Maine Paddling Travel Guide

Maine Paddling Travel Guide

• Maine Overview
• Maine Hotels
• Maine Attractions
• Maine Feature Articles
• Maine Airports
• Maine Vacation Rentals

Other Guides for Maine

• Maine Travel
• Active and Adventure Guide
  • Biking
  • Climbing
  • Hiking and Backpacking
  • Paddling
• Beach Guide
  • Sailing
• Family Guide
• Parks and Outdoors Guide
  • Fishing

Top Paddling Destinations In Maine

• Acadia National Park, ME
  (201 mi.)
• Lake Umbagog National Wildlife Refuge, NH
  (166 mi.)
• Penobscot Bay, ME
  (171 mi.)

Travel Guides In Maine

• Kennebunkport, ME (136 mi.)
  • Family Guide
• Acadia National Park, ME (201 mi.)
  • Family Guide
  • Active and Adventure Guide
  • Beach Guide
• Bar Harbor, ME (201 mi.)
• Portland, ME (155 mi.)
• Augusta, ME (150 mi.)
• Bangor, ME (182 mi.)
• Baxter State Park, ME (118 mi.)
  • Parks and Outdoors Guide
  • Active and Adventure Guide
• Belfast, ME (176 mi.)
• Bethel, ME (157 mi.)
• Camden, ME (163 mi.)

Northeast Paddling States/Provinces

• Maine
• New Hampshire

Active and Adventure Travel Destinations

• Mid-Atlantic
  • Maryland
  • New Jersey
  • Pennsylvania
  • West Virginia
• Midwest
  • Indiana
  • Michigan
  • Minnesota
  • South Dakota
  • Wisconsin
• Mountain West
  • Colorado
  • Idaho
  • Montana
  • Utah
  • Wyoming
• Northeast
  • Maine
  • Massachusetts
  • New Hampshire
  • New York
  • Vermont
• Pacific Coast
  • Alaska
  • California
  • Hawaii
  • Oregon
  • Washington
• Southeast
  • Alabama
  • Arkansas
  • Florida
  • Georgia
  • Kentucky
  • Louisiana
  • Mississippi
  • North Carolina
  • Tennessee
  • Virginia
• Southwest
  • Arizona
  • Nevada
  • New Mexico
  • Texas

On This Page:

• Top Destinations
• Overview
• Photos
• Feature Articles
• Practical Advice
• Adventure Trips
• Gear
• Fitness
• Attractions
• Hotels

Top Paddling Destinations	Related Travel Guides	Find Hotels
Acadia National Park		Hotels
Lake Umbagog National Wildlife Refuge		Hotels
Penobscot Bay		Hotels

Maine Overview

Photos

Feature Articles

• Wilderness Therapy
  outside
  Lose (and find) yourself in the great wide open
• Find Your Flow
  outside
  Wisconsin and Maine
• Maine
  outside
  Acadia National Park
• Acadia
  outside
  A Seal's-Eye View of the Maine Coast
• Exploring - or Through-Paddling - the Riverine AT
  outside
  Canoeing pioneers unveil the new 700-plus Northern Forest Canoe Trail

Practical Advice

• GORP - Mastering Leave No Trace - Introduction
  gorp
• Adventure Travel 101
  GORPTravel’s Kate Tucker and Linda Long answer our burning questions about the tao of adventure travel
• Sea Kayak Touring: A Packing List
  gorp
• Canoe Trips: A Packing List
  gorp
• Sea Kayak Touring: A Packing List
  gorp

GORPtravel Adventure Trips & Guided Tours

• 
  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...
  

Gear

• Complete Gear Archives: Paddling
  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 paddling.
• KayakPro Nemo Sea Kayak
  outside
  H2Aaahh
• Necky Manitou 13
  outside
  
• Float and Gloat
  outside
  Not every playboat is for whitewater. Maximize your summer fun on lakes, rivers, and oceans with these versatile sit-on-top kayaks.
• Sea Me
  outside
  British adventure filmmaker JUSTINE CURGENVEN, 33, elevates sea kayaking to the highest level of action sports: cool videos!

Fitness

• Power Stroke
  outside
  Get fit for summer's hottest sport—in less time than you'd think
• City Without Limits
  outside
  Seattle
• The Shape of Your Life
  outside
  Beyond the Weight Room

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Attractions

Abol Trail

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Millinocket, Maine

Description: This hike takes you to the summit of Maine's... Read More

Expert Rated & Recommended

Audubon Society Nature Camp

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216 Fields Pond Road
Holden , Maine 04429

Description: The Fields Pond Audubon Center offers a variety... Read More

Expert Rated & Recommended

Big Spencer Mountain Trail

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Not Yet Rated

Millinocket, Maine

Description: The wide path begins its gentle, shaded climb at... Read More

Expert Rated & Recommended

Hotels

Atlantic Oakes Resort

119 Eden Street
Bar Harbor, ME

Hotel Class:

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Expert Rated & Recommended

from: $95

Holiday Inn SunSpree Resort BAR HARBOR (ACADIA NATL PK)

123 EDEN ST
Bar Harbor, ME 04609

Hotel Class:

• View More Photos

Traveler Rating

3.8 out of 5
10 reviews

Expert Rated & Recommended

The Harborside Hotel and Marina

55 West Street
Bar Harbor, ME

Hotel Class:

Traveler Rating

Not Yet Rated

Expert Rated & Recommended

Top Maine Paddling Destinations

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