/ 23 * Registration St. Agatha Fort Kent AK 34 40 AK 35 ITS Maine snowmobile registrations are available through 8 Long Lake 10 *81 the Division of Licensing and Registration, Department St. John

44 Saint Francis 11 ITS Sinclair of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (IF&W), 41 State House 24 Soldier Pond Va n B ure n *83 15 AK 33 Station, Augusta, Maine 04333-0041 207-287-2043 and ITS AK 32 ITS Dickey ITS 26 at over 200 agents across the state. There are also *92 Cross Lake *105 MAINE Allagash *85 some agents in and Vermont. The list QUEBEC CANADA The snowmobile trail system as shown on the ITS map has been AK 29 Hamlin N.B. 19 Square Lake is posted on the IF&W web site: www.maine.gov/ifw/. approved as meeting reasonable guidelines. Temporary trail closures, 2 Stockholm AK 31 ITS You may also purchase resident renewals and non resi- relocations or insufficient depth and other related problems Eagle Lake 13 *81 may make some sections of trail unsuitable for public use. ITS dent season registrations on-line on the same web site. AK 27 Winterville ITS 105 32 Resident registration is $40 per season (7/1-6/30). Non- * 83 Sweden* Cover photos by: 27 ITS 13 resident registration is $88 for a full season or $43 for 3 120 AK 23 Jerry Sherman, Alan Swett, Rick LeVasseur, Justin West * ITS Limestone consecutive days. (There is also an agent fee of $1-$2). 24 ITS Map prepared from U.S.G.S. 1:2000000 Digital Line Graph data and data layers *90 25 12 90 8 AK 25 Registration moneys are used by the Snowmobile 1 * obtained from Maine Office of Geographic Information Systems ITS 4 11 Division, Bureau of Parks and Lands to allocate grants Map image copyright 2009 • The Maine Snowmobile Association 8 ITS AK 21 RIDE RIGHT *85 6 ITS to clubs, towns etc. to partially reimburse them for the Aroostook *83 in Maine Fish River Lake *88 development and maintenance of trails and the pur- AK 20 1 Washburn chase of grooming equipment; a portion is used to sup- Portage Aroostook River 7 Fort Fairfield 3 18 port snowmobile enforcement and other activities of the AK 15 5 AK 19 ITS 4 Maine Warden Service. ITS ITS AK 17 1 *116 5 *85 *88 8 For an additional $20 you can support the activities of Mapleton Presque Isle 20 19 the Maine Landowner Relations program, dedicated to

16 Chapman Easton ITS protecting recreational access to private lands. Ask for Ashland ITS ITS 23 Walker Siding 105 *81 a “Supersport” upgrade when you register your sled. Respect Maine Landowners AK 13 * 83 25 * For more information, visit www.maine.gov/ifw. 9 The vast majority of Maine’s snowmobile trails are located on privately Westfield owned land. When you ride on a Maine snowmobile trail, you are most AK 7 Squa Pan Lake 10 AK 11 4 Cross-Border Riding likely the guest of a private landowner who has chosen to provide trail Masardis AK 9 Mars Hill Snowmobilers must stop at customs to ride into access on their property. Please thank them by staying on the marked trail, 27 BRUNSWICKNEW CANADA ITS Canada. Carry your current passport or passport card 24 observing all snowmobile laws and carrying out any and all litter. ITS 81 Bridgewater and obtain required insurance and trail passes for the * MAINE Oxbow *85 province that you will be visiting. Visit www.cbp.gov for 21 PLEASE STAY ON Munsungan Lake PT 25 ITS more information about travel document requirements. MARKED TRAIL Eagle Lake *83 Note the hours of operation for customs and plan your 1 Ride Responsibly 29 cross-border trips conservatively. Major crossings into Grand Lake Sebois Monticello ITS Quebec and New Brunswick are open 24 hours a day, 1.Never drink alcohol and operate a snowmobile. ITS 11 *86 45 seven days a week. Less traveled crossings may be 81/85 2.Operate at a reasonable speed for current trail conditions. Trail * AK 5 open for limited hours.

