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What: North Maine Woods ride
Last updated August 30th, 5:00pm.
When: Friday, August 30th (Evening) to Monday, September 2nd, (early afternoon) 2013
Where: Northern Franklin and Somerset counties
Meeting location: Leaving Wayne, ME at 5:20-5:30pm Friday evening, passing through Farmington, ME 6:15pm.
What to bring: Your street legal and well maintained vehicle (4WD recommended), Warm clothing, basic extrication equipment, camping/sleeping provisions, Food/Water/Fuel, spare parts/tools/knowledge, camera/batteries, etc.
NMW fees: Maine residents: $41, Non-residents: $54 (Sat day, Sat night, Sun day, Sun night, Mon day) Fees are per person.
What to expect: This will be a family oriented ride to the North Maine woods. I will be bringing my wife and 4 year old boy. I will be in a stock full size truck. We will be travelling on well built logging roads. 4WD is optional, but bring something with high ground clearance and skid plates. This area is very remote and that needs to be respected. No cell service, no parts stores, complete self-reliance. NOBODY GETS LEFT BEHIND. All vehicles will make it or we will all turn around.
Inter-rig communication will be by CB radio on channel 16.
Though it will be a holiday weekend, expect to be sharing the roads with large over-sized, over-weight, speeding trucks that will not move from the center of the road.
There is a fee for access and camping. For fee schedule and other information, check out the North Maine Woods website.
Generally the roads are very dusty if dry or very muddy if wet (surface only, from the wet dust/silt). Some of the lesser used side roads might have very poor and unstable surfaces (read: you will sink to your frame before you can say "oops!") I will try to avoid the latter types of roads. A/T tires are fine, though M/T or highway tires are okay too. Bring two spare tires... flat tires are common.
Camping will be point-to-point style, meaning that we will be in a different location each night... plan accordingly. The first night will probably be Northeast of Bingham (Maine Gazetteer map 30). We plan to stop to get last minute supplies and top off the fuel on Saturday.
Previous years on similar rides and we travelled approximately 600 miles. Fuel and food available in Greenville and Millinocket at market price, Pittston Farms sells fuel at above market price.
General Itinerary:
Day one: Wayne to Bingham/Kingfield area (via Farmington, North Anson, Solon).
Day two (Saturday): Bingham to Seboomook area (via Abbott, Greenville, Kokadjo; or Lake Moxie, Greenville junction; or Happy Corner road, Blanchard, Greenville) also stopping at Indian Hill trading post in Greenville and possibly the B52 memorial in T8R10.
Day three (Sunday): Seboomook area to T7R14 (via Eagle lake to see the trains).
Day four (Monday): T7R14 to home (via Ragmuff or Scott Brook Road, Golden Road west, Pittston Farm, 20 mile Rd, Demo Rd, Misery TWP, Capital Rd, then 201 south. I figured we could split up in Skowhegan.
Note: this is a general itinerary. We may deviate from this route or alter the evening stops.
Bring an article of blaze orange... it will be Bear season
Attendees as of August 25:
Last update.
Steve
Last updated August 30th, 5:00pm.
When: Friday, August 30th (Evening) to Monday, September 2nd, (early afternoon) 2013
Where: Northern Franklin and Somerset counties
Meeting location: Leaving Wayne, ME at 5:20-5:30pm Friday evening, passing through Farmington, ME 6:15pm.
What to bring: Your street legal and well maintained vehicle (4WD recommended), Warm clothing, basic extrication equipment, camping/sleeping provisions, Food/Water/Fuel, spare parts/tools/knowledge, camera/batteries, etc.
NMW fees: Maine residents: $41, Non-residents: $54 (Sat day, Sat night, Sun day, Sun night, Mon day) Fees are per person.
What to expect: This will be a family oriented ride to the North Maine woods. I will be bringing my wife and 4 year old boy. I will be in a stock full size truck. We will be travelling on well built logging roads. 4WD is optional, but bring something with high ground clearance and skid plates. This area is very remote and that needs to be respected. No cell service, no parts stores, complete self-reliance. NOBODY GETS LEFT BEHIND. All vehicles will make it or we will all turn around.
Inter-rig communication will be by CB radio on channel 16.
Though it will be a holiday weekend, expect to be sharing the roads with large over-sized, over-weight, speeding trucks that will not move from the center of the road.
There is a fee for access and camping. For fee schedule and other information, check out the North Maine Woods website.
Generally the roads are very dusty if dry or very muddy if wet (surface only, from the wet dust/silt). Some of the lesser used side roads might have very poor and unstable surfaces (read: you will sink to your frame before you can say "oops!") I will try to avoid the latter types of roads. A/T tires are fine, though M/T or highway tires are okay too. Bring two spare tires... flat tires are common.
Camping will be point-to-point style, meaning that we will be in a different location each night... plan accordingly. The first night will probably be Northeast of Bingham (Maine Gazetteer map 30). We plan to stop to get last minute supplies and top off the fuel on Saturday.
Previous years on similar rides and we travelled approximately 600 miles. Fuel and food available in Greenville and Millinocket at market price, Pittston Farms sells fuel at above market price.
General Itinerary:
Day one: Wayne to Bingham/Kingfield area (via Farmington, North Anson, Solon).
Day two (Saturday): Bingham to Seboomook area (via Abbott, Greenville, Kokadjo; or Lake Moxie, Greenville junction; or Happy Corner road, Blanchard, Greenville) also stopping at Indian Hill trading post in Greenville and possibly the B52 memorial in T8R10.
Day three (Sunday): Seboomook area to T7R14 (via Eagle lake to see the trains).
Day four (Monday): T7R14 to home (via Ragmuff or Scott Brook Road, Golden Road west, Pittston Farm, 20 mile Rd, Demo Rd, Misery TWP, Capital Rd, then 201 south. I figured we could split up in Skowhegan.
Note: this is a general itinerary. We may deviate from this route or alter the evening stops.
Bring an article of blaze orange... it will be Bear season
Attendees as of August 25:
- Booth9C1SS, plus wife and child
- MtnClimber and Maliki
- Muffinman and dog Amelia
- xjman88 and Wifey for Saturday only
- AllanR
Last update.
Steve
Last edited by MtnClimber on Mon Sep 09, 2013 8:14 am; edited 20 times in total (Reason for editing : Edited Intinerary)
