Planning for your hiking trip:

Maine has a variety of Hiking and camping options available to you. We have private campgrounds that have plenty of ammenities. State Parks that have hiking , boating, and historic options. There are also campgrounds that strictly have camping for RV's

Making a Reservation at a Private Campground:

If you are able to call ahead to the campgrounds we would reccomend you do so. Campgrounds usually fill up quickly during peak times such as the Fourth of July. Most will hold the reservation until a certain time during the evening before they give it to someone else. If you cannot call ahead try to start looking for a campsite before 4 pm in the evening. It is a lot easier to set up camp in day light than at 10 pm at night.

Making a Reservation at a State Campground:

Many of the twelve state parks with campsites are available by reservation. We would suggest you contact the following state agency for more information: There is a fee for camping.

Bureau of Parks and Lands

Maine Department of Conservation

State House Station #22

Augusta, Maine 04333

Tel. (207) 287-3821

webmaster_doc@state.me.us

Make reservations online for State Parks

Making a Reservation at Baxter State Park

Baxter State Park was a gift to the citizens of Maine in 1931 by former Governor Percival Baxter and upon his death in 1969 had become roughly 200,000 acres. Making reservations at Baxter State Park is much different than other state facilities. Most of summer Baxter's campground are full. There is a vehicle length restriction in place which means larger RV's are not allowed in the Park as well as trailers.

Reservations are strongly reccomended and are the only way to guarantee space. Reservations must be confirmed and paid for in advance. Baxter State Park does not accept phone reseravations. For more information contact:

Reservation Clerk

Baxter State Park

64 Balsam Drive

Millinocket, Maine 04462

(207) 723-5140

When the allotted campsites and lean-to's have been filled the park will turn away campers. There are plenty of private campgrounds in the area. There is a fee for entering the park as well as the campground fee. They do not accept credit cards.

Making Reservations on the Allagsh Wilderness Waterway or the Penobscot River Corridor:

In both of these areas the campsites are available on a first come first served basis. There is no reservation system in place. You will be assesed a fee to access these areas thru checkpoints run by the landowners. Bowater and North Maine Woods are the two companies that run checkpoints in the area. Bowater operates checkpoints north of Rockwood, Greenville, and Millinocket. North Maine Woods operates gates close to Ashland, Allagash, and Eagle Lake. The checkpoints close around 11pm and re-open around 5 am. They do not take credit cards.

Making Reservations in the North Maine Woods Management Area:

North Maine Woods operates a variety of camping areas north and south of Millinocket including areas around Gulf Hagas and the Allagash Wilderness Waterway. They are usually require a reservation. Most of the campsites are in areas which are working forests. There is fee to enter the checkpoint and a campsite fee. They do not take credit cards.

For More Information Contact:

North Maine Woods, Inc.

PO Box 421

Ashland, Maine 04732

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