Picataquis

Hiking

LIttle Kineo Mountain

with views of Moosehead Lake, Spencer Pond with Little and Big Spencer Mountains in the background.

Located in the northwest region of....

From Greenville, take the Lily Bay Road up the right side of the lake, past Lily Bay State Park to Kokadjo. Go past the small village at the end of First Roach Pond and bear left when the pavement ends. In a little over a mile, take a left onto the Spencer Bay Road. Keep going past the road that turns right into Spencer Pond Camps. In a few miles you will go past the lower end of Spencer Pond where you will have a fantastic view of Little Spencer Mountain looking across Spencer Pond. About 3 miles after the Spencer Pond Camp road, go right. Go roughly 4 miles and take a left. Go another 1.5 miles and you will see a Days Academy Grant sign. Take a right here and at the end of this road take a left. Very soon you will get your first views of the sheer cliffs of Little Kineo. You are almost there. The trailhead is about a mile up the road with parking area on the right. There is a sign the says Little Kineo

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Big Spencer Mountain

To get to Big Spencer Mountain, travel to Greenville; take the Lily Bay Road up the East side of Moosehead all the way to Kokadjo. About 19 miles. Stop at the small store in Kokadjo (Not a requirement but is always a fun place to stop). From Kokadjo, take the Greenville Road. This road turns to gravel a short ways past the store in Kokadjo and bears left just after turning to gravel. From here it is a rough ride with many potholes. Could be done in a regular automobile with caution and much swerving. Just over 8 miles from the store you will cross a narrow bridge over Bear Brook. Bear Brook wilderness campsite will be on your right just before crossing the bridge. It may look like just a large clearing until you spot the campsite sign. It is a bog area on both sides of the road. Good place to see a moose. After the bridge, turn left onto a narrower dirt road. Travel on this road just over 14 miles. You will see a large blue trailhead sign on your left. There is parking right at the trailhead or on your right just a few past the trailhead. It is pretty much a straight shot in there

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Little Spencer Mountain

To get to Little Spencer Mountain, travel to Greenville; take the Lily Bay Road up the East side of Moosehead all the way to Kokadjo. About 19 miles. Stop at the small store in Kokadjo (Not a requirement but is always a fun place to stop). From Kokadjo, take the Greenville Road. This road turns to gravel a short ways past the store in Kokadjo and bears left just after turning to gravel. In 1.2 miles turn left again onto Spencer Pond RD, a well traveled gravel road. Go about 7.2 miles and take a right. There should be signs on the corner for Spencer Pond Camps. Very shortly after turning you get great views of Little Spencer. Go on this road just over 2 miles to the trailhead, keeping left when there's a choice and remember that Little Spencer is on your right when you reach the trailhead. Someone had been cutting back the sides of the road so the trailhead is a few feet off the road, however there is an easily visible trailhead sign on your right. Park well off the road out of the way of the logging trucks that zip through there.

Parsonfield

Ghost Sightings @ Parsonsfield Semenary - Sounds are heard in both buildings. The dorm is 46 rooms. Doors are open and closed, footsteps, talking, and children are heard day or night. 3 rd floor you can feel touching and they will play with long hair.

Patten

Blueberry Picking

McNally’s Farm
31 Frenchville Road
(207) 528-2110
Please call ahead of time.

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Phillips

Blueberry Picking

Peace and Plenty Farm
1232 Reeds Mill Road
(207) 639-5550
Lowbush wild organic blueberries to pick by hand, not with rakes.

Phippsburgh

Center Pond - Free

Directions to Center Pond Preserve:

Take Rte. 209 (High St.) south from Bath, to Winnegance; continue on Rte. 209 (Main Rd.) south 4 miles to the Center Store. Turn left onto Parker Head Rd. and go .6 mile, crossing the Center Pond causeway, and up the hill to the Center Pond Preserve parking lot on the right.

Ghost Sightings @ Sequin Island Lighthouse - Local legend tells of a former keeper who ordered a piano for his bored young wife. It came with one song on sheet music, which she played over and over until her husband, driven insane by the repetition, chopped the piano to bits with an axe and then killed his wife. 

Poland Spring

Archives & Museums

Maine State Building & All Souls Chapel

37 Preservation Way

Of the 200 buildings that represented 44 states in 1893 only a few have survived, Maine State Building being one of them!  This building was created with materials from Maine, by craftsmen of Maine and assembled in Chicago and transp0orted back home by train16 freight cars and reassembled in Poland Springs for the Ricker Family of Poland Springs Water.

At one time the rooms surrounding the rotunda were reading rooms for the guests, now they house memorabilia and artifacts related to Maine.

Acorss the road is All Souls Chapel, built in 1912 for the guests and workers, no expense was spared!

Poland Springs golf course is one of the best in the State!

Open: From Memorial Day to Columbus Day

Tuesday - Saturday 9 am - 4 pm & Sunday 9 - 11 am

Port Clyde

Marshall Point Lighthouse

Buildings which are open to the public - Light tower and keeper's house ( museum & gift shop inside )

The lighthouse is an active Coast Guard aid to navigation.  The light station's historic buildings are owned and managed by the St. George Historical Society.

Pownal - X Country Skiing & Snowshoeing

Bradbury Mountain State Park

800 acres of forested land, on route 9,  between Portland and Lewiston-Auburn.  One of the original 5 state parks, acquired by the federal government in 1939.

Cross-country Skiing

• Packed trails for back-country style skiing:

  • Link Trail (an East Side Trail)

  • Northern Loop Trail (a West Side Trail)

  • Tote Road Trail (a West Side Trail)

  • Snowmobile Trail (an East Side Trail)

• Allowed on trails marked with a cross-country ski icon in the trail descriptions.

• Difficulty ratings are listed in each of the trail descriptions.

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• Snowshoeing

• Allowed on all trails.

• Difficulty ratings are listed in each of the trail descriptions.

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

Presque Isle

Quoggy Jo Ski Center

Fort Road

Open since 1958

(207) 540-1496

Prospect

Fort Knox State Historic Site - Tallest Bridge Observatory in the World ! 

740 Fort Knox Rd, Prospect ME

Hours of Operation:

Fort Knox - 9:00 a.m. - sunset ( May - October ) 

Penobscot Narrows Observatory - 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. ( May - June ) & 

                                                                   9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. ( July - October )
Saturday: 8 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

The fort will accept your Maine State Park Pass for admission, but the observatory which happens to be the tallest bridge observatory in the World ( 420 ft ),  will not and has a nominal fee of $3.00, which is what I believe to have paid when I visited a few years ago, the pricing schedule is very confusing in my opinion, and I believe the heading should read fort or observatory only, there is a different rate for being a non resident as well, basically plus a $1.50 more.

On a clear day the view is absolutely beautiful,  and you can see forever.

The park welcomes dogs on a leash, but you cannot bring to observatory.