Willey House
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Most Famous Tragedy in the White Mountains — Site of the 1826 Willey Slide — a catastrophic landslide that […]
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Bible Point
🏆🏆🏆 Aroostook Pond — Remote pond-side public lot on Bible Point in northern Maine’s Aroostook County wilderness Bible Point is
Bigelow Preserve
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Maine’s Greatest Mountain Preserve — 36,000-acre wilderness preserve encompassing the Bigelow Range — Maine’s second-most-dramatic mountain chain after Katahdin
Bradley
🏆🏆🏆 Penobscot River Lot — Public lot on the Penobscot River near Old Town — traditional Penobscot Nation territory Bradley
Chains of Ponds
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Benedict Arnold Route — Chain of pristine ponds on Arnold’s 1775 march to Quebec — one of the most
Chamberlain Lake
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Allagash Headwaters — Remote wilderness lake at the headwaters of the Allagash Wilderness Waterway — one of the most
Colburn House State Historic Site
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Arnold Trail Landmark — 1765 colonial house where Benedict Arnold planned his 1775 Quebec expedition — Maine’s most important
Day’s Academy
🏆🏆🏆 Aroostook Heritage — Historic academy site in northern Maine preserving early Aroostook County educational heritage Day’s Academy is a
Dead River
🏆🏆🏆🏆 Arnold Trail River — Remote wilderness river in the western Maine mountains — another chapter of Arnold’s 1775 march
Duck Lake
🏆🏆🏆🏆 Downeast Wilderness Lake — Remote 2,000-acre lake in the Downeast Lakes region — one of the wildest areas on
Eagle Island State Historic Site
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Admiral Peary’s Island — Private island home of Arctic explorer Robert Peary — who claimed to reach the North
Eagle Lake
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Allagash Crown Jewel — Massive 5,583-acre wilderness lake in the heart of the Allagash Waterway — moose, eagles, loons
Fort O’Brien State Historic Site
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 First Naval Battle of Revolution — Site of the FIRST naval battle of the American Revolution — June 12,
Fort Pownall
🏆 Official Guide: Fort Pownall — Ruins of a 1759 British colonial fort on Maine’s Penobscot Bay — a French
Four Ponds
🏆🏆🏆🏆 Western Mountains Ponds — Chain of pristine mountain ponds in the Rangeley Lakes region — premier brook trout fishing
Gero Island
🏆🏆🏆🏆 Chesuncook Island — 3,200-acre island in Chesuncook Lake — one of the largest lake islands in the eastern US
Great Heath
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Maine’s LARGEST Peat Bog — 4,000-acre raised peatland — one of the most intact coastal plateau bogs in North
Holeb
🏆🏆🏆🏆 Moose River Wilderness — Remote public lot on the Moose River canoe route — one of Maine’s classic wilderness
John Paul Jones State Historic Site
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Father of the American Navy — Birthplace of John Paul Jones — “I have not yet begun to fight!”
