Driftwood in Seboomook Lake from the Seven Mile Hill area in Plymouth Township (2008)
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.
Picnic area near Seven Mile Hill at Seboomook Ledge in Seboomook Lake
sign: “Seven Mile Hill” near Seboomook Lake in Plymouth Township (2008)
The northern half is accessed by the Golden Road, which runs close to the lake shore and the northern boundary of a segment of Maine Public Reserved Land.
The southern half is primarily bounded by the same segment of Maine Public Reserved Land. Seboomook Road stretches from Pittston Farm in the West to Seboomook Dam in the East. Forest campsites are found at each end of the road.
A Seboomook Unit Management Plan has been prepared by Bureau of Parks and Lands. Consisting of four parcels, two of which, St John Ponds and Spencer Mountain, were acquired with the condition that each be managed as an Ecological Reserve.
Seboomook Lake from the Seven Mile Hill area in Plymouth Township (2008)
These lands offer some of the best whitewater boating in the state; outstanding native brook trout lake fishing on Canada Falls Lake; big river salmon and trout fishing on the West Branch of the Penobscot River; one of the region’s most prominent mountains, Big Spencer Mountain; flow releases on the South Branch and is “boatable” with minimum flows on the West Branch); outstanding native brook trout lake fishing on Canada Falls Lake; big river salmon and trout fishing on the West Branch of the Penobscot; an increasingly popular muskellunge fishery at Baker Lake; one of the region’s most prominent mountains, Big Spencer Mountain; varied wildlife viewing, hunting and trapping opportunities; varied wildlife viewing, hunting and trapping opportunities (two active eagles nests, loons, moose, deer, bear, and more); 14 primitive camping areas, with a total of over 50 campsites.
Additional resources
Maine Department of Conservation Bureau of Parks and Lands “Seboomook Unit Management Plan”.
https://www.maine.gov/dacf/parks/get_involved/planning_and_acquisition/management_plans/seboomook_unit/docs/Seboomook%20Unit%20Final%20Plan.pdf (accessed April 22, 2020)