Beginner Off-Road Trails Near Wiscasset, Maine

Quarry Road Trail

The trailhead is behind the Waterville Home Depot. Parking is allowed at the Home Depot. The trail leads through Quarry Road Park (please go slow) and across Fish Brook to the "4 corners" of Rt…
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Total Miles
2.3
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Su / Sp / Fa

Center Trail

This is a winding trail through mostly woods and fields. This trail is quite smooth with a few small rocks and rocky areas. A few rough exposed roots and a lot of ditches to keep…
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Total Miles
1.6
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

Frye Mountain - High Ridge to Getchell

The Frye Mountain - High Ridge to Getchell trail is a West to East crossing through the Frye Mountain State Game Management Area. This trail is just over 8 miles passing by the Carter Cemetery…
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Total Miles
6
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Chase Fire Tower

A rutty trail up the back side of Chase hill to the fire tower that you can still climb to the top of a few harder obstacles to climb over but mostly capable with a…
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Total Miles
0.5
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

Edes Brook Trail

This trail is an easy access to some of our other trails and sights. Good trail for just cruising and enjoying the views. It will take you from Intervale Road to the Presidential Lookout or…
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Total Miles
3.5
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Su

Deadwater Loop Trail

45 miles long, the Deadwater Loop trail will take you along the Kennebec river, through valleys, and over hills for the townships of Solon, Moscow, Deadwater, and Bingham Maine. The trailnsystem is well maintained by…
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Total Miles
36.4
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Su

Mahoney Hill Trail

Easy riding with mostly smooth trail. There are some rocky hills, you also pass several logging areas. The majority of the trail is two vehicles wide on a packed gravel surface. Some small wooden bridges…
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Total Miles
15.4
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Sanford Maine ATV Club & Rail Trail

Sanford's Rail Trail follows the old Portland and Rochester Railroad Company railbed, passing through many scenic areas in Sanford. This well-maintained, multi-use, flat gravel-topped trail is easily walked and used year round, with stores, ponds…
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Total Miles
13
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Bald Mountain

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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Total Miles
1.2
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa / Sp

Newport to Onawa

This is a great trail with a fantastic train trestle at the end. The trail is mostly two-track, with a few standard ATV trails. Trails are well marked and maintained, and the views from the…
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Total Miles
29.7
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Fa

Bald Mountain Trail

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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Total Miles
1.3
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Success Pond

Success Pond is a wide but loose roadway with large rocks and sandy spots that extends to Success Pond to the North and on into Maine. There are many spur roads, private property, and OHV/ATV…
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Total Miles
3
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Greenwood Pond Trail

This trail to Greenwood Pond starts at the Katahdin Iron Works Historic Site which is also the Ki-Jo Mary check-in point for the Northern Maine Woods. The trail is all dirt roads typically wide enough…
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Total Miles
10.3
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Su / Sp / Fa

Big White Brook - Campsites

This Big White Brook trail is a short spur leading to a set of riverside campsites. The trail is typically wide enough for 2 vehicles to pass but narrows once you get closer to the…
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Total Miles
3.5
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Gauntlet Falls West Trail

This Gauntlet Falls West Trail is a branch starting at the Katahdin Iron Works Historic site which is also the Ki-Jo Mary check-in point for the Northern Maine Woods. The trail is all dirt roads…
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Total Miles
15.5
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Fa / Su / Sp

Spectacle Pond

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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Total Miles
14.9
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Narraguagus Lake

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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Total Miles
10.7
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Ride the Wilds Segment 2

Total Miles
32.6
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su

Donnell Pond

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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Total Miles
5.2
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Otter Creek

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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Total Miles
1.4
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Wind and Water Trail

The Wind and Water Trail is a 40-mile trail that starts and rt 6 in Lincoln Maine. At the start of the trail are a collection of windmills each with its own access road. These…
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Total Miles
60.7
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Cedar Stream Road

This is an amazing route that circles around both the second Connecticut Lake and Lake Francis and crosses the upper Connecticut river with fly-fishing-only access. There are a few backcountry trout ponds that are walk-in…
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Total Miles
22.5
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa