including ponds

Plymouth Township

Plymouth Township is in northern Somerset County, northwest of Moosehead Lake. It is split north to south by Seboomook Lake. “Seven Mile Hill” is named for its location, seven miles from Seboomook in the east.                   The northern half is accessed by the Golden Road, which runs…

T2 R12 WELS

Inlet of Caribou Lake near the Golden Road at Sias Road in T2 R12 WELS (2017)

This township is southwest of Baxter State Park and Southeast of Chesuncook and Caribou Lakes. The Sias Hill Road from T2 R13 WELS  passes the foot of Caribou Lake, where it joins the Golden Road. At the junction the road trends northeast to the West Branch of the Penobscot River and Baxter State Park; and northeast…

T1 R8 WELS

Southwest shore of Millinocket Lake and Mount Katahdin from T1 R8 WELS

This township is just north of Millinocket on the Millinocket Lake Road, which trends northwest from Millinocket to the Lake and a boat launch. Millinocket Stream, the outlet from the Lake, flows south through the township to the Town of Millinocket. Smith Brook, the outlet for the 22 acre Little Smith Pond, flows through a…

Orneville Township

Route 155 in Orneville between Bradford and Lagrange. (2014)

Orneville, east of Lagrange, is heavily forested. It has one small village, Boyd Lake, on Route 6/16 near Boyd Lake itself. Maine combined Routes 6/16 in the east and Route 11 in the west and a short stretch of Route 155 between Bradford and Lagrange in the southeast are the major improved roads on the…

Brassua Township

West of Moosehead Lake and north of Rockwood Strip, this township has several miles of frontage on the northwestern shore of Brassua Lake.  The only improved road is the north-south Demo Road between Rockwood Strip and Soldiertown Township (T2 R3 NBKP). The township has miles of unimproved roads, apparently to support the logging industry. NBKP…

Lily Bay Township

Lily Bay from Lily Bay Road in Lily Bay Township (2019)

The township lies just north of Lily Bay State Park and Campground in Beaver Cove on the shore of Moosehead Lake’s Lily Bay. Lily Bay Road, the only improved road, runs inland and northwest to Kokadjo Village and First Roach Pond, both of which are in Frenchtown Township. The northern part of the township is a…

Madawaska Lake Township

This township is just west of Stockholm and North of Westmanland in the Swedish Colony area of Aroostook County. The historic “Sunset Lodge” was a ceder log camp built in 1932 by Bruce Ward on the shore of the Lake. The Lodge apparently has been demolished based on a survey of the area in 2016.…

Katahdin Iron Works Township

The Iron Works township contains the remaining structures of a once thriving industrial site. That site is now recognized as a historic treasure by its listing on the National Register of Historic Places. Katahdin Iron Works once included a small village and roads in this remote location. During the height of the Iron Works operation,…

Richardson Town Township

Sign: "State of Maine Public Reserved Land" which is located in the Township. (2018)

  This western Maine township in Oxford County near New Hampshire is just east of Magalloway Plantation. It encompasses Upper Richardson Lake with shore frontage on Mooselookmeguntic Lake. Upper Richardson Public Reserved Land is located north of the small village of Upper Dam. The State of Maine’s lake survey combines data for Upper and Lower…

T1 R8 WELS

Mount Katahdin and Millinocket Lake from its southwest shore (2018)

  This township, in Penobscot County, is about eight miles northwest of the town of Millinocket on the Millinocket Lake Road. The long south shore of the Lake is its primary recreational asset. The short Black Cat road skirts the 860-foot Black Mountain toward several outdoor adventure organizations. While their base is here, they transport…

Lower Cupsuptic Township

The Cupsuptic River crosses under Route 16 to feed Cupsuptic Lake in the southern most portion of this township. A boat launch area is on the east bank of the Cupsuptic River near the bridge. Big-Falls is a waterfall in the northwest corner of the township on the Cupsuptic River. It is accessible from Route…

Adamstown Township

Cupsuptic Lake near Wilsons Mills Road (2018)

                                  This township in Oxford County is the site of Upper Richardson Maine Public Reserved Land and miles of lake shore on Cupsuptic and Mooselookmeguntic lakes. Route 16 cuts a diagonal northeast-southwest swath through the township. West Richardson Pond is…

Cross Lake Township

Cross Lake with Cottages (2018)

Cross Lake Township, In Aroostook County is, not surprisingly, named for the long lake in its southwestern quarter. Maine Route 161 from Madawaska to Fort Kent slices diagonally across the township. Route 162 branches northeast along Long Lake to St. Agatha. Ouelette and Guerette are the two principal villages. The township is largely a rural…

Jim Pond Township

This Franklin County township contains a section of the Dead River’s North Branch, along with several ponds, the largest of which is Jim Pond. The smaller Greenbush Pond is more accessible, but with a limited fishery. Route 27 follows the River on its journey to Eustis where it merges with the South Branch to create…