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Hikers from near and far have been scaling 1,232-foot Mt. Cutler, well, for a long time, at least since a local country doctor named Lowell “Bud” Barnes cut the first trail up to the Front Ledges in the 1950’s.
Contemplation, meditation and rejuvenation on the 3 Bridges Trail along Peters Brook: A scant mile east of the village of Blue Hill, Big Peters Brook flows out of the dense coniferous woods and empties into Peters Cove in Blue Hill Harbor.
The Penobscot River Trails is home to a 16-mile system of ski and snowshoe trails in the big woods of Soldiertown Township
The ability to read a map and use a compass are essential skills every hiker should have in their toolkit.
Dedham Bald Mountain, as it is locally known, rises to 1,261 feet. A short 0.6-mile hike via an old fire road gets you to the top.
There are hundreds of hikes in Maine’s 10.4 million acres of unorganized townships.
Peaks-Kenny State Park comprises 839 acres of natural beauty in Dover-Foxcroft that includes a glorious mile of shoreline on the big lake.
The view from the ledges atop 3,194-foot Big Moose Mountain is a grand one, taking in the magnificence of big, blue Moosehead Lake and the impressive array of peaks beyond,
Seasoned peak baggers know there are many climbing challenge lists, like the Appalachian Mountain Club’s New Hampshire 4000-Footers, New England 4000-Footers and New England Hundred Highest.
But a 400-Footer Club?