2 14 enforcement details sometimes mark the trail on a curve or rise ITS AK 3 For information about snowmobiling requirements in 32 114 to divide the lanes and identify snowmobilers who are operating * ITS Maine’s neighboring state and provinces: ITS recklessly or driving to endanger. If you travel on the wrong side *85 8 *86 New Brunswick Federation of Snowmobile Clubs 1 of the trail you may be charged with an offense. PT 18 Smyrna Mills Matagamon PT 17 ITS www.nbfsc.com • 506-325-2625 3.Stay on the right side of the trail and park to the right in single file Houlton N.B. 31 Shin Pond Oakfield 83 (New Brunswick : www.tourismnewbrunswick.ca/) ITS 23 ITS * or stop off the edge of the groomed surface. ITS Quebec Federation of Snowmobile Clubs 114 12 *81 ITS 83 20 * 4 * 4.Always yield to trail grooming equipment, which may be encoun- Chesuncook Village 112 www.fcmq.qc.ca • 514-252-3076 * Li nneus 14 tered on any trail at any time of day or night PT 21 15 36 New Hampshire Snowmobile Association Island Falls 5.Do not pass another sled unless recognized and motioned to PT 16 3 9 www.nhsa.com • 603-273-0220 pass by the snowmobile operator ahead of you. Patten ITS 6.Respect the trail crews; leave the trail in good condition. 11 North Amity Seboomook Lake 6 *81 23 8 Trail Conditions: 7.Do not ride on plowed except at legal crossings. ITS ITS ITS www.mesnow.com 8.Carry in, carry out all trash, including smoking refuse. Pittston Farm 85 10 *83 Sherman Station *83 Seboomook * AK 1 N.E. Carry PT 15 3 MSA trail condition reports, posted during the grooming 9.Respect the landowner’s property, stay on the trail and do no 2 PT 14 8 Sherman season, are the observations of MSA members who 4 PT 13 damage to trees, shrubs or other natural features. 8 Piscataquis 2 Haynesville 14 ITS Orient have ridden or groomed the trails. These reports are Quebec 75 1 10.Know and obey Maine snowmobile law. 52 Moosehead PT 11 ITS 8 *112 Benedicta 52 not a guarantee of current conditions. Trail PS 16 2 89 ST 27 25 ITS *10 Moosehead 6 ITS 5 ITS 11 Trail Millinocket Lake 112 *88 ITS *85/86 * ITS To receive a free copy of the MSA’s annual to ST 19 81 Grand Lake 10 8 15 85/86 * snowmobiling, Snowmobile Maine, send your 95 25 * 201 2 24 ST 23 Pemadumcook Lake ST 20 Brassua Lake ITS 9 PS 14 request to: ITS Rockwood Kokadjo16 105 ST 21 ITS * 89 ITS Millinocket MSA, PO Box 80, Augusta, ME 04332 * ST 17 PS 13 83 29 Wytopitlock Danforth 88 15 * *ST 15 Katahdin Norcross Macwahoc 40 1 13 ITS Loop Trail Spednik Lake Jackman Long Pond ITS East Millinocket Medway Upper Jo-Mary Lake 8 *88 ITS PT 10 ITS ITS *85/86 19 111 Vanceboro 22 * 37 *110 *87 PT 8 ITS 3 ST 13 27 Brookton Lowelltown ST 12 ITS PS 12 West P arli n *83 Mattawamkeag ITS 15 6 Somerset 88 12 * 81 14 * Endless Lake 18 ITS Greenville ITS 17 ITS 87 Kennebec R. * 110 Seboeis Lake * 33 *89 PS 11 ITS Penobscot R. Topsfield PT 7 ST 8 ITS 37 ITS Coburn Gore West Forks ITS 11 82 Springfield 6 86 83 * ST 11 ST 10 *86 * * 24 27 9 Seboeis Lincoln Le e Shirley Mills Brownville Junction PS 8 The F orks 12 ITS 8 29 ITS Penobscot Waite 86 31 * 86/87 29 Br ownvil le * ST 9 PS 6 Monson Sebec Lake PT 9

