Beginner Off-Road Trails Near Calais, Maine

The Wind and Water Trail is a 40-mile trail that starts at Route 6 in Lincoln, Maine. At the start of the trail is a collection of windmills, each with its access road. These windmills…
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Entering from Rainbow Drive, this trail is incredibly rocky with a few puddles. The trail is fairly wide, but the pace is slow on account of the bumpy ride. There are many twists and turns…
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This is a quick way in or out of the forests south of Springfield, New Brunswick. Exiting Highway 615, you will find yourself passing some very large pork facilities that have been vacant for some…
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This little path comes off the Sunshine Estates Trail and leads to Mill Bank Road in New Maryland. It has a couple of foot-and-a-half-deep mud holes but is pretty stock-friendly. After a small hill, you'll…
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This old logging road connects Zealand, New Brunswick with Greenhill Lake, New Brunswick, and can be traversed by any 4x4 truck or Jeep. The trail leads through the stunning forests of New Brunswick and features…
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This trail traverses between Nicatous Lake to the east and West Lake to the west. The trail is primarily dirt and wide enough for vehicles to pass each other. There is a variety of spurs…
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As an alternative exit from the Zealand Sand Pits trail, this avoids the mud hole at the top of the hydro line hill. Initially, the track is narrow with encroaching alders and overgrowth, but when…
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This trail is directly on Highway 104. It is a steady ascent up the mountain with breathtaking views of the valley. It features slightly overgrown roads leading to an old shale pit. When the road…
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This trail is a connector between the West Lake Southern Tip and Oxhead Lakes Trail. The trail is primarily a dirt road, with some sections that are more water saturated and could be evaluated during…
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Otter Creek is a quick out and back trail with a few dispersed campsites along the side of the road. It's narrower than most in the area and ends at a rock gatekeeper. The trail…
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This is the rear entrance to an abandoned / closed pit. The pit is overgrown, but the main access road from Carlisle Road is used to maintain a communication tower. Many trails go east from…
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Just off Lower Stone Ridge Road, there is an old rock pit that is no longer in use. Although the main entrance is barricaded, this is only to prevent access by heavy machinery. There are…
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This track starts at the end of the rock pit, ascending up a pit wall on a narrow track. After passing through some young pines, this trail opens up. It's fairly well-maintained, and passes some…
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Starting on Lower Stone Ridge Road, you take a right onto an old pit access road and follow a trail through the woods. There are many odd inclines after coming out of the forest and…
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This is a spur of the Wet and Wiry Cut; it's the alternative to driving through 20 inches or more of water and features a lot of bedrock lumps, dryer gravel, and mostly dry terrain.…
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Donnell Pond is a gravel road that is mostly wide open, but some spur roads can become quite narrow. Sections of this road serves as snowmobile trails in the wintertime. Camping in this area is…
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This is a series of forks that flow through the forest north of the hydro line and connect to the Claudie Road substation. The trail has a couple of puddles and narrowing bends with encroaching…
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You can enter this trail at the end of Firewood Lane near Carlisle Road, or you can just exit off the hydro line. It takes you around some steep bends, but it's wide enough for…
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This trail begins north of the last bend on Lower Stone Ridge Road, follows the hydro line, and turns left onto a logging road. The route is fairly well maintained and passes through young alder…
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This pit trail is accessed towards the end of Upper Stone Ridge Road. The beginning of the trail has a small metal box on a stake in the ground, which is all that remains of…
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Off of Highway 104, take a right down Pineo Drive in Burtt's Corner. Pineo Drive will turn into a logging road, turning into Pioneer St. The first hydro line you cross will be the one…
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After Upper Stone Ridge Road dissolves into a dead end, this dirt road looks more like an ATV trail when you start. It leads into the managed snowmobile trail heading north in winter. Once you…
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This trail has been mainly used as an ATV and full-sized rig trail for quite a while. It used to connect across the hydro line down to the main Hatchery Barns on the 104. It's…
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This pit is an access trail that continues past the Upper Stone Ridge Easy Sand Pit. After heading up the hill after a bend in the trail, there is an intersection of trails. Sticking to…
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This is an active logging road with many spurs. The trail is a snowmobile trail in the wintertime. It's a track that starts in the Fredericton area across from Sunset Drive and turns to dirt…
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This slalom ducks and weaves through a wide truck road that is slowly being overtaken by the forest. Accessible by the hydroline just north of it, or from Claude Road; it offers a peaceful foray…
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The hydroline will get you to this old gravel pit where there are a couple of steep piles to climb, a thick metal scrap husk, laden with bullet holes, and some great photo opportunities. The…
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A gravel backroad turns into a rough track as you pass the last set of houses. There are some small ledges to bump your way up to the first deep mud hole. If you stay…
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This trail provides access to the Oxhead Ponds and a variety of other trails to be explored. The trail is dirt and wide enough for 2 vehicles to pass with ease. As a primary access…
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Narraguagus Lake is the beginning of a larger trail system heading northward labeled as Trail 501. This is a mostly gravel road with some soft muddy areas after rain. This reaches some remote areas of…
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