Maine Outdoor Adventure Guide

This book is a trip-oriented guide, with each entry focusing on a specific activity at a particular location. Some examples are biking the Acadia Carriage Roads; climbing Bigelow Mountain; or canoeing the Magalloway River. It presents a series of trips that could comprise an entire summer of exploration or be stretched out over years. The authors present a series of day or weekend trips that could comprise an entire summer of exploration or be stretched out over years. Combined, the trips represent a broad-based discovery of the entire state of Maine. Maps, clear directions, and pertinent information are included for each trip, as well as first-hand descriptions of what you can expect to encounter along the way.

Takes you step-by-step through every stage of planning and conducting a successful outdoors experience.

Exhaustive coverage of this quintessential New England state that offers year-round fun for outdoorsfolk. Skiing, skating, ice fishing, waterskiing, hiking, camping, biking and more! Resident-author Earl Brechlin has been exploring Maine for years, and he'll introduce you to hidden lakes, deserted mountain tops and secluded, tranquil bays. Acadia and Baxter parks are included, with details on how to avoid the crowds, hiking safety and the best trails.

This fully updated, comprehensive hiking guide is the most trusted resource available for hiking trails in the mountains of Maine. Includes high-quality, GPS-rendered, pull-out maps.

Get the Insider's Guide to Gulf Hagas and discover some of Maine's most incredible waterfalls on one of Maine's popular and challenging day hikes! The 16-page guide covers everything you need to know for your hiking trip to Gulf Hagas, including: Quick facts and tips Detailed 2-page color map with hiking distances and descriptions Driving directions Hiking routes Day hike packing list History & geology of the area Other regional sights and adventures A photo journal of Untamed Mainer's trip And more!

As the quintessential resource for hiking and backpacking in Maine, the Appalachian Mountain Club's Maine Mountain Guide provides all the information an outdoorsperson could want when exploring the Pine Tree State. This new 12th edition has seen every trail and statistic fully reviewed and updated, while adding nearly 100 new trails, 30 new mountains, and 6 in-text maps.

For more than half a century, the Appalachian Mountain Club's Maine Mountain Guide has been hikers' and backpackers' quintessential resource for trails in Maine's spectacular mountains. This new edition has been thoroughly revised and updated, featuring 175 new trails, 50 new mountains, and 13 additional in-text maps, capturing Maine's booming trail building and expansion during the past five years. Fresh coverage of classics such as Baxter State Park and Acadia National Park now sits alongside more detailed descriptions of regions including the 100-Mile Wilderness and Moosehead Lake, Downeast, and Midcoast. More than 450 trails have been revised. Thorough trip-planning and safety information--along with full-color, GPS-rendered, pull-out maps featuring trail segment mileage--make this the trusted, comprehensive hiking guide to Maine.

Read a collection of short stories about real-life exploits in Maine's most challenging and scenic environments. Each chapter of this unique book combines stimulating tales of adventure with humor, some danger, and lots of camaraderie ending with a guidebook style addendum. It will take readers to the best of Maine:-Climbing Mount Katahdin in the winter-Bike riding on the Carriage Roads in Acadia National Park-Cycling the picturesque roads of North Haven-Sea kayaking along the rugged remote Bold Coast-Whitewater kayaking over the waterfalls of Gulf Hagas-Nordic Skiing through Mount Blue State Park-Navigating a windy voyage on Moosehead Lake with a climb of Mount Kineo-Backpacking the most remote areas in Baxter State Park-Canoeing the iconic Allagash, St. John, and Machias Rivers-Spring canoe racing on the KenduskeagAuthor Ron Chase has more than 40 years of experience as a Maine Guide and Trip Leader for the Appalachian Mountain Club and the Penobscot Paddle & Chowder Society. Join him in the woods, on the trails, rivers, lakes, and sea.