Camden Hills State Park is 2 miles north of Camden on U.S. Grafton Notch State Park Mount Kineo, rising 1,789 feet, dominates Moosehead Lake. Popham Beach State Park is Maine’s busiest state park beach. Scarborough Beach State Park offers some of the best swim- Fort McClary, in one form or another, was active during five wars, State Parks www.parksandlands.com Route 1. Visitors can drive or hike to the summit of Mt. Battie for a borders Route 26 between Upton and The cliff face rises dramatically 700 feet above the lake surface and Facilities include bathhouses, freshwater rinse-off showers, and ming in New England with water temps in the high 60’s throughout July State Historic Sites from the American Revoution to World War I. The buildings on site Designed to harmonize panoramic view of Camden Harbor, Penobscot Bay, and inland lakes Newry. Several hiking trails extend provides critical habitat for rare plants and peregrin falcons. charcoal grills. Sand movement resulting from beach dynamics has had and August. Rip currents do occur on a daily basis and we firmly recom- Maine’s rich historical heritage has been preserved and is interpret- represent several periods of construction as the fort was upgraded with mountain, lake, and and rivers. The park through a spectacular, scenic area at Location: There is no road access to Mt. Kineo. Visitors can reach a dramatic effect on Popham Beach, causing extreme shoreline change mend swimming in the designated lifeguard area. Parking is limited to ed by the Bureau of Parks and Lands at numerous historic sites. to meet the area’s defensive needs. seashore, Maine’s state offers 30 miles of hiking the end of the Mahoosuc Range. the park by boat from the public access site in Rockwood. Commercial and dune erosion. This is most noticeable around high tide when beach 285 on-site spaces and 250 off-site spaces. Arrive early on weekends Visitors can explore old forts, which protected America’s waterways Location: Leave the Maine Turnpike and U.S. Route 1 at the park system is as varied trails with access from The 2,000-mile Appalachian Trail shuttle service is available during the summer months. area is greatly reduced. - on-site spaces fill by 11:30 a.m. and off-site spaces by 12:30 p.m. during the American Revolution and the Civil War, visit a blast fur- rotary in Kittery, and then travel south 2.5 miles on Kittery Point Rd. as the state’s landscape. three major trailheads. passes through the park on the way Lat 45.690550 / Lon -69.734637 (Mt. Kineo Boat Landing) Location: Maine Route 209 in Phippsburg, 14 miles south of Bath. This facility is operated in a public/private partnership by Black Point nace and charcoal kiln deep in Maine’s colorful wildlands, or spend (Route 103). In Maine, state parks are A 106-site camping area to the trail’s northern terminus, Telephone: in season (207) 695-2700 (c/o Lily Bay State Park) Lat 43.738436 / Lon -69.798309 Resource Management LLC. NOTE: State Park passes are not valid at an afternoon at a 17th century archaeological site. Many sites also Lat 43.08254 / Lon -70.710496 dedicated to the visitor’s includes flush toilets, Mt. Katahdin. Scenic pull-offs include: Online: www.maine.gov/mountkineo Telephone: (207) 389-1335 Scarborough Beach. offer picnic facilities. Telephone: in season (207) 384-5160 enjoyment; you’ll find hot showers, and water Screw Auger Falls, Spruce Meadow Season: Open all year. Online: www.maine.gov/pophambeach Location: 414 Blackpoint Road, Scarborough (c/o Vaughan Woods); the people who manage and electric hook-ups Picnic Area, Mother Walker Falls, Old Season: Open all year. Lat 43.546477 / Lon -70.313280 Bible Point is a 27-acre property near the south end of Mattawam- off-season (207) 624-6080 them friendly and helpful. on select sites. Salt and Speck Mountain Trailhead, and Moose Telephone: (207) 883-2416 keag Lake, made famous by Teddy Roosevelt who visited the area (c/o S. Parks Office) freshwater beaches are Cave. Facilities include picnic tables Online: www.scarboroughbeachstatepark.com beginning in 1878. As a young man under the guidance of his lifelong Online: www.maine.gov/fortmcclary Allagash Wilderness Waterway nearby. During the winter and grills. A main artery snowmobile Season: April through October. friend and guide, Bill Seawall, Roosevelt camped at the end of Season: Memorial Day to Columbus Day. Fort McClary / J.Poisson R. Procopio Camden Hills State Park season, staff groom 6.5 trail (ITS 82) traverses the park Mattawamkeag Lake and hunted and fished throughout the area. It was Northern Parks Office Southern Parks Office Headquarters Bureau of Parks and Lands Bureau of Parks and Lands Bureau of Parks and Lands miles of cross country and is maintained by a local Sebago Lake State Park reported that, each day, Roosevelt would take his bible and hike to a 106 Hogan Road, Suite 7 107 State House Station 22 State House Station and snowshoe trails, and the 1.5 miles of the Mt. Battie Road for snowmobile club. The day use area, in Casco, features beautiful point of land at the confluence of the West Branch of the Bangor, ME 04401 Augusta, ME 04333-0107 18 Elkins Lane (AMHI Campus) Grafton Notch P: (207) 941-4014 P: (207) 624-6080 Augusta, ME 04333-0022 walking / exercise. Also available is a ski shelter with overnight Location: 1941 Bear River Road, hiking trails, extensive sand beaches, Mattawamkeag River and First Brook where he would read the bible. Fort O’Brien (Fort Machias) was built in 1775 and destroyed by F: (207) 941-4222 F: (207) 287-5081 P: (207) 287-3821 accommodations which include a fireplace and bunkbeds. Please call Newry picnic tables, grills and a boat ramp. Location: From Route 2 in Sherman, take Lower Pond Rd. to Sly Rd. the British in the same year. It was refortified in 1777 and destroyed F: (207) 287-6170 ahead for availability. Lat 44.572106 / Lon -70.902701 Popham Beach State Park The campground, in Naples, also offers and follow to end. Park and walk one mile to Bible Point. Four wheel once again by the British in 1814. Well-preserved earthworks that The Allagash Wilderness Waterway is a federally designated Location: 280 Belfast Road, Camden Telephone: in season (207) 824-2912; excellent sand beaches and hot showers. drive and a Delorme Atlas recommended. overlook Machias Bay were erected for a battery of guns in 1863. Quoddy Head State Park is the easternmost point of land and State managed Wild and Scenic River, and a canoe camper’s Lat 44.230138 / Lon -69.047376 off season (207) 624-6080 Webb Lake at Mount Blue State Park Water and electric hook-ups are available Lat 45.950454 / Lon -68.149813 The first naval engagement in the American Revolution was fought lighthouse in the continental United States is adjacent to the park. The paradise. This 92-mile river corridor is surrounded by a vast, privately Telephone: in season (207) 236-3109; (c/o S. Parks Office) Mount Blue State Park, located in the mountainous region of at select sites. Programs in the nature Telephone: (207) 941-4014 (c/o N.Parks Office) offshore in 1775, five days before the Battle of Bunker Hill. scenic trails follow rock cliffs rising from the ocean 80 feet below and owned commercial forest. The area also is used extensively in the off season (207) 236-0849 Online: www.maine.gov/graftonnotch western Maine off Route 156 in Weld, offers visitors a sandy beach, center and the amphitheater enhance Online: www.maine.gov/biblepoint Location: 5 miles south of Machias on Route 92. traverse a dense evergreen forest. A boardwalk provides access to a winter for ice fishing and snowmobiling even though there are no Online: www.maine.gov/camdenhills Season: May 15 to Sept. 30 a popular camping area, boat launch and boat rentals, picnic areas, summertime visits. Cross country skiing Season: Memorial Day through Labor Day. Lat 44.689169 / Lon -67.398211 fragile peat bog with rare plant life. Sebago Lake Playground groomed trails. Look for the passport station these Ranger Stations: Season: Open all year; call off season phone after Labor Day. a playground, and an extensive network of trails. The Center Hill picnic and snowshoeing available in the winter. Telephone: (207) 726-4412 (c/o Cobscook Bay State Park) Location: 4 miles off Route 189 in Lubec. Chamberlain Bridge, Churchill Dam, Umsaskis and Michaud Farm. Holbrook Island Sanctuary borders Penobscot Bay south of area is a scenic spot that provides nearby access to Mt. Blue and 25 Location: Off Route 302 in Casco and Naples. Colonial Pemaquid is Online: www.maine.gov/fortobrien Lat 44.816200 / Lon -66.952943 CAUTION: Trips to this remote region require careful planning and Bucksport in Brooksville. This scenic natural area of upland forests, miles of multi-use trails. Children will enjoy a visit to the park’s Casco entry: Lat 43.941989 / Lon -70.546466 situated at the mouth of the Season: Memorial Day to September 30. Telephone: in season (207) 733-0911; backcountry skills. There is no cell phone reception in this area. rocky shores, and an offshore island provides opportunities for hiking nature center, where hands-on exhibits and displays help them explore Telephone: (207) 693-6231 Pemaquid River in Bristol. Exten- and nature appreciation. Picnic tables and charcoal grills are available, off season (207) 941-4014 (c/o N. Parks Office) Fort Popham is one of several forts built over three centuries near Bureau of Parks & Lands N. Region Office: (207) 941-4014 nature’s wonders. In the winter, park visitors enjoy miles of snowshoe Online: www.maine.gov/sebagolake sive archaeological excavations along with an area to launch canoes and kayaks. Online: www.maine.gov/quoddyhead the mouth of the Kennebec River. Construction of the existing granite Location: Lat 46.170889 / Lon -69.208944 (Chamberlain Bridge) trails, groomed cross country ski, and snowmobile trails as well as an Season: Open all year. have unearthed 14 foundations of Location: 172 Indian Bar Road, Brooksville ice rink, with warming hut, and sliding on Center Hill. Use GPS coordi- Season: May 15 to October 15. 17th- and 18th-century structures fort began during the Civil War and was never completed. Its function Online: www.maine.gov/allagash - view camping sites online! Cobscook Bay State Park is located on U.S. Route 1, 4 miles Lat 44.351855 / Lon -68.793291 nates: N 44’ 40.905” W 070’ 26.957 to locate the park campground. and the officers’ quarters for Fort was replaced in 1905 by Fort Baldwin, a nearby concrete fortification. Season: Open all year. south of Dennysville. “Cobscook” is a Passamaquoddy word for Telephone: in season (207) 326-4012; Location: 299 Center Hill Road, Weld Range Pond State Park is a day- William Henry and Fort Frederick. Seals are known to gather in vast numbers in the river directly in front “boiling tides,” referring to the falls that reverse with each change of the off season (207) 941-4014 (c/o N. Parks Office) Lat 44.714002 / Lon -70.419742 use park with facilities for picnicking, A museum displays artifacts found Colonial Pemaquid of the fort. 24-foot tides, the highest in Maine. Many campsites and shelters are Online: www.maine.gov/holbrookisland Telephone: in season (207) 585-2347; off season (207) 585-2261 a ball field, a family-friendly swimming on the site, some dating back 7,000 years. The site includes a recon- Location: 15 miles south of Bath at the end of Route 209. located on the water’s edge, secluded among spruce and fir trees. In Season: Open all year; call off season phone after Labor Day. Online: www.maine.gov/mountblue area with lifeguards, and wheelchair Shackford Head State Park, a 90-acre undeveloped peninsula, struction of Fort William Henry, which also houses museum exhibits. Lat 43.752905 / Lon -69.784137 addition to boating, and walking two short trails, visitors can enjoy day Season: Open all year; call off season phone after Labor Day. access directly into the pond. A group includes beaches, protected coves, and a bold headland along with Tours are available during the summer months. Telephone: (207) 389-1335 (c/o Popham Beach State Park) trips to nearby Quoddy Head, Shackford Head, and Roque Bluffs state Lake St. George State Park, located on Route 3 in Liberty, shelter is available by reservation for a the Civil War Ships Memorial. A hiking trail from the parking area 13 miles south of Damariscotta, off Route 130. Online: www.maine.gov/fortpopham parks. Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge and Roosevelt-Campobello Location: provides easy access to the shore of a crystal-clear, spring-fed lake. fee. During the winter the Lakeside Trail through the woods to the rocky headland allows beautiful views of Lat 43.875982 / Lon -69.521246 Season: Memorial Day to Labor Day. International Park in New Brunswick, Canada, are nearby. During the The day-use area includes a playground, and swimming area with is groomed for cross-country skiing: an Cobscook Bay. Telephone: in season (207) 677-2423; winter, the staff at Cobscook Bay State Park groom 14 miles of cross Fort Pownall, part of Fort Point State Park, was built in 1759 lifeguards. Campers will find 38 sites, flush toilets, trailer dumping easy 2-mile loop. Location: Off Route 190, Eastport. off season (207) 624-6080 (c/o S. Parks Office) country ski and snowshoe trails. Beach at Range Pond by Massachusetts Royal Governor Thomas Pownall. To prevent station, and hot showers. Hiking and fishing are popular activities. Location: 26 State Park Road, Lat 44.907186 / Lon -67.010662 Online: www.maine.gov/colonialpemaquid Location: 40 South Edmunds Road, Boat and canoe rentals are available and a boat launch site adjoins off the Empire Road in Poland. Telephone: (207) 726-4412 (c/o Cobscook Bay State Park) being taken intact by American patriots in 1775, the British secretly Kayaking along Androscoggin Riverlands State Park Owls Head State Park Season: Memorial Day to Labor Day. Edmunds Twp. the park. The Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands Snowmobile Program Lat 44.038031 / Lon -70.342181 Online: www.maine.gov/shackfordhead removed the fort’s armaments. American colonists later burned the Lat 44.850471 / Lon -67.160875 is managed in conjunction with the blockhouse. Only earthworks remain. Androscoggin Riverlands State Park lies just north of grooms 26 miles of snowmobile trails from Lake St. George to the Frye Telephone: (207) 998-4104 Season: Open all year. Telephone: (207) 726-4412 United States Coast Guard. Location: Leave U.S. Route 1 at Stockton Springs and follow Lewiston-Auburn, Maine’s second-largest urban area, in Turner. Mountain area in Montville. Online: www.maine.gov/rangepond Online: www.maine.gov/cobscookbay The park provides access to Owls Open all year. signs to State Park Rd. Its 2,800-acres offers 12 miles of river frontage, miles of multi-use Location: 278 Belfast-Augusta Road, Liberty Season: Swan Lake State Park is a family-friendly day-use facility known Eagle Island was the summer home of North Pole explorer Adm. Season: Open all year. Head Light, an 1852 lighthouse Lat 44.466197 / Lon -68.831381 trails and abundant opportuntities for walking, fishing, boating, wild- Lat 44.398005 / Lon -69.347611 for excellent picnicking, its playground, and a secluded group shelter Robert E. Peary. It received National Historic Landmark designation in poised on a granite promontory Rangeley Lake State Park The Rangeley Lakes region is one of Telephone: in season (207) 567-3356; life watching and hunting. Turner Boat Launch (a public boat launch Telephone: (207) 589-4255 area for reunions and other large gatherings that is available by 2014. A solar powered Welcome Center is located next to the island’s 100 feet above Penobscot Bay. Maine’s most popular vacation destinations. Located in an area off season (207) 941-4014 (c/o N. Parks Office) owned and operated by NextEra Energy Resources, LLC) is located Crescent Beach State Park is Online: www.maine.gov/lakesaintgeorge reservation. The park also offers a swimming area with lifeguard pier and offers a short orientation video plus a mobile handheld The park provides picnic tables famous for trout and landlocked salmon fishing, Rangeley Lake State Online: www.maine.gov/fortpoint 1/3-mile south of the park’s main entrance on Center Bridge Road. about 8 miles south of Portland on Season: Open all year. supervision, plus canoe, kayak and paddleboat rentals. self-guided audio tour. The Peary family home is open for tours. and shore access. Park offers some of the most beautiful scenery in the state. Visitors will Season: May 15 to October 15. More than 1/2 of Maine people live within an hour’s drive of this park. Route 77 in Cape Elizabeth. The park Location: Swanville; follow signs from Rte. 141 north of Swanville. A hiking trail provides an opportunity to explore the island. Call for Location: 4 miles off Route 73 on Owl’s Head find well-spaced campsites among the fragrant spruce and fir trees, Location: Off Route 4 on Center Bridge Rd. in Turner. offers bathing in the surf or sun at one Lat 44.571548 / Lon -68.983953 information concerning boats for hire that provide transportation to the Lighthouse Road. hot showers, and a concrete boat-launching ramp with floats. Katahdin Iron Works, is the site of a once thriving iron works Lat 44.261181 / Lon -70.187399 of Maine’s finest beaches. There are Telephone: in season (207) 525-4404; island. Site admission is by cash or check only; credit cards are not Lat 44.088318 / Lon -69.048464 The Moose Country Corridor Trail offers a great opportunity for view- built in 1843. A restored blast furnace and charcoal kiln remind Telephone: (207) 998-4104 (c/o Range Pond State Park) picnic tables and grills, a children’s off season (207) 941-4014 (c/o N.Parks Office) accepted. VHF channel 9 is monitored by the park staff. Lamoine State Park Telephone: in season (207) 236-3109 (c/o Camden Hills State Park) ing wildlife, such as white-tailed deer, red fox, snowshoe hare, ruffed www.maine.gov/swanlake visitors of an effort that produced nearly 2,000 tons of raw iron Online: www.maine.gov/androscogginriverlands playground, a snack bar, and a Online: Location: About 3 miles off the coast of Harpswell. The island has a is located on Route 184, off season (207) 236-0849 (c/o Camden Hills State Park) grouse, and moose. annually for half a century. Charcoal was made in kilns consuming Season: Open all year. bathhouse with cold-water showers. Season: Memorial Day to Labor Day. pier and is accessible only by boat. 8 miles southeast from Ells- Online: www.maine.gov/owlshead Location: From Maine Route 17 in Rumford, turn onto South Shore 10,000 cords of wood per year. Kettle Cove State Park, located Lat 43.712491 / Lon -70.052524 worth. Located on Frenchman’s Season: Open all year. Drive and continue 3 miles to the park (on left). From Maine Route 4, Location: From Maine Route 11, drive five miles north of Brownville adjacent to Crescent Beach State Telephone: (207) 624-6080 Bay, the park is near Acadia in Farmington, turn onto South Shore Drive and continue 5 miles to the Junction, then take gravel road 6 miles to “K.I.” Park, offers beautiful coastal views (c/o S. Parks Office) National Park. Visitors will find a park (on right). Lat 45.444971 / Lon -69.174099 and a walking trail around the cove. 62-site campground (including Two Lights State Park Picnic or stroll along the rocky headland Online: www.maine.gov/eagleisland Aroostook State Park Maine’s first state park, Aroostook State Peaks-Kenny State Park is nestled in the mountains on the shore Lat 44.918110 / Lon -70.699512 Telephone: in season (207) 564-2003 (c/o Peaks-Kenny S.P.) Location: 7 Tower Drive, group sites) and hot showers, and enjoy a marvelous view of Casco Bay, the open ocean and lobster- Season: June 15 to Labor Day. Park is located on Echo Lake, in the heart of Maine’s potato country. of Sebec Lake, near the end of Route 153 about 6 miles from Dover- Telephone: in season (207) 864-3858; off season (207) 941-4014 (c/o N. Parks Office) Cape Elizabeth RV dump station, picnic area, men hauling traps. Prior to becoming a park, the site served as a World Hiking on nearby Quaggy Jo Mountain and trout fishing on Echo Foxcroft. The park offers camping, flush toilets, hot showers, off season (207) 624-6080 Online: www.maine.gov/katahdinironworks Lat 43.567210 / Lon -70.237746 boat launching ramp, saltwater War II coastal defense installation, and some remnants of that use Eagle Island Lake are popular activities. Campsites, showers, a camper kitchen well-spaced sites in a woodland setting, a swim area with lifeguard and (c/o S. Parks Office) Season: Open all year. (Off season = Oct 2 - May14) Telephone: (207) 799-5871 fishing pier, and playground. remain visible today. A playground, picnic tables, and grills are avail- shelter, canoe and kayak rentals are provided in season. Groomed a picnic area. A group shelter is available by reservation for a fee. Online: www.maine.gov/rangeleylake Online: Location: 23 State Park Road, Lamoine State Park able. There also is a shelter and sites for groups by reservation for a cross-country ski and snowshoe trails are available in the winter. A trailerable boat launch is located adjacent to the park along the entry. Season: May 15 to October 1. Fort Edgecomb was built to protect the picturesque town of Whaleback Shell Midden is one www.maine.gov/crescentbeach Lamoine looking toward Acadia fee. Crescent Beach State Park is a half-mile away. Groomed snowmobile trails also cross through the park. Location: State Park Road, Dover-Foxcroft Wiscasset, once the most important shipping center north of Boston. of many sites along the Damariscotta Season: Open all year. Lat 44.455519 / Lon -68.297628 Location: 7 Tower Drive, Cape Elizabeth (Rte. 77 to Two Lights Rd. to Tower Dr.) Location: Off U.S. Route 1 south of Presque Isle on Echo Lake. Lat 45.257700 / Lon -69.276693 This octagonal 1808 blockhouse and earthworks overlook the River where Native Americans Telephone: in season (207) 667-4778; Lat 43.560191 / Lon -70.209173 Lat 46.615453 / Lon -68.008184 Telephone: in season (207) 564-2003 Sheepscot River, where harbor seals and osprey often are seen. harvested oysters and piled the off season (207) 941-4014 (c/o N.Parks Office) Telephone: (207) 799-5871 Telephone: (207) 768-8341 off season (207) 941-4014 (c/o N.Parks Office) Location: Turn south off U.S. Route 1 in Edgecomb. leftover shells over a period of 1,500 www.maine.gov/lamoine Online: www.maine.gov/twolights Online: www.maine.gov/aroostook Crescent Beach State Park Online: Online: www.maine.gov/peaks-kenny Lat 43.993727 / Lon -69.655946 years. Whaleback was mined for May 15 to Oct. 15 Season: Open all year. Season: Open all year. Season: Season: May 15 to Oct. 1 Telephone: in-season (207) 882-7777; poultry feed and almost destroyed in Damariscotta Lake State Park, on Route 32 in Jefferson, off season (207) 624-6080 (c/o S. Parks Office) the 1880s. Today, the site, with scenic Vaughan Woods Memorial State Park is a 165-acre offers a family-friendly sand beach swimming area with a lifeguard, Online: www.maine.gov/fortedgecomb trails along the river, provides a place forested tract along the scenic Salmon Falls River. The park a group use shelter, changing areas, picnic tables, and grills. Season: Memorial Day to Labor Day. to view another more intact midden Location: 8 State Park Road, Jefferson Lily Bay State Park is 9 miles north of Greenville on the east includes picnic facilities and hiking trails through old-growth stands of across the river. Reid State Park Lat 44.198322 / Lon -69.452258 shore of Moosehead Lake. The park’s two campgrounds include 90 Penobscot Narrows Observatory sits 42 stories high atop pine and hemlock. Location: Off U.S. Route 1B in Birch Point Beach Fort Halifax, built in 1754, was the oldest blockhouse