Katahdin Iron Works
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Industrial Ruins + Gulf Hagas — 1843 iron smelter ruins AND the “Grand Canyon of Maine” — Gulf Hagas,
Kennebec Highlands
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 6,000-Acre Lake Region — 6,126 acres of pristine ponds and forested ridges in central Maine — premier remote hiking
Little Moose
🏆🏆🏆🏆 Moosehead Country — Remote public lot near Moosehead Lake — Maine’s largest lake (117 sq mi!) in the heart
Machias River Corridor
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Wild Atlantic Salmon River — One of the last wild Atlantic salmon rivers in the US — 60+ miles
Mahoosuc
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 AT’s Toughest Mile — 27,253-acre wilderness containing the most notoriously difficult mile on the entire 2,190-mile Appalachian Trail Mahoosuc
Moosehead Lake
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Maine’s LARGEST Lake — 117 square miles, 40 miles long — the largest mountain lake in the eastern US
Mount Abram
🏆🏆🏆🏆 Western Mountains — Remote mountain preserve near Rangeley with alpine hiking and panoramic views Mount Abram is a public
Nahmakanta
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 100-Mile Wilderness AT — 43,000-acre wilderness unit on the Appalachian Trail’s legendary 100-Mile Wilderness Nahmakanta Public Reserved Land covers
Penobscot River Corridor
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 River of the Dawn People — Protected corridor along Maine’s mightiest river — sacred to the Penobscot Nation for
Pineland
🏆🏆🏆🏆 Public Farm Campus — 868-acre former state farm campus in New Gloucester — now a vibrant public recreation and
Richardson
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Rangeley Gem — Richardson Lake — one of the most pristine deep-water lakes in the eastern US, legendary for
Rocky Lake
🏆🏆🏆🏆 Downeast Gem — Pristine Downeast lake surrounded by 10,000+ acres of conserved land — loon paradise Rocky Lake Public
Round Pond
🏆🏆🏆🏆 Allagash Chain Link — Remote pond on the Allagash Wilderness Waterway — a critical link in the 92-mile canoe
Salmon Brook Lake Bog
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Ecological Wonder — Pristine peatland ecosystem surrounding a 130-acre lake — one of the most important bogs in northern
Scopan
🏆🏆🏆🏆 Aroostook Wilderness — Remote 5,000-acre lot on Scopan Lake — deep in Maine’s Aroostook County backcountry Scopan is a
Scraggly Lake
🏆🏆🏆🏆 Remote North Woods — Pristine backcountry lake in the North Woods — accessible only by logging roads Scraggly Lake
Seboeis Unit
🏆🏆🏆🏆 East Branch Wilderness — 9,600-acre wilderness unit along the East Branch of the Penobscot — Thoreau’s canoe route Seboeis
Seboomook
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Wild North — Massive 61,000-acre wilderness in the Upper Moose River region — one of the largest conservation acquisitions
Storer Garrison State Historic Site
🏆🏆🏆🏆 King William’s War — 1690s garrison site from the deadliest conflict on the Maine frontier — King William’s War
Telos
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Telos Cut Gateway — Remote wilderness lake on the Allagash — site of the 1841 Telos Cut that changed
Tumbledown
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Maine’s Most Beautiful Mountain — Tumbledown Mountain — widely considered the most beautiful mountain hike in Maine with an
Wassataquoik
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Katahdin’s Wild East Side — 34,000-acre wilderness on the wild eastern side of Katahdin — remote approach to Maine’s
Whaleback Shell Midden
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 2,200-Year-Old Oyster Feast — Largest prehistoric shell midden on the Maine coast — 2,200 years of Native oyster harvesting
Brimfield State Forest
🏆🏆🏆 Antique Capital Forest — 3,266-acre state forest near Brimfield — home of the world-famous Brimfield Antique Flea Market Brimfield
Bristol Blake State Reservation
🏆🏆🏆 Norfolk Wetland — 141-acre wetland reservation in Norfolk with boardwalk trails through Atlantic white cedar swamp Bristol Blake State
Brook Farm Historic Site
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Transcendentalist Utopia — Site of the 1841–1847 Brook Farm utopian community — where Hawthorne, Emerson, and Thoreau debated paradise
Camp Nihan Environmental Education Camp
🏆🏆🏆 Urban Environmental Ed — Environmental education camp in Saugus providing outdoor learning for Boston-area students Camp Nihan Environmental Education
Canalside Rail Trail
🏆🏆🏆🏆 Industrial Revolution Trail — Rail trail along the historic Turners Falls Canal — America’s first navigational canal (1798!) Canalside
Chestnut Hill Reservation
🏆🏆🏆🏆 Emerald Necklace Gem — 120-acre reservoir park in Newton/Brighton — part of Boston’s legendary Emerald Necklace park system Chestnut
Elm Bank Reservation
🏆🏆🏆🏆 Garden Paradise — 182-acre reservation on the Charles River featuring the Massachusetts Horticultural Society gardens Elm Bank Reservation covers
Federated Women’s Club State Forest
🏆🏆🏆 Women’s Conservation — State forest donated by the Massachusetts Federation of Women’s Clubs in the 1920s — early environmental