Maine guidebook?

[Tsuga8]

Apologies if I missed an existing thread, but I'm interested in a guidebook for paddling trips/destinations in Maine, both flat and moving water (wilderness tripping more than whitewater playboating, though). Any recommendations?

I know the hive-mind here has a trove of info, which I deeply appreciate. But I like the ability to browse a book for trip ideas (and then come here for insider and up-to-date knowledge once I have a trip or two picked out).

 

[Benson Gray]

A good start will be the three volume Canoeing series of books by Zip Kellogg. These are out of print but available from many used book stores. The links below show some examples.

Benson

https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/canoeing-one-maine-geographic_zip-kellogg/20313020/

https://www.biblio.com/book/canoeing-volume-2-zip-kellogg/d/1429429752

 

[D J Hayes]

I like the Appalachian Mountain Club's "Quiet Water Canoe Guide-Maine" by Alex Wilson and John Hayes (no relation) for volume of info on locations. It's great for trip planning and daydreaming.

 

[Tsuga8]

Thanks, Benson and DJ. I do like the Quiet Water series. I'll have to look for copies of the Kellogg series.

 

[VA paddler]

AMC has another book that is fairly comprehensive of Maine rivers. And it has a few pages of lists at the beginning that break out rivers by # of days, season, and levels of ww. “Wilderness” is subjective, of course, but I’d say the StJohn is about the most remote-feeling of the longer river trips.

 

[WoodsNWaters]

Thanks for this thread and the recommendations. I've just ordered the two titles from AMC.

 

[Tsuga8]

AMC has another book that is fairly comprehensive of Maine rivers. And it has a few pages of lists at the beginning that break out rivers by # of days, season, and levels of ww. “Wilderness” is subjective, of course, but I’d say the StJohn is about the most remote-feeling of the longer river trips.

That sort of section at the front is exactly what I'm looking for, thanks!

And agreed re wilderness, I was just trying to separate out the whitewater runs a person might do in a "white-water-only" boat with thighstraps and entitely filled with float bags from the runs one might do with a load of camping gear and bench seats.

 

[Robin]

Lots of good information in the Maine Atlas and Gazetteer to go along with those books mentioned above.

Poland Pond is a nice wilderness destination, campsite is on an island.

 

[WoodsNWaters]

Lots of good information in the Maine Atlas and Gazetteer to go along with those books mentioned above.

The Maine Atlas and Gazatteer published by Delorme is the best source I know for showing gated roads. Many millions of acres of private land in Maine (lumber) and many miles of private roads. Some are available for public use and some are not.

Garmin purchased Delorme several years ago but none of the Garmin maps that I've seen have the gates marked.