in the United Telephone: in season (207) 549-7600; well-spaced campsites (many along the shore), hot showers and flush Maine’s first and only cable-stay bridge. It offers sweeping views of Reid State Park, Maine’s first state-owned oceanfront beach, Location: 28 Oldfields Road, South Berwick. Travel south on Route Damariscotta across from the Great State Park States before it was destroyed during the flood of 1987. A recon- Bench at river’s edge. , located off season (207) 941-4014 toilets, two boat launch sites with boat slips, swim area, a day-use area Penobscot Bay and mid-coast Maine. The observatory is an integral features nearly 2 miles of sand beaches, dunes, marshes, ledges 236 from South Berwick. After about 1 mile, turn right onto Brattle Salt Bay School. structed blockhouse, which incorporates many timbers from the 1754 Whaleback Shell Midden. in Owl’s Head, provides (c/o N. Parks Office) with a playground, and a shoreline hiking trail. Group camping also is part of Fort Knox State Historic Site, and the bridge observatory is and ocean, plus a saltwater lagoon for swimming, making Reid one Street, and then turn left onto Oldfields Road. Watch for the Vaughan Lat 44.041373 / Lon -69.510233 scenic shore access to blockhouse, stands on the fort’s original site at the confluence of the Online: www.maine.gov/damariscottalake available. The staff grooms 5 miles of cross country ski and snowshoe unique in North and South America; one of only four such bridges in the of Maine’s most popular saltwater parks. In the winter, when condi- Woods entrance on the right. Telephone: in season (207) 563-1393 Penobscot Bay. The park’s Kennebec and Sebasticook rivers in Winslow. Fort Halifax was built at Season: Memorial Day to Labor Day. trails during the winter. entire world. This fully accessible attraction is located on the grounds tions permit, Reid’s walking trails are transformed into nearly 5 miles Lat 43.212190 / Lon -70.809171 (c/o Damariscotta River Association) crescent-shaped sand Location: State Park Road, Beaver Cove of Fort Knox in Prospect and is operated in conjunction with the Maine of groomed cross-country skiing opportunities. Facilities include picnic Telephone: in season (207) 384-5160; this strategic location to protect English colonial settlements along the off season (207) 624-6080 (c/o S. Parks Office) beach allows swimming Lat 45.568853 / Lon -69.538450 Department of Transportation. Park passes are not accepted for the areas with charcoal grills, and bathhouses with rinse-off showers. off season (207) 490-4079 (c/o Lyman Forestry Office) Kennebec and was garrisoned from 1754-1766. Ferry Beach State Park is located off Route 9 on Bay View Road Online: www.maine.gov/whalebackshellmidden in gentle surf. There are Telephone: (207) 695-2700 observatory. Tickets for the tower can be purchased as you enter the A secluded group shelter is available by reservation only. Online: www.maine.gov/vaughanwoods Location: 1 mile south of the Winslow-Waterville bridge on U.S. Route between Old Orchard Beach and Camp Ellis in Saco. Season: May 15 through October 15. no lifeguards. Beach at Birch Point State Park Online: www.maine.gov/lilybay Fort Knox welcome station. Location: In Georgetown, 14 miles from Route 1. Season: Memorial Day to Columbus Day. 201 and just north of the Sebasticook River. Offering a sweeping view of Location: Off Route 73 Sth. of Owls Head on Birch Point Beach Rd. Season: Open all year. Location: U.S. Route 1, Prospect Lat 43.789018 / Lon -69.722351 Lat 44.539468 / Lon -69.628031 miles of white sand beaches Pets in the Parks Lat 44.039583 / Lon -69.097573 Lat 44.566785 Lon -68.804737 Telephone: (207) 371-2303 Warren Island State Park, a peaceful spruce-covered island off Telephone: (207) 941-4014 (c/o N. Parks Office) between the Saco River and ● Pets, where allowed, must be on a leash under the physical Telephone: in season (207) 236-3109 (c/o Camden Hills S.P.) Mackworth Island offers a path around the 100-acre island, scenic Telephone: (207) 469-7719 (c/o Fort Knox) Online: www.maine.gov/reid Lincolnville in Penobscot Bay, offers nine wooded campsites, three Online: www.maine.gov/forthalifax Pine Point, the beach has off season (207) 236-0849 (c/o Camden Hills S.P.) views of Casco Bay, and access to the pocket beaches. The Governor Online: www.maine.gov/mdot/pnbo Season: Open all year. group campsites, three Adirondack shelters, a reservable group picnic Season: Open all year. control of the pet handler and must not be left unattended. been a destination for Online: www.maine.gov/birchpoint Baxter School for the Deaf is on the island and is not open to the public Season: May 1 to Oct. 31 shelter, fresh drinking water, plus docking and mooring facilities on the ● Pets are not allowed at: generations for sunbathing Season: Memorial Day to Labor Day. without prior arrangement. northeast side of the island. The park is designed for the boating public, ● Beaches from April 1 through September 30 and swimming. A chang- Roque Bluffs State Park is Fort Kent Fort Kent’s original wooden blockhouse was constructed in Location: Access off Route 1 in Falmouth via Andrews Avenue. and there is no public ferry transportation to the island. ● Sebago Lake State Park Campground ing room and picnic area Penobscot River Corridor (PRC), located in the heart of Maine’s a unique day-use area. With its 1839 to secure Maine’s claim to the northern forest during the “Aroos- Bradbury Mountain State Park Lat 43.690127 / Lon -70.234947 Location: Warren Island, Islesboro, Penobscot Bay. ● Pet waste must be picked up immediately and Explore trails, take in the are available. The park’s undeveloped forest land, provides outstanding opportunities for remote pebble beach on the ocean and took War.” The fort was named for Maine’s Gov. Edward Kent. This site Telephone: (207) 688-4712 (c/o Bradbury Mt. State Park) Lat 44.273986 / Lon -68.943845 disposed of properly. magnificent view from the summit, or enjoy a picnic under a canopy 120-acres includes wooded camping and canoe trips, fishing excursions, and whitewater rafting, a freshwater pond, the park is at the confluence of the St. John and Fish rivers and is adjacent to a Online: www.maine.gov/mackworthisland Telephone: in season (207) 446-7090; of trees. The park is on Route 9 about halfway between Portland paths through a variety of provided by commercial operators. The PRC provides extensive water- provides both fresh and picnic area and gift shop. Long Pond at Ferry Beach State Park Season: Open all year. off season (207) 941-4014 (c/o N. Parks Office) and Lewiston-Auburn and is a short drive from Freeport. One of the access recreation along river and lake frontage. Major access points in saltwater swimming; no lifeguards. Location: Off U.S. Route 1 in the town of Fort Kent. habitats, including a bog Online: www.maine.gov/warrenisland LEGEND original five state parks, opened in 1940, its 800 acres of forested and pond. Of note is a stand of tupelo (black gum) trees, rare at this the area are gained from Millinocket or Greenville. Look for the passport Facilities include tables, grills, and Lat 47.251738 / Lon -68.593704 land is also host to hawk watching and a birding festival each spring; Moose Point State Park, on U.S. Route 1 between Befast and Season: Memorial Day to September 15. Telephone: (207) 768-8341 (c/o Aroostook State Park) latitude. A Nature Center offers exhibits and guided programs. station at Chesuncook Boat Launch and the Lobster Trip Boat Launch. a children’s playground. ATVing GROUP Playground visit www.maine.gov/feathersoverfreeport. www.maine.gov/fortkent CAMPING Location: 95 Bayview Rd., Saco Searsport, provides CAUTION: Trips to this remote region require careful planning and back- The town’s trailerable boat launch Online: Location: 528 Hallowell Road, Pownal refuge from busy Sunset at Roque Bluffs. Season: Memorial Day through September 30. Lat 43.481514 / Lon -70.392965 country skills.There is no cell phone reception in this area. is adjacent to the park on GROUP picnic RV Lat 43.899190 / Lon -70.179102 Route 1 for a cookout Biking Shelter Dumping Telephone: in season (207) 283-0067; Location: Lat 45.97546 Lon -69.523756 Schoppee Point Rd. Station Telephone: (207) 688-4712 or picnic. Relax in an Telephone: (207) 592-1153 Location: About 6 miles off U.S. Route 1 in Roque Bluffs. Wolfe’s Neck Woods State Park Fort Knox Maine’s largest historic fort, Fort Knox features stunning off season (207) 624-6080 (c/o S. Parks Office) RV Online: www.maine.gov/bradburymountain Boat Launch Hiking Online: www.maine.gov/ferrybeach evergreen grove, explore Online: www.maine.gov/penobscotrivercorridor Lat 44.611496 The park’s signature residents are the military architecture and master granite craftsmanship. Constructed Hand-Carry Hookup Open all year. Season: Season: Memorial Day to Sept. 30 tidal pools, take a walk Season: Open all year. Lon -67.483113 ospreys who nest on nearby Googins Island. between 1844 and 1869, the fort on the park’s trails, or Boat Launch, Horseback sea Telephone: in season (207) 255-3475; Guided watches from an ocean-side is located on the Penobscot River Trailerable Riding Kayaking Fort Point State Park is located off U.S. Route 1 in Stockton just enjoy the Penobscot off season (207) 941-4014 overlook with a spotting scope are held Narrows and was garrisoned during Springs, on the tip of a peninsula jutting into scenic Penobscot Bay. Bay panorama. The park (c/o N. Parks Office) during the nesting season. During the the Civil War and Spanish American Boating, HOT Snow Motorized Showers Mobiling Named for the point where Gov. Thomas Pownall established Fort features a group shelter Online: www.maine.gov/roquebluffs summer nature programs are offered daily, War. Operated in cooperation with the and gazebo which is Pownall in 1759, the ruins of which are visible in the park, it is an Season: May 15 to October 1 weather permitting, at 2:00 p.m. The park Maine Department of Transportation, Snow Terry Chick Terry Campground Hunting excellent picnicking and fishing spot. It includes Fort Point Light, a perfect for family contains varied ecosystems, including the neighboring 42-story high shoeing functions and weddings. Osprey nesting at lighthouse dating from 1836. A 200-foot pier accommodates visitors pine and hemlock forests, a salt-marsh Penobscot Narrows Observatory CROSS- Wolfe’s Neck Woods. INTERPRETIVE arriving by boat. The Loon License Plate estuary, the rocky shorelines on Casco Bay (fully accessible) sits atop Maine’s Fort Knox COUNTRY Swimming Wedding at Moose Point State Park Skiing Trail Location: State Park Road, Stockton Springs. is a progam that generates and the Harraseeket River. only cable-stay bridge. Lat 44.466197 / Lon -68.831381 Location: On U.S. Route 1 between Belfast and Searsport. funds for conservation including Location: 426 Wolf Neck Rd., Freeport. Just 4.5 miles from U.S. Rte. 1 Location: On Route 174, just off U.S. Route 1 in Prospect. Fishing Lighthouse Walking Telephone: in season (207) 567-3356; Lat 44.435394 / Lon -68.944932 Maine’s State Parks and Historic and Freeport’s bustling shopping district. Lat 44.566785 / Lon -68.804737 off season (207) 941-4014 (c/o N. Parks Office) Telephone: in season (207) 548-2882; Sites. $14 of each registration Lat 43.825823 / Lon -70.08557 (207) 469-7719 Telephone: Food paddling wi-fi Online: www.maine.gov/fortpoint off season (207) 941-4014 (c/o N. Parks Office) Winter view of Mount Kahtahdin from the Penobscot River. goes to conservation, wildlife Telephone: (207) 865-4465 Online: www.maine.gov/fortknox Service Online: www.maine.gov/moosepoint Season: May 15 to October 15 habitat, and park programs. Online: www.maine.gov/wolfesneckwoods Season: May 1 to October 31. Picnic Wildlife Playground at Bradbury Mountain State Park Season: Memorial Day to Oct. 1. Season: Open all year. Geocaching Area Watching

