Scopan

🏆🏆🏆🏆 Aroostook Wilderness — Remote 5,000-acre lot on Scopan Lake — deep in Maine’s Aroostook County backcountry

Scopan is a public reserved lot on Scopan Lake in Aroostook County — deep in the backcountry of America’s largest county east of the Mississippi. The remote lake offers primitive camping, excellent fishing for brook trout and landlocked salmon, and complete wilderness solitude. Aroostook County’s 6,829 square miles make it larger than Connecticut and Rhode Island combined — with vast forests, potato fields, and some of the darkest skies in the eastern US.

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About Scopan

Scopan public reserved land surrounds Scopan Lake in Aroostook County — Maine’s northernmost and most sparsely populated county. The area provides remote lake access in the heart of the potato-farming country that defines Aroostook County’s character. The boreal forest surrounding the lake supports moose, loons, and spruce grouse.

Things to Do

Fishing for brook trout and salmon, canoeing on Scopan Lake, primitive camping, moose watching, and experiencing the unique culture of northern Maine — where French-Canadian heritage and potato farming define the landscape.

About Scopan

Scopan in Aroostook County provides primitive recreation on Scopan Lake in northern Maine’s Aroostook region — the “County” as Mainers call it. Aroostook County (6,829 sq mi) is the largest county east of the Mississippi — bigger than Connecticut and Rhode Island combined. The region is famous for potatoes (Maine was America’s top potato producer before Idaho), the Northern Lights, and some of the most remote terrain in the eastern U.S.

Things to Do

Primitive camping, fishing, canoeing, birdwatching, aurora viewing (the County is dark enough for Northern Lights), and exploring Maine’s enormous, remote Aroostook County.