ITS 11 ITS 40 ITS *86/89 82 9 5 West Grand Lake 85 * Enfield Caratunk * Milo PS 7 Howland ITS Eustis PS 3 Burlington Princeton FN 21 Flagstaff Lake 9 *81 St. Stephen, N.B. 40 6 25 WN 4 ITS Dover-Foxcroft 1 ITS Grand Lake Stream 24 Abbott 3 PS 5 Passadumkeag WN 5 Calais FN 19 7 56 201 87 Guilford 84 14 ITS Big Lake * 4 8 ITS Atkinson * Saint Croix River PS 1 ITS Stratton PS 4 5 84 ITS 103 N.H. 145 HK 5 * * Woodland ITS 32 PS 2 ITS Olamon 84 *84 15 S. Lagrange 13 * 10 ITS 84 Kennebago Lake * 16 *83 20 18 84 Alexander 40 Carrabassett Charleston HK 3 * 17 Moscow Meddybemps Lake ITS Aziscohos Lake Bi ngham ITS WN 1 OD 5 FN 17 7 33 84 Wellington * 81

ITS * 39 ITS Washington ITS 115 Lexington ITS Franklin ITS * ST 6 85 16 HK 2 * East Corinth Hudson *84 104 9 Rangeley 89 * Perry Oquossoc * 3 Harmony Kingfield ITS Wilsons Mills 20 ITS HK 1 Wesley ITS Rangeley Lake FN 11 Solon 15 101 ST 5 6 Milford * 82 ITS 13 *84 ITS * Mooselookmeguntic Lake ITS 6 Athens Old Town 15 8 84/89 ITS Corinna 10 Eastport * Salem ITS PT 5 *84 FN 13 84 ST 4 3 18 Upper Richardson Lake FN 9 * New Portland 113 ST 7 ITS PT 3 FN 15 * Hartland ITS 84 Marion 12 * Orono HK 4 27 PT 4 4 FN 14 7 15 10 *84 84 Lubec 9 ITS *13 21 1 ITS ITS Beddington 84 27 PT 1 10 36 FN 8 ITS 8 *North Anson 84 Amherst 27 *87 ITS Newport * 9 Mac hias R. WN 3 Umbagog Lake 115 Etna Phillips * New Vinyard 8 Hermon Whiti ng Strong 113 ITS

Madison * ST 3 1 2 BangorBrewer 20 Detroit ST 2 PT 2 63 81 25 * ST 1 Skowhegan Canaan Pittsfield ITS 95 East Mac hi as ITS ITS E. H olden 43 Byr on 89 Industry Starks Newburgh Hampden 117 * ITS Norridgewock 83 ITS Upton * 18 Waltham Weld 38 * Hancock Machias 87 Burnham ITS *82 * Hinckley Farmington Dixmont Mercer *85 Green Lake 37 Cutler ITS New Sharon Graham Lake FN 7 Columbia Falls 5 Clinton *82 49 ITS WO 3 Wi nte rport ITS FN 1 2 WN 2 ITS 95 7*82 Frankfort 107 Cherryfield Harrington 28 * OD 3 N.H. 18 *82 4 ITS Unity Franklin Wilton 8 WO 1 Mexico *82 15 ITS Bucksport FN 3 Oakland Rumford 47 82 Dixfield ITS Wi nslow ITS * El lswor th Milbridge Jonesport FN 5 Waterville 6 Albion Knox 83 Jay 115 * Waldo 2 Newry * 30 Oxford 4 FN 4 Waldo 3 Ashville Livermore Falls China 1 FN 2 Searsport Canton Be lgrade ITS Trenton Bl ue Hil l *85 Belfast Be the l Gilead Palermo S. China Belmont Wi nte r Harbor ITS Kennebec 8 Li be rty Waldo Bar Harbor N.H. 19 Bryant Pond *89 3 Searsmont Somesville 4 Northport

Augusta Le eds Wi nthrop Sedgwick Buckfield ITS 13 ITS Li nc olnvill e Southwest Harbor Paris 87 Washington Turner * *115 Hope 1 N. Waterford Monmouth 17 Bass Harbor OD 1 S. Paris 72 202 Gardiner Randolph N.H. 19 Norway