May 15 - October 15 October - 15 May 11 E12 Damariscotta Midden Shell Whaleback

Open All Year All Open 23 F7 T6R9 Works Iron Katahdin

Outside-of-Maine: [Snowmobile Registration at www.maine.gov/ifw] at Registration [Snowmobile (207) 624-9950 (207)

Open All Year All Open 2 B15 Kittery Jones Paul John

at checkpoints. FMI: (207) 435-6231 / www.northmainewoods.org / 435-6231 (207) FMI: checkpoints. at

4 E13 Phippsburg / Beach Popham Popham Fort Memorial Day - Labor Day Labor - Day Memorial

Within Maine: Within

800-332-1501

May 15 - October 15 October - 15 May 3 G10 Springs Stockton Park) State Point (Fort Pownall Fort

North Maine Woods day use and camping fees apply; payable payable apply; fees camping and use day Woods Maine North NMW = = NMW Park. State George St. Lake to trails

Online: Online: Online: Online: Memorial Day - September 30 September - Day Memorial 2 K9 Machiasport O’Brien Fort

www.maine.gov/deadriver www.maine.gov/holeb

27 B15 Point Kittery McClary Fort Memorial Day - Columbus Day Columbus - Day Memorial local connects that trail of miles 26 - Liberty Mountain, Frye ● By Phone: By

9 a.m. to 4 p.m. M-F, No Holidays No M-F, p.m. 4 to a.m. 9

Telephone FMI: FMI: Telephone Telephone FMI: FMI: Telephone

(207) 778-8231 (Western Public Lands Office) Lands Public (Western 778-8231 (207) (207) 778-8231 (Western Public Lands Office) Lands Public (Western 778-8231 (207)

May 1 - October 31 October - 1 May 124 G10 Prospect Knox Fort

Blueberry Mt. Blueberry

vistas along 37 miles of groomed trails. groomed of miles 37 along vistas

Memorial Day - September 30 September - Day Memorial 3 H1 Kent Fort Kent Fort

Lat 45.222445 / Lon -70.190437 Lon / 45.222445 Lat

Lat 45.594179 / Lon -70.426933 Lon / 45.594179 Lat

Open All Year All Open 0.75 E10 Winslow Halifax Fort

scenic countless offers area this Mountains, White spectacular

Online: Online:

www.maine.gov/richardson

3 E12 Edgecomb Edgecomb Fort Memorial Day - Labor Day Labor - Day Memorial

New Portland. New Attean Pond or by private logging road north of Jackman. of north road logging private by or Pond Attean Online: Online:

www.maine.gov/tumbledown

www.CampWithME.com

May 1 - September 30 September - 1 May 10 E13 Phippsburg / Beach Popham Baldwin Fort

Telephone FMI: FMI: Telephone the in High - Notch Evans Forest, National Mountain White ●

(207) 778-8231 (Western Public Lands Office) Lands Public (Western 778-8231 (207)

Location: Location:

Access is gained via the Long Falls Dam Road from North North from Road Dam Falls Long the via gained is Access Location: Access is gained either via the traditional portage trail from from trail portage traditional the via either gained is Access June 15 - Labor Day Labor - 15 June 17 D13 Harpswell S. Island Eagle (Western Public Lands Office) Lands Public (Western

19 E12 Bristol Henry) William (Ft. Pemaquid Colonial Memorial Day - Labor Day Labor - Day Memorial Lat 44.839548 / Lon -70.839069 Lon / 44.839548 Lat roads passing through Eastern Maine’s scenic countryside. scenic Maine’s Eastern through passing roads

vehicle accessible campground at Big Eddy on the river. the on Eddy Big at campground accessible vehicle wildlife watchers are kept busy viewing the more than 200 species. 200 than more the viewing busy kept are watchers wildlife Telephone FMI: FMI: Telephone

778-8231 (207)

Memorial Day - Labor Day Labor - Day Memorial 27 I5 Aroostook Point Bible Online at: Online

passes through the northern section known as “Upper Richardson”. “Upper as known section northern the through passes logging old of miles 47 Travel - County Washington Beddington, ●

State Historic Sites Historic State

Visitors enjoy camping the lake’s sites, accessible by boat, and at the the at and boat, by accessible sites, lake’s the camping enjoy Visitors Approximate Opening & Closing Dates** Closing & Opening Approximate boundaries. Moose and loons accentuate Holeb’s special character, as as character, special Holeb’s accentuate loons and Moose boundaries. (Brook Trail Trailhead) Trail (Brook

by reservation with South Arm Campground (207) 364-5155. Rte. 16 16 Rte. 364-5155. (207) Campground Arm South with reservation by

Blue to ITS 89 and Avon. and 89 ITS to Blue

lake. the leaves it after River Dead the of miles few first including Holeb Falls lie within the unit’s unit’s the within lie Falls Holeb including

-70.532349 Lon / 44.729148 Lat

Holeb

Tumbledown Franklin 10,555 C9

Arm Road. Boat access campsites on Richardson Lake are managed managed are Lake Richardson on campsites access Boat Road. Arm

Mount connecting mountains, western rugged s Maine’ through

encompasses miles of shore on Flagstaff Lake and the the and Lake Flagstaff on shore of miles encompasses

Dead River River Dead picnicking without res is permitted. is res without picnicking and a significant length of the Moose River River Moose the of length significant a and

trailheads. several to milles 4.5 about Reservations

Telos Piscataquis 22,962 F4

Areas R. Merchant

present on Public Lands. Informal Informal Lands. Public on present

Location: Access to the southern portion of the unit is by the South South the by is unit the of portion southern the to Access

winding trail scenic of miles 38 - Weld Park, State Blue Mount ●

41,500 D,E/5,6 Somerset Seboomook

Most shores on Attean and Holeb Ponds Ponds Holeb and Attean on shores Most

Picnic

northwest to Weld Corner.Take Byron Road Road Byron Corner.Take Weld to northwest

No formal picnic areas are generally generally are areas picnic formal No

21,369 G7 Penobscot & Piscataquis Seboeis

Northern Forest Canoe Trail. Canoe Forest Northern

Four Major Trail Systems are Administered by BPL: by Administered are Systems Trail Major Four

20,135 I3 Aroostook Scopan

terfall highlights the trip in this remote area. area. remote this in trip the highlights terfall Location: From Weld take Route 142 142 Route take Weld From

www.maine.gov/dacf/boatlaunches www.maine.gov/dacf/boatlaunches

Camping Park State

9,092 G4 Penobscot Lake Scraggly

eral small ponds. The lakes are part of of the 740-mile long, multi-state multi-state long, 740-mile the of of part are lakes The ponds. small eral Launches

Online Sortable Boat Launch Listing: Launch Boat Sortable Online

- wa scenic a and portaged, or run be either enthusiasts. outdoor other and

20,349 F2 Aroostook Pond Round

Online: Online: Boat

www.maine.gov/cutlercoast Boat Launches are higly variable. Use the the Use variable. higly are Launches Boat

- sev on frontage as well as Lakes, Mooselookmeguntic and Richardson

11,150 J9/K9 Washington Lake Rocky

(BPL). Lands and

includes several Class I and II rapids that can can that rapids II and I Class several includes

many other attractions for hiker, hunters, hunters, hiker, for attractions other many

22,728 B9 Oxford Richardson

Telephone FMI: FMI: Telephone

(207) 941-4412 (Eastern Public Lands Office) Lands Public (Eastern 941-4412 (207)

Western Maine. The 23,000 acres includes 21 miles of shoreline on on shoreline of miles 21 includes acres 23,000 The Maine. Western

