Wicked Good Stuff

What Chase Rapids look like on the Allagash Wilderness Waterway

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Come take a canoe ride with us (Henry & Angela) down the almost continuous 9 miles of rapids below Churchill Dam in the Northern Maine Woods known as Chase Rapids. Watch us negotiate class I and II rapids in a 14′ Old Town Guide canoe, get splashed, crash head on into rocks and bump-tap rocks …

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Maine ATV Trail Maps

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Above:  ATV riders enjoying the view. Photo credit: Kokadjo Cabins and Trading Post. Get your copy of the 2025 Maine ATV & Dirt Bike Trail Atlas here! Here is a list of Maine ATV trail maps from different regions of the state. To protect access to ATV trails, please respect landowners, carry in-carry out, and check with …

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Maine’s best remote and challenging backpacking and hiking trails

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Reaching the summit of Katahdin. Photo credit Coryn Wolk.
Climbing Mount Katahdin.
Photo credit: Coryn Wolk.

If you love peace and quiet, remarkable natural beauty, wildlife sightings and adding miles to your hiking boots, this list is for you!  Here are six of the most rugged, challenging places for backpacking and hiking in the state of Maine.

Deboullie Public Lands – Located in Aroostook County offering 21,871 acres of backcountry hiking, fishing, low mountains, clear ponds, remote and water-accessed campsites.  Over 22 miles of hiking trails.
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Nahmakanta Public Lands – Located in Piscataquis County offering 43,000 acres of lakes, ledges and deep forests including six water-accessible campsites and several hike-to campsites.  Very extensive network of hiking trails including a section of The Appalachian Trail.
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Bigelow Preserve – Located in Somerset and Franklin Counties offering over 36,000 acres including the whole seven-summit Bigelow Range.  The Appalachian Trail goes through this preserve and there are many side trails that can be hiked as well.
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Explore the Maine Oyster Trail, eat fresh Maine oysters!

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Maine Oysters

oystertrailDo you love oysters?  Then you’ll love the Maine Oyster Trail, a new tourism trail designed to help people find Maine oyster farms and restaurants that offer delicious, fresh shellfish.

About Maine Farmed Oysters

Two species of oysters grow in Maine.  The Eastern oyster (also called the Atlantic oyster) is native to Maine and has been a favorite in Maine for centuries, as seen by the large shell middens that line river banks along our coastal shore.  Belon oysters (also called European oysters or European Flat) are native to the Belon River in France and were brought to Maine by scientists in the 1950s.  Only around 5,000 Belon oysters are harvested in Maine each year.

Pemaquid oysters
Fresh Glidden Point Oysters.

Oysters can vary in flavor depending on where they were harvested (similar to clams or scallops) and by species.  Oyster flavors are named after the region they were harvested, such as Glidden Point, Dodge Cove, Norumbega, Pemaquid Wawenauk, Wiley Point, Whaleback Cocktail, Bagaduce, Little Island, Gay Island, Flying Points, North Haven, Winter Point and Taunton Bay oysters.  There is no one flavor that is “better” than another- just like wine, one person may prefer the flavor of oysters from one location while another prefers oysters from another, yet both are delicious!

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