31 Hebron Jefferson Union Camden Deer Isle Greene

41 43 Rockport Whitefield Atlantic CD-1 Knox Stonington Lovell Lincoln Oxford Androscoggin River Sabattus N. Haven Frenchboro Lewiston Rockland ITS Long Lake Waldoboro Auburn Richmond AK 1 WO 6 Androscoggin 1 Thomaston Owls Head ITS JUNCTIONS *80 Isle Au Haut Bridgton 201 Vinalhaven WGS 84 datum. Be aware that due to unexpected trail relocations actual junction Fryeburg Li sbon Newcastle points may have to be moved during the season. Casco Sagadahoc Wiscasset 302 Lisbon Falls Intersection Latitude Longitude Intersection Latitude Longitude 9 AK 1 45°52’20.08” 68°24’35.32” PS 7 45°15’54.06” 68°58’23.33” 27 Port Clyde AK 3 46°13’06.37” 67°51’11.69” PS 8 45°22’22.64” 68°54’05.86” MAINE Br unswi ck Bath 295 AK 5 46°14’25.08” 67°50’59.00” PS 11 45°25’42.27” 69°37’54.26” Hiram Cumberland Royal River AK 7 46°32’40.04” 68°19’18.36” PS 12 45°31’26.80” 69°28’55.88”

NEW HAMPSHIRE Sebago Lake Freeport Boothbay Harbor AK 9 46°29’36.56” 67°50’42.49” PS 13 45°40’17.90” 69°26’43.98” Kezar Falls N. Windham 95 AK 11 46°32’02.79” 67°53’21.14” PS 14 45°41’35.08” 69°10’25.73” East Baldwin Yarmouth AK 13 46°37’27.72” 68°23’35.94” PS 16 45°48’25.97” 68°54’02.20” Ossipee River AK 15 46°45’36.08” 68°27’40.10” PT 1 44°50’32.98” 69°17’02.98” ITS AK 17 46°43’53.46” 68°03’59.89” PT 2 44°47’43.83” 68°53’41.86” 89 AK 19 46°44’08.08” 68°02’42.91” PT 3 44°53’32.45” 69°16’18.20” 25 * Falmouth AK 20 46°46’46.17” 67°50’38.56” PT 4 44°53’32.56” 69°08’36.17” Limerick AK 21 46°51’56.08” 68°03’45.40” PT 5 44°54’24.62” 69°06’44.87” 86 Westbrook Portland AK 23 46°53’57.22” 68°01’29.55” PT 7 45°26’27.07” 68°46’42.39” South Portland AK 25 46°52’43.71” 67°53’08.80” PT 8 45°34’09.71” 68°57’06.42”