“Shared Use Road.” Use “Shared

Roads

646 D12 Cumberland Pineland the Maine Bureau of Parks Parks of Bureau Maine the

popular among canoeists and fisherman, fisherman, and canoeists among popular

destination, but surrounding lands offer offer lands surrounding but destination,

the green and white sign indicating indicating sign white and green the

Lat 44.698736 / Lon -67.158240 Lon / 44.698736 Lat 43,966 F6 Piscataquis Nahmakanta

is located in the scenic Rangeley Lakes Region of of Region Lakes Rangeley scenic the in located is Richardson Richardson Use

on gravel roads on Public Lands that have have that Lands Public on roads gravel on

ties, private landowners, and and landowners, private ties, The Moose River “Bow Trip,” long long Trip,” “Bow River Moose The Holeb Holeb several trail routes, is the most popular popular most the is routes, trail several 6,214 C8 Franklin Abraham Mount

Location:

Shared Shared Access is from Route 191 in Cutler. in 191 Route from is Access ATV, equestrian, and bicycle use is allowed allowed is use bicycle and equestrian, ATV,

14,500 E6 Piscataquis Lake Moosehead

- municipali clubs, snowmobile

with an alpine pond near the summit and and summit the near pond alpine an with

Oxford Mahoosucs 31,807 B10

of the interior. interior. the of

allowed in each area. each in allowed

Online: Online:

10,026 I,J,K/8,9 Washington Corridor River Machias www.maine.gov/pineland

Cutler Coast Cutler

cooperative program between between program cooperative Mountain Range. Tumbledown Mountain, Mountain, Tumbledown Range. Mountain

Online: Online:

www.maine.gov/greatheath

for information about specic trail uses uses trail specic about information for

15,055 E7 Piscataquis Moose Little spruce, heaths, and grasslands grasslands and heaths, spruce,

ual State Parks or Public Lands Lands Public or Parks State ual individ Call

(Western Public Lands Office) Lands Public (Western

D10 6,076 Franklin & Kennebec Highlands Kennebec in Maine is the product of a a of product the is Maine in Tumbledown the protect easements

(Eastern Public Lands Office) Lands Public (Eastern

trailhead through the stunted stunted the through trailhead

ding mountain bikes mountain ding ri • 20,155 C6/C7 Somerset Holeb B. TompkinsS.

Telephone FMI: FMI: Telephone

778-8231 (207)

of state-owned public lands and state-held state-held and lands public state-owned of thousands of miles of trails trails of miles of thousands Telephone FMI: FMI: Telephone 941-4412 (207) horseback riding horseback • 6,207 I9 Washington Heath Great

Boardwalk Pineland SouthLoop the to returns then campsites,

riding ATVs riding • 4,051 F5 Piscataquis Island Gero

Lat 43.894649 / Lon -70.265520 Lon / 43.894649 Lat

More than 10,000 acres acres 10,000 than More

Tumbledown of network growing A

Lat 44.733279 / Lon -67.897118 Lon / 44.733279 Lat

cross-country skiing cross-country • 6,018 C9 Franklin Ponds Four

viding access to remote hike-in hike-in remote to access viding

in Gray. in

shared use opportunities for: opportunities use shared 24,416 H1 Aroostook Lake Eagle

gravel roads. gravel

(207) 287-4957 (207)

- pro shore, the of most follows

trails in selected State Parks also have have also Parks State selected in trails 25,220 I8 Washington & Hancock Lake Duck

Road Depot the on area parking

Location:

Access is off Rte.193 north of Cherryfield on unmarked unmarked on Cherryfield of north Rte.193 off is Access Depending on the time of year, some some year, of time the on Depending 15,391 I10 Hancock Pond Donnell

04333-0022 ME Augusta, SHS, 22 Program, Snowmobile shore. A network of hiking trails trails hiking of network A shore.

provide hiking opportunities. opportunities. hiking provide 548 E12 Lincoln Point Dodge Location:

small at Access

opportunity interspersed with frequent beaver dams. beaver frequent with interspersed opportunity

All trails at State Parks and Public Lands Lands Public and Parks State at trails All Trails 21,871 G2 Aroostook Deboullie

Snowmobile Trails Trails Snowmobile

by dramatic cliff-bound ocean ocean cliff-bound dramatic by www.maine.gov/dacf/snowmobile

Online: Online:

www.maine.gov/telos

Depot Rd. parking lot. lot. parking Rd. Depot

7,031 D8 Somerset River Dead

surrounded by a large peat bog. Canoeists enjoy a flat water paddling paddling water flat a enjoy Canoeists bog. peat large a by surrounded

“Bold Coast” characterized characterized Coast” “Bold historic site directly. site historic 7,309 Piscataquis Academy Days E6

Telephone FMI: FMI: Telephone

(207) 435-7963 (Northern Public Lands Office) Lands Public (Northern 435-7963 (207)

the from trails of network 3-mile

accessible facilities call the park or or park the call facilities accessible 12,238 K9 Washington Coast Cutler in Washington County includes the Pleasant River River Pleasant the includes County Washington in

Great Heath Heath Great

5 miles of Washington County County Washington of miles 5

Lat 46.170628 / Lon -69.208748 Lon / 46.170628 Lat For current status and information about about information and status current For 10,290 E4/F4 Piscataquis Lake Chamberlain

forest. Hikers and skiers enjoy a a enjoy skiers and Hikers forest.

Down East Sunrise Trail (H10-K8) - 94 miles. 94 - (H10-K8) Trail Sunrise East Down

1,119 B7 Franklin Ponds of Chain

includes almost almost includes Cutler Coast Coast Cutler

Rd. Pinkham to road connector take Ashland From Rd. Telos

NMW

and fields of landscape pastoral outside the gates and walking in. in. walking and gates the outside 9113 Penobscot Bradley G9/H9

miles; 16 - (D10) Trail Stop Whistle miles; 12 - (D8-9) Bingham

welcome to enjoy them by parking parking by them enjoy to welcome 4,135 E6 Piscataquis Mountain Spencer Big

Location: Round

Access from Route 11. In Millinocket take Golden Rd. to to Rd. Golden take Millinocket In 11. Route from Access

acres in Cumberland County with a a with County Cumberland in acres

the o season or winter, visitors are still still are visitors winter, or season o the 35,000 C8 Franklin & Somerset Preserve Bigelow to Solon miles; 32 - (F8-9) Trail Adventure Season Four miles;

Year

Historic Site facilities are shut down for for down shut are facilities Site Historic 1,620 D4/5 Somerset Lake Baker located on Coffelos Pond, which is popular with anglers. with popular is which Pond, Coffelos on located

includes more than 600 600 than more includes Pineland Pineland

Online: Online:

www.maine.gov/geroisland

Sherman to Patten (H5) - 6 miles; Lagrange to Medford (G8) - 16 16 - (G8) Medford to Lagrange miles; 6 - (H5) Patten to Sherman

** Although many of the State Parks and and Parks State the of many Although Visit Visit 1,873 B8 Franklin Mountain Bald

canoeists paddling the Allagash Wilderness Waterway. Campsites are are Campsites Waterway. Wilderness Allagash the paddling canoeists

Online: Online: 5,000 H9 Amherst Forest Community Mountains Amherst www.maine.gov/chamberlainlake Telephone FMI: FMI: Telephone

(207) 435-7963 (Northern Public Lands Office) Lands Public (Northern 435-7963 (207)

Valley Trail (I2) - 25 miles; Southern Aroostook Trail (I4) - 42 miles; miles; 42 - (I4) Trail Aroostook Southern miles; 25 - (I2) Trail Valley

Public Lands Public

southern end of Chamberlain Lake, the most popular starting point for for point starting popular most the Lake, Chamberlain of end southern State Park Camping Registration at www.campwithme.com at Registration Camping Park State Telephone FMI: FMI: Telephone

(207) 435-7963 (Northern Public Lands Office) Lands Public (Northern 435-7963 (207)

Lat 46.063360 / Lon -69.390197 Lon / 46.063360 Lat

Aroostook miles; 65 - (H3-I1) Trail Aroostook and Bangor

Open All Year All Open 244 D12 Freeport Woods Neck Wolfe’s

is a 23,000 acre property that surrounds Telos Lake and the the and Lake Telos surrounds that property acre 23,000 a is Telos Telos

Lat 46.170628 / Lon -69.208748 Lon / 46.170628 Lat

Location:

Chesuncook Lake. Camp sites on west side of island. of side west on sites Camp Lake. Chesuncook

Memorial Day - Sept. 15 Sept. - Day Memorial 70 G11 Islesboro Island Warren ences on this brochure’s map include: Heritage Trail (G1) - 16 miles; miles; 16 - (G1) Trail Heritage include: map brochure’s this on ences Camping Memorial Day-Sept. 15 Day-Sept. Memorial Camping

Memorial Day - Columbus Day Columbus - Day Memorial 165 B14 Berwick South Woods Vaughan Location: Location:

Telos Rd. Chamberlain Bridge boat access. access. boat Bridge Chamberlain Rd. Telos NMW

the mainland. mainland. the

- refer grid their and trails The surfaces. gravel have trails These state.

Open All Year All Open 41 D13 Elizabeth Cape Lights Two

Online: Online: www.maine.gov/nahmakanta

low mountains and enjoy fine views of the lakes and forests. and lakes the of views fine enjoy and mountains low Corridor). The unit also includes most of historic Chesuncook Village on on Village Chesuncook historic of most includes also unit The Corridor). Memorial Day - Labor Day Labor - Day Memorial 67 G10 Swanville Lake Swan

Maine residents, 65 and older, receive free day-use admission. day-use free receive older, and 65 residents, Maine

The Bureau owns or manages ten multi-use trails throughout the the throughout trails multi-use ten manages or owns Bureau The

(Eastern Public Lands Office) Lands Public (Eastern

Open All Year All Open 87 L9 Eastport Head Shackford

Canoeists from the waterway follow the hiking trails to the tops of two two of tops the to trails hiking the follow waterway the from Canoeists

paddling the West Branch of the Penobscot River (Penobscot River River (Penobscot River Penobscot the of Branch West the paddling

Open All Year All Open 1,342 C12 Naples Lake Sebago Camping May 1-Oct. 15 1-Oct. May Camping

Railroad Corridor Trails Trails Corridor Railroad

www.parksandlands.com

Online:

www.maine.gov/seboomook Telephone FMI: FMI: Telephone

941-4412 (207)

check-off Form Tax State Maine OR

67 Season Pass Not Accepted Not Pass Season April - October - April C13 Scarborough Beach Scarborough

Waterway. Wilderness Allagash the of end south the form that

access campsites on the shore are popular with anglers and canoeists canoeists and anglers with popular are shore the on campsites access

