Light off-roading locations?

Submitted by Nightfire5 t3_yzgpvo in Maine

Hello! I'm getting a new car soon and I wanna have some fun with my old suv. Are there any easy logging trails or off-roading trails I can bring it to? I'm having trouble finding where I can legally bring an SUV to off-road.

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sy33d_am33r_ali t1_ix0a8pe wrote

The entire North Maine Woods perhaps? What part of the state are you in and how far are you willing to drive?

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Nightfire5 OP t1_ix0auol wrote

I from Windham but I'm willing to go anywhere.

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sy33d_am33r_ali t1_ix0c2nj wrote

Most of northern Maine is dirt logging roads. Get yourself a gazetteer and head north. Take one of the big arteries like the Golden Road, or the Jo Mary road to get back in the woods, then explore some of the little side roads off of that. Make a day of it. Bring food, water, camera, shotgun, bag of weed. Make sure you have a spare tire that has air in it.

Go soon, unless you want to car ski. Most of these roads become snowmobile trails in winter.

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Majestic-Feedback541 t1_ix0ueks wrote

Just adding, please familiarize yourself with the rules of those roads, loggers have the right of way.

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ScenePlayful1872 t1_ix1pl4i wrote

So true. Always yield, over and out of the way. They drive that way because they DO own the road

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DifferenceMore5431 t1_ix6bvo9 wrote

There's not much of an off-roading culture in Maine. There are plenty of dirt logging roads but they are mostly wide and dusty... not really that much fun to drive on except as a way to get somewhere for camping, hiking, fishing, etc. If you have a gazetteer you could pick a smaller road to explore but you are likely to end up at a locked gate or a downed tree. They're not maintained for recreation.

You might have better luck in New Hampshire and particularly Vermont.

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Shilo788 t1_ixd9kde wrote

All the for wheelers went to utvs and ATVs. Now I four wheel only when I need to.

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JamochaWitness t1_ix2ad4d wrote

Skip the “bag o‘ weed…that’s for losers.

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