Maine Hiking and Backpacking Vacations

Maine Hiking and Backpacking Travel Guide

• Maine Overview
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Other Guides for Maine

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Top Hiking and Backpacking Destinations In Maine

• Acadia National Park, ME
  
• Baxter State Park, ME
  
• Appalachian Trail, ME
  
• Penobscot Bay, ME
  

Travel Guides In Maine

• Kennebunkport, ME
  • Family Guide
• Acadia National Park, ME
  • Active and Adventure Guide
  • Beach Guide
  • Family Guide
• Baxter State Park, ME
  • Active and Adventure Guide
  • Parks and Outdoors Guide
• Appalachian Trail, ME
  • Active and Adventure Guide
• Lake Umbagog National Wildlife Refuge, NH
  • Active and Adventure Guide
• Penobscot, ME
  • Beach Guide
• Penobscot Bay, ME
  • Active and Adventure Guide
• Popham Beach State Park, ME
  • Beach Guide
• Scarborough, ME
  • Beach Guide

Northeast Hiking and Backpacking States/Provinces

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• Maine
• Massachusetts
• New Hampshire
• New York
• Vermont

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Winter hiking, Acadia National Park, Maine (Todd M. Edgar/courtesy, National Park Service)

Top Maine Hiking and Backpacking Destinations

• Acadia National Park
• Appalachian Trail
• Baxter State Park
• Penobscot Bay

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Feature Articles

• Time Out!: 5 Great USA Getaways
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  Shore to Summit, Maine
• Wilderness Therapy
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  Lose (and find) yourself in the great wide open
• Worldwide Wild
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  California, Maine, Alaska, British Columbia, Montana/Alberta
• A National Park for All Seasons
  Fall
• The Perfect 10
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  Oakland House Seaside Resort, Maine

Trip Ideas

• Five Great Family Escapes
  100-Mile Wilderness Trail, Maine
• At Home in the Wild
  Civility and wilderness meet at Little Lyford Pond Sport Camps

Practical Advice

• Adventure Travel 101
  GORPTravel’s Kate Tucker and Linda Long answer our burning questions about the tao of adventure travel
• Day Hiking: A Packing List
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• Backpacking: A Packing List
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• GORP - Getting on Course - Learning Compass and Map Basics
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• A Trekking Primer
  

GORPTravel Trips

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  Maine North Woods Hiker
  The World Outdoors
  from $2398, 6 days
  Blessed with an abundance of rugged, unspoiled coastline and easy-to-climb mountains, Maine is a vibrant patchwork of classic villages, colorful...
  
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  Maine: Hiking Acadia
  Bike Riders
  from $2380, 6 days
  The heart of the Down East is Acadia National Park with rolling mountains, tranquil coves and white beaches. ...
  
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  Maine: Coastal & Island Exploring
  Country Walkers
  from $2298, 5 days
  The presence of the sea - its eternal, rhythmic crashing against a craggy shore - provides the staging for our Maine encounter. Perhaps nowhere else...
  

Gear

• Complete Gear Archives: Day-Hiking, Backpacking, and Trekking
  From in-depth gear review articles and Gear Guy Q&A highlights to the latest—and past—entries in Outside magazine’s award-giving Summer and Winter Buyer’s Guides, a detailed overview of all things hiking.
• Women’s Running Gear Essentials
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• Waterproofing Innovations
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  A new way to waterproof
• Mountain Sense
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  Some helpful backcountry tips from mountaineering guru Conrad Anker
• The Goods: Hiking
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Fitness

• Adventure Never Felt So Good
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  Rancho La Puerta
• The Fit List -- cont.
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Atlantic Oakes Resort
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Holiday Inn SunSpree Resort BAR HARBOR (ACADIA NATL PK)
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