May 15 - October 1 October - 15 May 274 J10 Bluffs Roque Bluffs Roque

Telephone FMI: Telephone (207) 778-8231 (Western Public Lands Offfice) Lands Public (Western 778-8231 (207)

Lat 45.706494 / Lon -69.158082 Lon / 45.706494 Lat

View from Stink Pond Ledges Pond Stink from View

is a group of parcels abutting the large lakes lakes large the abutting parcels of group a is Chamberlain Lake Lake Chamberlain

water The Lake. Chesuncook in island large a is Open All Year All Open 770 E12 Georgetown Reid Gero Island Island Gero

OR at your favorite Maine State Park State Maine favorite your at OR

Lat 45.891750 / Lon -69.956862 Lon / 45.891750 Lat Mary at (207) 435-6213. (207) at Mary

May 1 -October 15 -October 1 May 870 B9 Rangeley Lake Rangeley Camping May 15-Oct. 1 15-Oct. May Camping

FMI on clubs, grants & trails. & grants clubs, on FMI Nahmakanta Nahmakanta

740 C12 Poland Pond Range Open All Year All Open

western access and access to Canada Falls Lake. Falls Canada to access and access western

requires day use fee. Call KI Jo- KI Call fee. use day requires www.MaineStateParkPass.com

Look for the ATV symbol in this guide. Visit us online, write or call call or write online, us Visit guide. this in symbol ATV the for Look May 15 - October 15 15 October - 15 May 541 L9 Lubec Head Quoddy

Open All Year All Open 605 D13 Phippsburg Beach Popham

day use fees for for fees use day Road. Golden the via west from or Rockwood NMW NMW

Jo-Mary Rd. KI Jo-Mary Checkpoint Checkpoint Jo-Mary KI Rd. Jo-Mary

ATVs. to open trails have Lands Public and Parks State Some

Open All Year All Open 12,500 E5-G5 Piscataquis Corridor River Penobscot

Get one today at: today one Get

Online:

Location: www.maine.gov/chainofponds Online: Online: Access from south via the Northern/20 Mile Road north of of north Road Mile Northern/20 the via south from Access www.maine.gov/fourponds OR Brownville: OR G10 Prospect Observatory Narrows Penobscot May 1 - October 31 October - 1 May 5 Season Pass Not Accepted Not Pass Season

east off Rte. 11 via via 11 Rte. off east

ATVs. to open are beds railroad maintained

Camping May 15-Oct. 1 15-Oct. May Camping May 15 - October 1 October - 15 May 813 F7 Dover-Foxcroft Peaks-Kenny

Telephone FMI: FMI: Telephone

(207) 778-8231 (Western Public Lands Office) Lands Public (Western 778-8231 (207)

Telephone FMI: FMI: Telephone prefer less rustic options. rustic less prefer

(207) 778-8231 (Western Public Lands Office) Lands Public (Western 778-8231 (207)

Pond Rd. to Penobscot Pond Rd. Rd. Pond Penobscot to Rd. Pond

13 F11 Head Owls Head Owls Open All Year All Open and state-owned ten addition, In clubs. ATV

accessory! best car’s r You

Open All Year All Open 800 E6 Twp. Kineo Kineo Mount

Lat 45.337259 / Lon -70.658671 Lon / 45.337259 Lat subject to camping fees. Two private lodging options exist for those who who those for exist options lodging private Two fees. camping to subject

Lat 44.832086 / Lon -70.703404 Rte. 17 & D Town Rd. Town D & 17 Rte. -70.703404 Lon / 44.832086 Lat from Kokadjo: from

Second Roach Roach Second is

by maintained and land private on are Most

Open All Year All Open 7,489 C9 Weld Blue Mount Camping May 15-Oct. 15 15-Oct. May Camping

Location: Location:

Access by Route 27 north of Stratton. of north 27 Route by Access rivers and lakes managed as part of the Penobscot River Corridor and and Corridor River Penobscot the of part as managed lakes and rivers Memorial Day - October 1 October - Day Memorial 146 G10 Searsport Point Moose Route 4 in Sandy River. Sandy in 4 Route Location:

Access over gravel roads roads gravel over Access

trails. ATV of miles 6,000 over has Maine

D13 Open All Year All Open 100 Falmouth Island Mackworth

sites or a commercial campground with amenities. with campground commercial a or sites Location: South Branch of the Penobscot River. Primitive campsites border the the border campsites Primitive River. Penobscot the of Branch South

Access is gained by the AT off route 17 in Township D or or D Township in 17 route off AT the by gained is Access this land. land. this Beaver Cove Beaver Bay Lily Camping May 15-Oct. 15 15-Oct. May Camping Open All Year All Open 924 E6

04333-0022 ME Augusta, SHS, 22 Program, ATV

Lamoine Lamoine

May 15 - October 15 October - 15 May Camping May 15-Oct. 15 15-Oct. May Camping 55 H10

each of the ponds and offers lake shore camping at primitive remote remote primitive at camping shore lake offers and ponds the of each

Corridor), wildlife watching and challenging whitewater paddling on the the on paddling whitewater challenging and watching wildlife Corridor),

snowmobiles heading from Rangelely to Weld. to Rangelely from heading snowmobiles

Millinocket and Greenville crosses crosses Greenville and Millinocket

358 Liberty F10/F11

Lake St.George Lake Open All Year All Open Camping May 15-Oct. 15 15-Oct. May Camping

ATV Trails ATV

287-2751 (207) www.maine.gov/dacf/atv

Brooksville G11 Sanctuary Island Holbrook short thoroughfares to form the “chain”. The unit includes frontage on on frontage includes unit The “chain”. the form to thoroughfares short trout and landlocked salmon), boating (the start of the Penobscot River River Penobscot the of start (the boating salmon), landlocked and trout and swimming are popular activities. Winter visitors pass through on on through pass visitors Winter activities. popular are swimming and Open All Year All Open 1,345

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Grafton Notch Grafton May 15 - September 30 September - 15 May B10 Township Grafton 3,129

Long, Bag, and Lower Ponds joined by by joined Ponds Lower and Bag, Long, hunting (deer, moose, bear, grouse and woodcock), fishing (wild brook brook (wild fishing woodcock), and grouse bear, moose, (deer, hunting

Sabbath Day Pond and a campsite at Little Swift River Pond. Fishing Fishing Pond. River Swift Little at campsite a and Pond Day Sabbath tinations for water-based camping. camping. water-based for tinations May 15 - October 15 October - 15 May 156 G10 Springs Stockton Pownall) (Fort Point Fort

Bigelow Preserve Bigelow Individual Pass

Memorial Day - September 30 September - Day Memorial 117 C13 Saco Beach Ferry

invasives are not transferred. not are invasives

includes Natanis, Natanis, includes Chain of Ponds of Chain Moosehead Lake. It offers remote recreation opportuntities including including opportuntities recreation remote offers It Lake. Moosehead

(AT) traverses the length of this 6,000-acre property with a lean-to at at lean-to a with property 6,000-acre this of length the traverses (AT) - des provide canoe by accessible

Damariscotta Lake Damariscotta

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around Canada Falls, Seboomook Lake, and the north shore of of shore north the and Lake, Seboomook Falls, Canada around of Land on Rangeley Lakes Scenic Byway. The Appalachian Trail Trail Appalachian The Byway. Scenic Lakes Rangeley on Land of trailheads. Lakeshore campsites campsites Lakeshore trailheads.

Open All Year All Open 871 K9 Dennysville Bay Cobscook Camping May 15-Oct. 15 15-Oct. May Camping

www.maine.gov/ifw/atv_snowmobile_watercraft/watercraft.htm

spans 41,000 acres of gently rolling hills and forests forests and hills rolling gently of acres 41,000 spans Seboomook lies east of the Mooselookmeguntic Lake and the Height Height the and Lake Mooselookmeguntic the of east lies Four Ponds Ponds Four Open All Year All Open access to scenic ponds and hiking hiking and ponds scenic to access 5,710 F11 Camden Hills Camden Camping May 15-Oct. 15 15-Oct. May Camping Pass Vehicle

Open All Year All Open 730 D12 Pownal Mountain Bradbury Camping May 15-Oct. 15 15-Oct. May Camping

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State Park Passes Park State leaving Rte. 11 Sth. of Millinocket. of Sth. 11 Rte. leaving located in the town of Eagle Lake. Eagle of town the in located

Lat 45.108027 / Lon -70.365374 Lon / 45.108027 Lat less Debsconeag backcountry area area backcountry Debsconeag less

canoe have sites Some facilities. “part-tide” designated are and

Location:

Access from a gravel road road gravel a from Access 11 at Soldier Pond (Wallagrass) or by boat from the launching site site launching the from boat by or (Wallagrass) Pond Soldier at 11

by the Long Falls Dam Road from North New Portland. New North from Road Dam Falls Long the by - road large The Lake. Namakanta Kayaking on Seboeis on Kayaking

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Location:

Milo to Medway. to Milo Access is available off the Sly Brook Road, connecting Route Route connecting Road, Brook Sly the off available is Access

Location: Location: Access over gravel roads off Route 27 in Carrabassett, and and Carrabassett, in 27 Route off roads gravel over Access lands system. The Appalachian Trail (AT) crosses following the shore of of shore the following crosses (AT) Trail Appalachian The system. lands

through these lands, traveling from from traveling lands, these through Lake, its water access campsites are a popular feature. popular a are campsites access water its Lake,

Lake. Flagstaff alongside camping and spans nearly 43,000 acres; the largest tract in the public public the in tract largest the acres; 43,000 nearly spans Nahmakanta Nahmakanta

rooms and boarding floats. floats. boarding and rooms

Snowmobilers and ATVers pass pass ATVers and Snowmobilers and Square Lakes. Located south of Fort Kent next to the town of Eagle Eagle of town the to next Kent Fort of south Located Lakes. Square and

The hallmark features are the trails including the Appalachian Trail (AT) (AT) Trail Appalachian the including trails the are features hallmark The

ramps and may include rest rest include may and ramps

mountains, including Katahdin. Katahdin. including mountains, along Eagle Lake’s eastern half and the thoroughfare between Eagle Eagle between thoroughfare the and half eastern Lake’s Eagle along

Lake. Flagstaff of shore southern the of miles 20 nearly and Range

have gravel or hard surfaced surfaced hard or gravel have

and impressive views of nearby nearby of views impressive and consists of 24,000 acres including most of the shoreline shoreline the of most including acres 24,000 of consists Eagle Lake Lake Eagle encompasses 36,000 acres including the entire Bigelow Mountain Mountain Bigelow entire the including acres 36,000 encompasses

others. Boat Access Sites Sites Access Boat others.

fishing enjoy parcel acre 21,000

established by popular referendum in 1976, in referendum popular by established , Preserve Bigelow

