Difficulty: Easy to moderate. Expect exposed tree roots and a few rocky, steep sections when climbing up to the cliffs. The white-blazed Cliff Trail forms a 2.3-mile loop, and the yellow-blazed shortcut up to the cliffs will shorten the loop hike to be about 1.75 miles. How to get there: The trailhead is at the […]
I’ll be one of three Maine authors on the panel of “Raising Outsiders: How to get your kids unplugged and outdoors,” from 7 to 8 p.m. Friday, June 29, at the L.L.Bean flagship store in Freeport. The event, which is a part of the L.L.Bean Lecture Series, will take place in the Atrium in the […]
Difficulty: Moderate to strenuous. The trails in this network are only suitable for a mountain bike, not a road bike. The easiest trails follow old gravel roads that have been overgrown by grass that is mowed on occasion. Branching off of the old roads are single-track bike trails that are filled with roots and rocks. […]
First of all, I’d like to share that the book launch event for my recently-published guidebook “Maine Hikes Off the Beaten Path” last week went wonderfully. Yet again, people blew me away with their support and enthusiasm for Maine hikes. For those who could make it to the event, thank you! And for those who […]
Long before I first took the mailboat to Isle au Haut, I imagined the island to be a mysterious birding paradise of mossy forests and rocky shores. I’d seen pictures of the island, and I’d read stories about its charming village with a one-room schoolhouse and tiny post office. Miles out in the ocean, it […]
Difficulty: Moderate. The loop hike is about 2.8 miles long with some steep, rocky sections, some of which require hand-over-foot climbing. How to get there: You first have to get to Isle au Haut, a small island in Penobscot Bay. Most people take the Isle au Haut Boat Services Mail Boat, which leaves from a […]
