Difficulty: Easy-moderate. Rocky footing and a few steep sections of trail add some challenges to this 1.4-mile hike. Fear of ghosts may also present a challenge. How to get there: Catherine Mountain is located between the towns of Franklin and Cherryfield. From Route 1 and Route 182 in Franklin, turn east on Route 182 (Blackwoods […]
No one won the “Where in the Woods Am I?” game for Catherine Mountain near Franklin, Maine, in November 2012 given these verbal clues and the following gallery of photos: “I headed towards the coast on Friday to hike a small mountain that offers some great views. Try to guess what trail I explored by viewing the […]
Difficulty: Easy-moderate. The hike is about 2.2 miles, including the short span of woods road leading to the loop trail. At the far end of the loop, the trail leads to an observation platform on the edge of Sunkhaze Meadows Bog. How to get there: From Route 2 in Milford, turn onto County Road, which […]
Heather Omand won the “Where in the Woods Am I?” game for Carter Meadow Road Trail in Sunkhaze Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in November 2012 given these verbal clues and the following gallery of photos: “Yesterday, I enjoyed a sunny, cold day on a loop trail not far from Bangor. I chose the trail because it travels […]
The “1-minute hike” series is officially one year old. And since the goal was to bring readers a new hike each week, that means that in the past year, I have hiked in 52 different locations throughout Maine, a state with an abundance of trees, as well as trails to navigate through them. [blip.tv http://blip.tv/play/ho0rg4mHIQA] I […]
*Important update: A few days after this story appeared in the BDN print edition, the owner of the Quarry Trail property on Mount Waldo contacted me on Monday, Nov. 19, to inform me that the trail and the property is currently off limits to hikers. While in past, the owner has not objected people hiking or […]
No one won the “Where in the Woods Am I?” game for Mount Waldo in Frankfort, Maine, in November 2012 given these verbal clues and the following gallery of photos: On Saturday, I decided to visit a popular mountain near Bangor. The hike brought me by a lot of colorful graffiti and some historic sites on the way […]
Fellow BDN blogger Linda Trenholm and I will be presenting “Foodies on Foot” at the Maine Harvest Festival from 2:30 to 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 11, at the Bangor Auditorium, and I’d love to see some blog readers not only attend the talk but come and chat with me before or after at the BDN […]
The state will receive nearly $74,000 in restitution for suppressing the fire that burned two acres of old spruce forest atop Big Spencer Mountain in August, according to a recent press release issued by the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry. A district court judge in Dover-Foxcroft ordered restitution of $73,972.96 to be paid […]
Difficulty: Moderate-strenuous. The difficulty of this hike lies in the steep grade of the trail and the steady climbing involved. Exposed roots also make footing tricky in some areas. How to get there: From the junction of Route 3 and Route 233 in Bar Harbor, head southwest on Route 223 for 1.2 miles. Turn left […]