Online: Online: www.maine.gov/mooseheadlake

ments with municipalities and and municipalities with ments

Campers and day visitors on this this on visitors day and Campers

Telephone FMI: FMI: Telephone

(207) 778-8231 (Western Public Lands Office) Lands Public (Western 778-8231 (207)

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lakes located south of Millinocket. Millinocket. of south located lakes

Lat 45.614610 / Lon -69.663009 Lon / 45.614610 Lat

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public access at another 285 285 another at access public

Online: Online: www.maine.gov/ducklake amount of shoreline on two large large two on shoreline of amount

State Park and Rockwood. and Park State

guaranteed has and locations 142 over at coast the and rivers,

Telephone FMI: FMI: Telephone (207) 941-4412 (Eastern Public Lands Office) Lands Public (Eastern 941-4412 (207) contains a considerable considerable a contains Seboeis Seboeis

Location: Boats are launched at several locations including Lily Bay Bay Lily including locations several at launched are Boats

ponds, lakes, to access provides Lands and Parks of Bureau The

Lat 45.114390 / Lon -68.148235 Lon / 45.114390 Lat

views from the summit of Mount Kineo. Mount of summit the from views

Boating Facilities, 22 SHS, Augusta, ME 04333-0022 (207) 287-4952 (207) 04333-0022 ME Augusta, SHS, 22 Facilities, Boating Stud Mill Road in T34. in Road Mill Stud

largest lake. Hiking trails provide visitors access to the spectacular spectacular the to access visitors provide trails Hiking lake. largest

Boat Access Sites Sites Access Boat

www.maine.gov/dacf/boatlaunches off an extension of Route 188 out of Burlington; from the south, off the the off south, the from Burlington; of out 188 Route of extension an off

boat access campsites on the islands and eastern shore of Maine’s Maine’s of shore eastern and islands the on campsites access boat State Parks

Location: Access is gained over rough private roads: from the west, west, the from roads: private rough over gained is Access Online: Online: www.maine.gov/scragglylake MAINE

shore in Days Academy and Kineo Townships. There are numerous numerous are There Townships. Kineo and Academy Days in shore

remote area of northern Hancock County. Hancock northern of area remote Telephone FMI: FMI: Telephone

(207) 435-7963 (Northern Public Lands Office) Lands Public (Northern 435-7963 (207)

● Nahmakanta Public Lands Public Nahmakanta ● Public Lands Rangeley Lakes from Bald Mt. Bald from Lakes Rangeley

includes Sugar and Farm Islands and most of the the of most and Islands Farm and Sugar includes Moosehead Lake Lake Moosehead

swimming, camping, and snowmobiling opportunities in this semi- this in opportunities snowmobiling and camping, swimming, Lat 46.230141 / Lon -68.744673 Lon / 46.230141 Lat

● Bigelow Preserve Bigelow ● State Historic Sites Lake, the Unknown Lakes, and Gassabias Lake offer fishing, boating, boating, fishing, offer Lake Gassabias and Lakes, Unknown the Lake,

by Scraggly Lake Road. Lake Scraggly by

● Crocker Public Lands Public Crocker ●

Online: www.maine.gov/baldmountain

gently rolling terrain and many lakes, streams, and wetlands. Duck Duck wetlands. and streams, lakes, many and terrain rolling gently Location:

Access is by the Route159 extension out of Shin Pond, then then Pond, Shin of out extension Route159 the by is Access Boating ● Mount Abraham Public Lands Public Abraham Mount ●

Telephone FMI: Telephone

(207) 778-8231(Western Public Lands Office) Lands Public 778-8231(Western (207)

comprises more than 27,000 acres of forested land with with land forested of acres 27,000 than more comprises Duck Lake Lake Duck Online: Online: www.maine.gov/mahoosuc actvities.

● Four Ponds Public Lands Public Ponds Four ● Camping Lat 44.952016 / Lon -70.792048 Lon / 44.952016 Lat

Telephone FMI: FMI: Telephone (207) 778-8231 (Western Public Lands Office) Lands Public (Western 778-8231 (207) species of wildlife. Fishing, hunting, camping, and hiking are popular popular are hiking and camping, hunting, Fishing, wildlife. of species

● Mahoosuc Public Lands & Grafton Notch State Park Park State Notch Grafton & Lands Public Mahoosuc ●

Location: Access is from the Bald Mountain Road in Oquossuc. in Road Mountain Bald the from is Access

Lat 44.589751 / Lon -70.946609 Lon / 44.589751 Lat

diverse range of habitats that host more than 200 of Maine’s indigenous indigenous Maine’s of 200 than more host that habitats of range diverse Snowmobiling

views of the Rangeley Lakes. Rangeley the of views

Prominent Public Lands crossed by the AT are listed South to North: to South listed are AT the by crossed Lands Public Prominent

Route 26 and the Success Pond Road in New Hampshire. Hampshire. New in Road Pond Success the and 26 Route

forested land with numerous ponds, brooks and bogs, which provide a a provide which bogs, and brooks ponds, numerous with land forested ATVing

visitors to the bald summit ledges, a viewing platform provides supurb supurb provides platform viewing a ledges, summit bald the to visitors

281 miles of the Appalachian National Scenic Trail (AT) are in Maine. Maine. in are (AT) Trail Scenic National Appalachian the of miles 281

Andover and Upton. HIkers access from Grafton Notch State Park off off Park State Notch Grafton from access HIkers Upton. and Andover northeast of Baxter State Park, comprised of gently rolling, heavily heavily rolling, gently of comprised Park, State Baxter of northeast

leads trail short A destination. hiking popular a is Bald Mountain Bald

- Appalachian Trail (AT) Tie-ins (AT) Trail Appalachian - Hiking out of Bethel, and from the north by the East B Hill Road between between Road Hill B East the by north the from and Bethel, of out is the centerpiece of this10,000 acre unit, located located unit, acre this10,000 of centerpiece the is Scraggly Lake Lake Scraggly

Location: Vehicle access from the south is by the Sunday River Road Road River Sunday the by is south the from access Vehicle

nature photography and wildlife watching. wildlife and photography nature ● www.maine.gov/dacf/parks/camping/group_camping.shtml ●

leading to impressive waterfalls and gorges as well as opportunities for for opportunities as well as gorges and waterfalls impressive to leading

(groups of 7+ or extended families) extended or 7+ of (groups Group Camping Group

Online: www.maine.gov/amherstmtscommunityforest

Online: Online:

www.maine.gov/scopan tacular views. Those who seek tamer adventures can find short walks walks short find can adventures tamer seek who Those views. tacular

● TTY: Call Maine Relay 711 Relay Maine Call TTY: ●

Online: Online: www.maine.gov/donnellpond Donnell Pond Pond Donnell

Telephone FMI: Telephone (207) 941-4412 (Eastern Public Lands Office) Lands Public (Eastern 941-4412 (207)

Telephone FMI: FMI: Telephone

(207) 941-4412 (Eastern Public Lands Office) Lands Public (Eastern 941-4412 (207) Hikers who negotiate the steep summit trails are rewarded with spec with rewarded are trails summit steep the negotiate who Hikers -

● Outside Maine call: (207) 624-9950 (207) call: Maine Outside ●

Telephone FMI: FMI: Telephone (207) 941-4412 (Eastern Public Lands Office) Lands Public (Eastern 941-4412 (207)

Lat 44.826707 Lon -68.392087 Lon 44.826707 Lat

Lat 46.644781 / Lon -68.230190 Lon / 46.644781 Lat Cataracts Gorge, Mahoosuc Notch, Old Speck Mt., and Speck Pond. Pond. Speck and Mt., Speck Old Notch, Mahoosuc Gorge, Cataracts

● In Maine call: 800-332-1501 call: Maine In ●

Lat 44.550634 / Lon -68.111398 Lon / 44.550634 Lat

Location: Access is off of Route 9 (Airline Rd.) west of Amherst. of west Rd.) (Airline 9 Route of off is Access

NW access is Rte. 163 to Walker Siding Rd. to Up North Rd. North Up to Rd. Siding Walker to 163 Rte. is access NW and rewarding miles along the Appalachian Trail (AT). Features include include Features (AT). Trail Appalachian the along miles rewarding and

● www.CampWithME.com ●

Location: Location: Access is 12 miles east of Ellsworth off Rte.182 or 183. or Rte.182 off Ellsworth of east miles 12 is Access

partnership with the Town of Amherst. of Town the with partnership

Location:

Access is by gravel road off Route 163 west of Presque Isle. Isle. Presque of west 163 Route off road gravel by is Access terrain for backcountry hiking and include 12 of the most challenging challenging most the of 12 include and hiking backcountry for terrain

(families or groups of 6 or fewer) or 6 of groups or (families Family Camping Camping Family southern segments of the Donnell Pond Publc Lands. Publc Pond Donnell the of segments southern

are available here. Forest management on the property is practiced in in practiced is property the on management Forest here. available are

access camping. access recreational destination in western Maine. These lands offer rugged rugged offer lands These Maine. western in destination recreational

shores. The 85-mile multiple-use Downeast Sunrise Trail runs thorugh thorugh runs Trail Sunrise Downeast multiple-use 85-mile The shores. Camping Reservations at State Park Campgrounds Park State at Reservations Camping

Secluded remote pond camping, hiking, snowmobiling, and ATVing ATVing and snowmobiling, hiking, camping, pond remote Secluded

than 40 miles of motorized trails, as well as hunting, fishing, and water- and fishing, hunting, as well as trails, motorized of miles 40 than , interlocked with Grafton Notch State Park, is a premier premier a is Park, State Notch Grafton with interlocked , Mahoosuc

ties. Visitors also enjoy campstes accessible by foot or water on lake lake on water or foot by accessible campstes enjoy also Visitors ties.

thousands of migratory birds arrive each spring to nest on these lands. lands. these on nest to spring each arrive birds migratory of thousands

sites backcountry Lands Public ●

lake, attracts visitors who enjoy snowmobiling and ATV riding on more more on riding ATV and snowmobiling enjoy who visitors attracts lake,

Caribou Mountains. Boating, hiking, and swimming are popular activi popular are swimming and hiking, Boating, Mountains. Caribou -

brook trout, deer, bear, partridge, and woodcock thrive here; and and here; thrive woodcock and partridge, bear, deer, trout, brook

● Penobscot River Corridor (PRC) Corridor River Penobscot ●

Scopan Mountain (1,400 ft). This forested area, bordering a U-shaped U-shaped a bordering area, forested This ft). (1,400 Mountain Scopan

and Spring River Lakes; and most of Schoodic, Black, Tunk, and and Tunk, Black, Schoodic, of most and Lakes; River Spring and

six ponds in the town of Amherst. Wildlife including peregrin falcons, falcons, peregrin including Wildlife Amherst. of town the in ponds six