Bar Mills AK 27 46°58’08.24” 68°39’57.86” PT 9 45°18’22.65” 68°26’37.35” Hollis AK 29 47°02’48.14” 68°08’48.73” PT 10 45°34’55.03” 68°40’43.74” Sac o R. AK 31 47°01’26.53” 68°59’06.86” PT 11 45°48’07.11” 68°42’45.25” Cape Elizabeth Legend Notes AK 32 47°08’23.01” 68°42’14.95” PT 13 45°51’39.94” 68°37’26.96” Waterboro 1. Intersection identification numbers only AK 33 47°09’31.90” 67°57’23.13” PT 14 45°52’50.49” 68°36’13.78” Old Orchard Beach Emery Mills 202 Saco AK 34 47°12’33.52” 68°48’25.68” PT 15 45°53’49.59” 68°25’56.86” Biddeford mark the intersection of ITS trails and ITS Yo r k Alfred Connector trails and may not be present AK 35 47°13’53.77” 68°38’56.64” PT 16 46°01’40.54” 68°39’56.78” AK 37 47°17’24.51” 68°19’01.29” PT 17 46°08’06.95” 68°33’51.92” Sanford at all intersections. The letters represent 1 MAINE Salmon Falls R. AK 39 47°20’38.98” 68°18’39.12” PT 18 46°08’30.38” 68°32’50.91” 95 the first and last letters of the county in CD 1 44°07’21.51” 70°42’06.17” PT 21 46°01’25.83” 68°28’03.79” Le banon which the intersection is located. Kennebunk Interconnected FN 1 44°36’34.30” 70°12’06.76” PT 25 46°22’24.37” 68°26’39.56” Kennebunkport Intersection numbers are odd numbers in FN 2 44°28’54.22” 70°10’18.01” ST 1 44°47’36.27” 69°21’45.82” Trail System increments of two, to allow for trail addi- FN 3 44°33’41.61” 70°09’23.94” ST 2 44°48’07.33” 69°44’26.07” FN 4 44°29’46.86” 70°05’27.30” ST 3 44°47’49.67” 69°22’37.14” N. Berwick LEGEND tions and changes. 2. The “x DANGER” symbol represents known FN 5 44°32’50.99” 70°04’27.62” ST 4 44°55’09.51” 69°47’36.61” Be rwick FN 7 44°38’37.85” 70°15’23.50” ST 5 44°57’32.98” 69°52’02.51” hazardous areas, there may and will be FN 8 44°49’39.05” 70°20’10.67” ST 6 45°00’03.83” 69°51’37.25” ITS Corridor Trail other potentially hazardous areas off the FN 9 44°54’21.59” 70°41’54.36” ST 7 44°54’56.58” 69°42’24.60” authorized trails. Please stay on marked FN 11 44°56’23.90” 70°35’45.56” ST 8 45°23’51.17” 69°47’07.45” Yo r k R. ITS Connector Trail trails. FN 13 44°55’04.89” 70°24’22.06” ST 9 45°18’57.10” 69°54’37.40” El iot FN 14 44°51’57.12” 70°14’22.93” ST 10 45°22’17.21” 69°59’23.96” 25 FN 15 44°52’35.02” 70°10’16.56” ST 11 45°22’04.76” 70°06’17.69” ! ! Distance Between Points (Miles) Map and Trail Notes FN 17 45°04’27.46” 70°35’22.54” ST 12 45°32’23.73” 70°06’12.58” Kittery 1. This publication is a general informational FN 19 45°09’28.35” 70°28’13.92” ST 13 45°32’09.92” 70°02’39.92” Trail & Map Usage AK 1 ITS Junction Markers This trail map should not be used to determine travel routes for any other than a snow- FN 21 45°13’38.95” 70°28’48.39” ST 15 45°36’58.56” 69°57’51.14” map only. HK 1 44°58’01.80” 68°21’37.96” ST 17 45°38’51.00” 69°46’16.58” mobile. It is against the law in Maine to operate an ATV, dune buggy, 4-wheel drive vehicle, Known Hazardous Areas 2. Trail locations may be subject to change at HK 2 44°59’42.35” 68°05’28.50” ST 19 45°44’21.63” 70°15’22.81” or any other motor vehicle other than a snowmobile on a snowmobile trail financed any time. HK 3 45°06’18.60” 68°06’08.75” ST 20 45°42’31.87” 70°04’56.72” in part with funds from the Snowmobile Trail Fund, unless the landowner has given permission 010205 3. Stay on marked trails. HK 4 44°54’33.22” 68°25’37.81” ST 21 45°41’35.84” 70°03’42.16” for the activity. This is true at any time of the year. Those seeking to access the snowmobile 4. Caution: Trail conditions may change daily. HK 5 45°08’21.93” 68°16’33.36” ST 23 45°43’42.02” 69°55’08.12” trails for non-motorized activities should offer landowners this same courtesy: “Ask First”. Miles 5. Trail grooming equipment may be encoun- OD 1 44°13’15.73” 70°59’19.32” ST 27 45°46’20.71” 69°59’05.16” OD 3 44°35’14.03” 70°32’32.26” WN 1 45°04’56.97” 67°48’12.31” 01020305 tered day or night. must OD 5 45°02’06.27” 70°48’22.89” WN 2 44°36’32.88” 67°53’07.08” always yield to grooming equipment. PS 1 45°11’19.45” 69°15’01.65” WN 3 44°50’00.75” 67°25’16.30” Kilometers PS 2 45°08’36.53” 69°14’04.86” WN 4 45°11’07.65” 67°32’40.80” PS 3 45°12’32.28” 69°06’13.59” WN 5 45°10’53.73” 67°57’13.04” PS 4 45°10’33.60” 69°18’54.89” WO 1 44°36’32.15” 69°17’59.22” PS 5 45°12’26.28” 69°04’47.22” WO 3 44°37’45.48” 69°11’01.50 PS 6 45°17’07.42” 69°03’49.22”