Hiking Maine: A Guide to the State's Greatest Hiking Adventures

by Greg Westrich

Overview

Lace up your boots and sample seventy-two of the finest trails the Pine Tree State has to offer. From the beaches of Acadia National Park and historic routes through Belfast or Portland to scenic treks up Mount Katahdin and backpacking along the Bigelow Range, Maine has routes to please hikers of every stripe. Hiking Maine describes trails that vary in length from an easy one-hour stroll along a quiet nature trail to challenging treks in the backcountry.Use this guide for up-to-date trail information, accurate directions to popular as well as less-traveled trails, difficulty ratings for each hike, detailed trail maps, tips about hiking with children and information on barrier-free trails for hikers with special needs. Whether you are a day-tripper or long-distance hiker, old hand or novice, you'll find trails suited to every ability and interest throughout Maine.

Look inside to find:
·Hikes suited to every ability
·Mile-by-mile directional cues
·Difficulty ratings, trail contacts, fees/permits, and best hiking seasons
·Full-color photos throughout

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781493041893
Publisher:	Falcon Guides
Publication date:	04/01/2020
Series:	State Hiking Guides Series
Edition description:	4th Edition
Pages:	344
Sales rank:	440,760
Product dimensions:	8.90(w) x 6.00(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Greg Westrich is a freelance writer and editor. He has published more than forty articles in newspapers and magazines. He lives in Glenburn, Maine with his wife and two children.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

Wildlife 2

Bugs 3

Plant Life 4

Weather and Seasons 4

How to Use This Guide 7

Trail Finder 8

Map Legend 11

The Hikes

Southern Coast 12

1 Carson Trail 14

2 Wolfe's Neck Woods State Park 18

3 Wells Barrens 23

4 Bauneg Beg Mountain 27

5 Burnt Meadow Mountain 30

6 Sprague Pond Loop 33

Honorable Mentions

A Kennebunk Plains 37

B Harpswell 37

Mid-Coast 38

7 Bonyun Preserve 40

8 Ovens Mouth 43

9 LaVerna Preserve 47

10 Mount Megunticook 51

11 Maiden Cliff 55

12 Fernald's Neck Preserve 59

13 Ragged Mountain 63

Honorable Mention

C Josephine Newman Sanctuary 66

Downeast 67

14 Blue Hill 69

15 Lampson Preserve 73

16 John B Mountain 76

17 Tennis Preserve 80

18 Isle au Haut 83

19 Great Pond Mountain 87

20 Black Mountain Bald 90

21 Tunk Mountain 94

22 Petit Manan 98

23 Pigeon Hill 102

24 Great Wass Island 106

25 The Bold Coast 110

26 Boot Head 114

27 Shackford Head 118

28 Quoddy Head 123

29 Bangor City Forest and Orono Bog Boardwalk 127

Honorable Mentions

D Settlement Quarry 131

E Bald Bluff Mountain 131

Mount Desert Island 132

30 Cadillac Mountain 134

31 Dorr Mountain 139

32 Pemetic Mountain-North Bubble Loop 143

33 Beech Mountain 148

34 Acadia and St. Sauveur Mountains 152

35 Western Mountain 156

36 Ship Harbor Nature Trail 161

37 Hadlock Falls and Bald Peak 165

38 Sargent Mountain 169

Honorable Mentions

F The Beehive 173

G Champlain Mountain 173

Western Mountains 174

39 Mount Blue 176

40 Tumbledown Mountain 180

41 The Bigelows 184

42 Puzzle Mountain 188

43 East Royce Mountain 192

44 Caribou Mountain 195

45 Bald Mountain (Oquossoc) 199

46 Old Blue Mountain 202

47 The Eyebrow 205

Honorable Mentions

H The Grafton Loop 208

I Dunn Falls 208

Central Highlands 209

48 Moxie Fails 211

49 Moxie Bald 215

50 Borestone Mountain 219

51 Little Wilson Falls 223

52 Gulf Hagas 227

53 Nesuntabunt Mountain 232

54 Debsconeag Backcountry 236

55 Turtle Ridge 243

56 Debsconeag Ice Caves 248

Honorable Mentions

J Tumbledown Dick Falls 252

The Moosehead Region 253

57 Laurie's Ledge 255

58 Big Moose Mountain 259

59 Little Moose Mountain 263

60 Mount Kineo 267

61 Little Spencer Mountain 271

62 Boundary Bald 275

63 Number Five Mountain 279

Honorable Mention

K Number Four and Baker Mountains 282

Baxter State Park 283

64 Katahdin 285

65 The Traveler 290

66 Howe Brook Falls 295

67 Doubletop Mountain 299

68 South Turner Mountain 303

69 Lily Pad Pond and Niagara Falls 307

70 North Brother Mountain 311

Honorable Mentions

L Barrell Ridge 314

M The Sentinel 314

The North Country 315

71 Mount Chase 317

72 Deboullie Mountain 320

73 Quaggy Joe Mountain 325

Honorable Mention

N Mattawamkeag Wilderness Park 329

Appendix A Clubs and Organizations 330

Appendix B Maine Land Trusts 331

Hike Index 332

About the Author 334