bigbog
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2 days of Baxter (to/from)= easier on the brain...
Hi Igorocks,
Anytime is a great time to visit northern New England. Be warned that the weather up here in Maine, notably up in the park(BSP) and along the coast(Acadia) ...(*Really anywhere in northern NewEngland) can turn to the cool and raw pretty quickly..but with proper clothing is not a problem....and can return back to warm and sunny...just as quickly...but on the average is great.
From Millinocket to BSP is all paved...and in fact that's your paved avenue to/from the Baxter area!(fwiw)..roads outside the park are dirt woodland roads with limited maintenance. The roads inside the park, if I correctly remember...are pretty smooth dirt woods roads without any problems for any rental auto...of normal highway clearance...but my $.01, as TB mentioned, I think, is that you should give any drive up to Baxter..plus hike or two, a couple days at the minimum...to simply keep one's mind from remembering it as a 48+ hour whirlwind. The slowed pace of existence out in the non-artificially created woodlands is one of the selling points for visiting/camping in Maine, being only ~10-12 hours driving from downtown Boston.
I once took a friend who wanted to do the 24hr roundabout..swoop up to Millinocket...down over the Golden Rd westward to PittstonFarm..and then back down...and back to south-central NH. At the end I sat there wondering if he ever got to fully experience anything but woods roads and highway. Like we paralleled the Penobscot's pristine WestBranch...AT NIGHT....seeing nothing;-) Need to spend a little time...the outdoors and wildlife is around every bend..
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Hi Igorocks,
Anytime is a great time to visit northern New England. Be warned that the weather up here in Maine, notably up in the park(BSP) and along the coast(Acadia) ...(*Really anywhere in northern NewEngland) can turn to the cool and raw pretty quickly..but with proper clothing is not a problem....and can return back to warm and sunny...just as quickly...but on the average is great.
From Millinocket to BSP is all paved...and in fact that's your paved avenue to/from the Baxter area!(fwiw)..roads outside the park are dirt woodland roads with limited maintenance. The roads inside the park, if I correctly remember...are pretty smooth dirt woods roads without any problems for any rental auto...of normal highway clearance...but my $.01, as TB mentioned, I think, is that you should give any drive up to Baxter..plus hike or two, a couple days at the minimum...to simply keep one's mind from remembering it as a 48+ hour whirlwind. The slowed pace of existence out in the non-artificially created woodlands is one of the selling points for visiting/camping in Maine, being only ~10-12 hours driving from downtown Boston.
I once took a friend who wanted to do the 24hr roundabout..swoop up to Millinocket...down over the Golden Rd westward to PittstonFarm..and then back down...and back to south-central NH. At the end I sat there wondering if he ever got to fully experience anything but woods roads and highway. Like we paralleled the Penobscot's pristine WestBranch...AT NIGHT....seeing nothing;-) Need to spend a little time...the outdoors and wildlife is around every bend..
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