Maine Parks and Outdoors Travel Guide

Maine Parks and Outdoors Travel Guide

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

Other Guides for Maine

• Maine Travel
• Active and Adventure Guide
  • Biking
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• Beach Guide
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• Family Guide
• Parks and Outdoors Guide
  • Fishing

Top Parks and Outdoors Destinations In Maine

• Baxter State Park, ME
  (118 mi.)

Travel Guides In Maine

• Kennebunkport, ME (137 mi.)
  • Family Guide
• Acadia National Park, ME (202 mi.)
  • Family Guide
  • Active and Adventure Guide
  • Beach Guide
• Bar Harbor, ME (202 mi.)
• Portland, ME (160 mi.)
• Augusta, ME (151 mi.)
• Bangor, ME (182 mi.)
• Baxter State Park, ME (118 mi.)
  • Active and Adventure Guide
• Belfast, ME (177 mi.)
• Bethel, ME (155 mi.)
• Camden, ME (164 mi.)

Northeast Parks and Outdoors States/Provinces

• Maine
• Massachusetts
• New York
• Vermont

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The sun lights up Mt. Katahdin at Baxter State Park, Maine (Jeremy Woodhouse/Photodisc/Getty)

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Maine Overview

Photos

Feature Articles

• Appalachian Trail Cheat
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  Hanover, NH to Rockland, ME
• Time Out!: 5 Great USA Getaways
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  Shore to Summit, Maine
• GORP - Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge , Maine
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• GORP - Petit Manan National Wildlife Refuge , Maine
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• GORP - Cross Island National Wildlife Refuge, Maine National Wildlife Refuge
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Trip Ideas

• Five Great Family Escapes
  100-Mile Wilderness Trail, Maine

Practical Advice

• GORP - Mastering Leave No Trace - Introduction
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• Seafood Watch: The Eastern Seaboard
  Oceana, an organization seeking to protect and restore the world’s oceans, offers information on the environmental impacts of eating various types of seafood.
• Family Travel Survival Guide: Cancun
  
• Holistic Travel: Eco-Savvy Ways to See the World
  What Is Eco-Tourism
• Make Your Bed
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GORPtravel Adventure Trips & Guided Tours

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  Maine: Acadia National Park
  Country Walkers
  from $2595, 6 days
  Viewed from the ocean and named Acadia by early French explorers, Mount Desert Island encompasses Acadia National Park, the charming town of Bar...
  
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  Maine: Coastal & Island Exploring à la Carte
  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: Camping
  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 related to camping
• The Goods: Road Trips
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• Fly-Fishing Gear Essentials
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• Marmot Aura Tent
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  Home Sweet Dome
• Simms G3 Guide Waders
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Fitness

• City Without Limits
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  Seattle
• Adventure Never Felt So Good
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  The Hills Health Ranch

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Attractions

Big Spencer Mountain Trail

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Millinocket, Maine

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

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Cathedral Trail

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Millinocket, Maine

Description: The Cathedral Trail begins at Chimney Pond... Read More

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The Golden Road

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Description: Cruise along the Golden Road on a September... Read More

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Hotels

Baxter State Park Campgrounds

64 Balsam Drive
Millinocket, ME 04462

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Blair Hill Inn

Lily Bay Rd.
Greenville, ME 04441

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The Greenville Inn

40 Norris St.
Greenville, ME 04441

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