Beginner Off-Road Trails Near Machias, Maine

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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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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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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Spectacle Pond can be accessed off Highway 9 and is mostly private property with lots of public trails. The main roads are wide and well-maintained gravel, but the smaller spur roads can become very narrow,…
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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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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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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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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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This trail provides access to the western side of Brandy Pond. The trail is primarily dirt road, with some sections that are more water-saturated and could be evaluated during the spring or other wet times…
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This trail provides access to the eastern side of Buffalo Stream. The trail is primarily dirt/grass and is very narrow due to the soft white pine needles. Use caution as the narrowness of this trail…
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This trail takes you to the top of Baker Hill. The trail is dirt and grass and somewhat elevated. The trail is less developed than some of the other larger trails and is more accepting…
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The Western Mountain Road Trail is one of the few dirt roads in the Acadia National Park where you can escape the crowds. The trail starts at the Seal Cove Road and takes you to…
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Seal Cove Road is one of the few dirt roads in Acadia National Park where you can escape the crowds. The trail starts at Tremont Road at the West end, and Main Street at the…
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The Long Pond Fire Road Trail is one of the few dirt roads in the Acadia National Park where you can escape the crowds. The trail starts at the Tremont Road and takes you to…
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A mostly gravel road with a few washouts. A few snowmobile side trails that are not 4x4 friendly. Towards the top, there are a few ledges with some concrete filler and a granite bluff with…
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Granite rock face. Very steep up and down with a few off-camber angles with a few in excess of 27 degrees over some ledges. Amazing views on both sides of the trail going up and…
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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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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 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 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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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 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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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 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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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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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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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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