● The Allagash Wilderness Waterway (AWW) Waterway Wilderness Allagash The ●

with some of the most rugged terrain in this part of the state, including including state, the of part this in terrain rugged most the of some with

encompasses miles of shore on Donnell Pond, Tunk, Tunk, Pond, Donnell on shore of miles encompasses Donnell Pond Pond Donnell

with recreation trails and ecologically important forestland surrounding surrounding forestland important ecologically and trails recreation with

Online: Online: www.maine.gov/littlemoose

● 12 State Park Campgrounds Park State 12 ●

located between Presque Isle and Ashland, has16,700 acres acres has16,700 Ashland, and Isle Presque between located ,

Scopan

is a 5,000 acre parcel parcel acre 5,000 a is Amherst Mountains Community Forest Community Mountains Amherst

Telephone FMI: FMI: Telephone (207) 778-8231 (Western Public Lands Office) Lands Public (Western 778-8231 (207) are offered at: offered are

Lat 45.475476 / Lon -69.687040 Lon / 45.475476 Lat

Camping Opportunities Camping

at checkpoints. FMI: (207) 435-6231 / www.northmainewoods.org / 435-6231 (207) FMI: checkpoints. at

Location: Location: Access Nth of Greenville off Rte.15 on North Rd.(gravel) North on Rte.15 off Greenville of Nth Access Online: Online: www.maine.gov/dodgepoint

North Maine Woods day use and camping fees apply; payable payable apply; fees camping and use day Woods Maine North NMW = = NMW

pond shores, and snowmobiling. and shores, pond

Online: Online: Telephone FMI: FMI: Telephone www.maine.gov/roundpond (207) 778-8231 (Western Public Lands Office) Lands Public (Western 778-8231 (207) Welcome, and have a great time! great a have and Welcome,

F: (207) 778-5932 (207) F: F: (207) 435-7184 (207) F: F: (207) 941-4416 (207) F: fishing opportunities. Winter visitors enjoy camping at remote sites on on sites remote at camping enjoy visitors Winter opportunities. fishing Telephone FMI: FMI: Telephone

(207) 435-7963 (Northern Public Lands Office) Lands Public (Northern 435-7963 (207) Lat 43.995170 / Lon -69.567684 Lon / 43.995170 Lat

numbers are listed in this guide. guide. this in listed are numbers

778-8231 (207) P: 435-7963 (207) P: 941-4412 (207) P:

and several remote ponds that offer excellent camping, hiking and and hiking camping, excellent offer that ponds remote several and

Lat 46.763549 / Lon -69.305262 Lon / 46.763549 Lat

Damariscotta or by vehicle using the River Road in Newcastle. Newcastle. in Road River the using vehicle by or Damariscotta

receive text or email alerts, or call the park. On and off season phone phone season off and On park. the call or alerts, email or text receive Ashland, Maine 047938 Maine Ashland, Ashland, Maine 04732 Maine Ashland, Bangor, Maine 04401 Maine Bangor,

and Big Moose Townships. It includes Big and Little Moose Mountains Mountains Moose Little and Big includes It Townships. Moose Big and Location: Location: Location: AWW at Henderson Brook Bridge via Blanchette Rd. Blanchette via Bridge Brook Henderson at AWW 129 Main Street Main 129 45 Radar Road Radar 45 106 Hogan Road, Suite 5 Suite Road, Hogan 106 Visitors arrive by boat from the public landing in in landing public the from boat by arrive Visitors

at select locations subscribe online at www.parksandlands.com to to www.parksandlands.com at online subscribe locations select at

Bureau of Parks and Lands and Parks of Bureau Bureau of Parks and Lands and Parks of Bureau Bureau of Parks and Lands and Parks of Bureau

covers more than 15,000 acres in Moosehead Junction Junction Moosehead in acres 15,000 than more covers Little Moose Moose Little area in the fall. fall. the in area NMW the woods, and an historic ice pond make this a popular day-use area. day-use popular a this make pond ice historic an and woods, the

plan your parking and hiking ahead of time. For current conditions conditions current For time. of ahead hiking and parking your plan Western Public Lands Public Western Northern Public Lands Public Northern Eastern Public Lands Public Eastern

of the Allagash Wilderness Waterway (AWW) and is a popular hunting hunting popular a is and (AWW) Waterway Wilderness Allagash the of

A network of hiking and skiing trails provides fine views of the estuary, estuary, the of views fine provides trails skiing and hiking of network A

Entry gates may be closed and parking lots unplowed, so so unplowed, lots parking and closed be may gates Entry Note: at www.parksandlands.com or at the following regional offices: regional following the at or www.parksandlands.com at

tion tower on the summit. This 20,000 acre parcel straddles both shores shores both straddles parcel acre 20,000 This summit. the on tower tion Damariscotta River estuary and 500 acres of carefully tended forest. forest. tended carefully of acres 500 and estuary River Damariscotta

residents, 65 and older, receive free day-use admission. day-use free receive older, and 65 residents,

infrastructure on these lands. More information is available online online available is information More lands. these on infrastructure

the Round Pond Mt. hiking trail and take in the view from the observa the from view the in take and trail hiking Mt. Pond Round the - includes several miles of shorefront on the the on shorefront of miles several includes

Dodge Point Point Dodge

still apply and are payable at entry self-service stations. Maine Maine stations. self-service entry at payable are and apply still

Instead, timber revenues support maintenance of the recreation recreation the of maintenance support revenues timber Instead,

Online: www.maine.gov/kennebechighlands

a wide section of the Allagash River. Canoeists can stretch their legs on on legs their stretch can Canoeists River. Allagash the of section wide a

the areas on foot and are encouraged to do so. Park day-use fees fees day-use Park so. do to encouraged are and foot on areas the

Maine Woods, Inc. managed recreation area, no fees are charged. charged. are fees no area, recreation managed Inc. Woods, Maine Telephone FMI: Telephone (207) 778-8231 (Western Public Lands Office) Lands Public (Western 778-8231 (207)

takes its name from the 744-acre oxbow pond which is is which pond oxbow 744-acre the from name its takes Round Pond Pond Round

many facilities are closed for the season, people continue to enjoy enjoy to continue people season, the for closed are facilities many

prepared. With a few exceptions, including those within the North North the within those including exceptions, few a With prepared. Lat 44.529912 / Lon -69.922196 Lon / 44.529912 Lat

Although during the fall and winter, winter, and fall the during Although Year-Round Enjoyment Year-Round Online: Online: a remote backcountry experience. Visitors should be appropriately appropriately be should Visitors experience. backcountry remote a

www.maine.gov/deboullie Watson Pond Rd. and Wildflower Estates. Wildflower and Rd. Pond Watson

Telephone FMI: FMI: Telephone Location: Location: (207) 435-7963 (Northern Public Lands Office) Lands Public (Northern 435-7963 (207) of corner the at 27 Route of south miles four Access

ing, ATVing and more. These lands are unstaffed, meant to provide provide to meant unstaffed, are lands These more. and ATVing ing,

in perpetuity. in

Online: Online: Lat 46.958481 / Lon -68.838026 Lon / 46.958481 Lat population centers. population www.maine.gov/rockylake

camping, hiking, cross-country skiing, hunting, fishing, snowmobil fishing, hunting, skiing, cross-country hiking, camping, - them to provide recreational opportunities, wildlife habitat, and timber timber and habitat, wildlife opportunities, recreational provide to them

Telephone FMI: FMI: Telephone at St. Francis and from Route 11 at Portage. at 11 Route from and Francis St. at provides trails and open space based recreation close to numerous numerous to close recreation based space open and trails provides (207) 941-4412 (Eastern Public Lands Office) Lands Public (Eastern 941-4412 (207)

ing recreation, wildlife, and timber, providing a perfect backdrop for for backdrop perfect a providing timber, and wildlife, recreation, ing

and Lands (BPL) is the steward of these lands, carefully managing managing carefully lands, these of steward the is (BPL) Lands and

Location: Location: Access is gained by private gravel roads leaving Route 161 161 Route leaving roads gravel private by gained is Access vation Alliance (www.belgradelakes.org), the Kennebec Highlands Highlands Kennebec the (www.belgradelakes.org), Alliance vation Lat 44.835776 / Lon -67.445281 Lon / 44.835776 Lat

600,000 acres are managed for a variety of resource values includ values resource of variety a for managed are acres 600,000 -

cultural heritage of these lands is always a thrill. The Bureau of Parks Parks of Bureau The thrill. a always is lands these of heritage cultural

Location: Lake to Allagash. Allagash. to Lake ponds. Managed collaboratively with the Belgrade Regional Conser Regional Belgrade the with collaboratively Managed ponds. - On Route 191 north of East Machias. East of north 191 Route On NMW

locations are found on Maine’s Public Lands. The more than than more The Lands. Public Maine’s on found are locations

Maine State Parks, Historic Sites, and Public Lands, the beauty and and beauty the Lands, Public and Sites, Historic Parks, State Maine Maine Department of

Snowmobilers frequently pass through the unit on their way from Eagle Eagle from way their on unit the through pass frequently Snowmobilers Vienna Mts. - numerous streams and wetlands, and five undeveloped undeveloped five and wetlands, and streams numerous - Mts. Vienna The East Machias River offers fishing and canoeing opportunities. canoeing and fishing offers River Machias East The

Some of Maine’s most outstanding natural features and secluded secluded and features natural outstanding most Maine’s of Some

Whether you are visiting for the first time or regularly enjoy enjoy regularly or time first the for visiting are you Whether

tors enjoy the many hiking trails and campsites hiking available here. here. available hiking campsites and trails hiking many the enjoy tors It includes Kennebec County’s highest elevations - McGaffey and and McGaffey - elevations highest County’s Kennebec includes It boating and fishing in a wildlife-rich setting among coves and islands. islands. and coves among setting wildlife-rich a in fishing and boating Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry Welcome!

Public Lands Lands Public

www.parksandlands.com 22,000 acres of low rugged mountains and scenic remote ponds, visi ponds, remote scenic and mountains rugged low of acres 22,000 - land in northwest Kennebec County and southeastern Franklin County. County. Franklin southeastern and County Kennebec northwest in land bordering three lakes near East Machias. It provides opportunities for for opportunities provides It Machias. East near lakes three bordering

offers a superb backcountry Maine woods experience. With With experience. woods Maine backcountry superb a offers is comprised of over 5,000 acres of public public of acres 5,000 over of comprised is encompasses 11,000 acres of woodlands and wetlands wetlands and woodlands of acres 11,000 encompasses Deboullie Deboullie Kennebec Highlands Kennebec Rocky Lake Lake Rocky Bureau of Parks and Lands www.parksandlands.com