Access to the pond is on unimproved roads beginning in Blanchard Village off the Abbot Road trending southwest for about four miles until turning right at Thanksgiving Pond Road. In about a mile, park road vehicles. Follow a rough road/trail for about a half mile with off-road vehicles or by hiking. This Spectacle Pond…
This township in Piscataquis County abuts a long shore of Moosehead Lake by way of Spencer Bay. The Spencer Bay Road trends northwest from Kokadjo to Spencer Pond in East Middlesex Canal Grant Township. Roach River also flows northwest about five miles from First Roach Pond to Spencer Bay. Campgrounds are frequent along the northeast…
This township in the North Maine Woods is just west of the town of Masardis, off the Garfield Road. The Craig Road, Craigville Road and, Craig Camp Roads in the southern area are the improved dirt roads in the township. Unimproved roads scatter in the central and northern reaches. Yes, moose abound in the north…
Nesowadnehunk is the most remote of the Park’s roadside campgrounds and provides easy access to Ledge Falls, a popular swimming spot. It provides trailhead access to Russell Pond via the Wassataquoik Lake/Russell Pond Trail and day hikes to Doubletop Mountain. Facilities at Nesowadnehunk Campground, within Nesowadnehunk Township, offers 11 lean-tos, 9 tent sites, and a 4…
Most of this township is part of the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument. The exception is a portion in its northwest corner around Katahdin Lake, now part of Baxter State Park. The balance of the township is crossed with many miles of unimproved (dirt) roads. The National Monument here is accessible east of Stacyville…
Soldiertown is one of two unorganized townships by the same name. This one is in Somerset County and is also known as T2 R3 NBKP. The other Soldiertown, known as T2 R7 WELS, is in Penobscot County. The Northern Road, which runs north from Rockwood Strip to Pittston Farm, hugs the eastern side of the…
Piscataquis County Line Entering T4 R9 WELS Community This township is in north central Maine in Piscataquis County. It is dominated by Seboeis Lake and the Seboeis Maine Public Reserved Land, which surrounds most of the Lake. Two small settlements, Schoodic and Packards, are in the west of the township along…
East of Baxter Park, it is home to Katahdin Woods & Water Recreation Area, Sandbank Campsite, Wassataquoik Public Reserved Land, and Whetstone Falls. West of Stacyville, access is by Swift Brook Road and a network of dirt roads.
On the shore of Moosehead Lake, it serves as the gateway to Lily Bay State Park and to the upper reaches of the lake via combined Maine Routes 6 and 15. See video and photos. It is also an access point for Elephant Mountain and the preserved site of a B-52 bomber crash in 1963. In 1853 Henry David Thoreau met his guide, Joseph Atteon, in Greenville before boarding a steamboat passing Mount Kineo, to Northeast Carry for the portage to the West Branch of the Penobscot River.
Russell Pond campground and Russell Pond are in T4 R9 Township and in Baxter State Park. It is a 7.2 mile hike from Roaring Brook campground, also in Baxter State Park , the location for nearest automobile access. Hikers may choose to begin on the Sandy Stream Pond trail, which, northwest of the Pond, links…
In the northern portion, the Appalachian Trail crosses the township following Bald Mountain Stream and the Piscataquis River, passing just north of the village, which is near the river and is accessible on the Blanchard Road from Monson village. See maps and photos.
I think that I cannot preserve my health and spirits, unless I spend four hours a day at least—and it is commonly more than that—sauntering through the woods and over the hills and fields, absolutely free from all worldly engagements. – Thoreau “Walking”** Having entered Maine he Trail has its northern terminus at Baxter Peak…
Most text from Jennifer Vashon, Wildlife Biologist. Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. Images, video and supplemental text by Jim Henderson. Along with Moose, the Encyclopedia features 15,000 images of lakes, farm buildings, barns, farmhouses, villages, cities, mountains, rivers, Did You Know… ♦ A lactating cow has the highest nutritional requirements of any moose…