A good headlamp and spare batteries are as important as your climbing gear. Climbing parties are required to check in with the ranger at the nearest trailhead. Cut-off times for departure vary with location and season. For more information, please check the BSP guidelines for technical climbing.
Cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, mountaineering, ice climbing, and camping are popular winter activities in Baxter State Park. Snowmobiling is permitted on the Park Tote Road only and is not allowed elsewhere in the Park. With visitor numbers a small fraction of the summer months, opportunities for solitude abound, but severe weather conditions demand experience and careful preparation from visitors. The Park becomes much more remote in the winter, with vehicle access much further away.
Please see the BSP winter use page for more information. The Park also maintains a Winter Use page with important information for winter visitors. In his planning, Percival Baxter set aside 30, acres in the northern part of the Park for the practice and demonstration of modern commercial forestry methods.
Called the Scientific Forest Management Area SFMA , this section has hiking trails and campsites, is open to hunting in season, and includes active forestry operations and hauling roads.
It is a popular fishing area early in the season. Toggle navigation Friends of Baxter State Park. Camping Baxter State Park is a camper's paradise. Hiker on Center Ridge, Traveler Range. We encourage you to make reservations within the park before heading this way to ensure you will be able to enjoy your visit.
All hikers wishing to climb Katahdin are required to have a day-use parking reservation or a campsite reservation to be shuttled to a Katahdin Trailhead. Using a shuttle service does not bypass the need for a reservation. If you are a northbound AT hiker please check out the AT hiker information page from Baxter State Park about getting your thru-hiking permit, thru-hikers camping in the park, and more.
If you need help planning your hike or need other services feel free to reach out to us. Please visit the Baxter State Park website for all official information regarding your visit. It is 17 miles 30 minutes from Millinocket to the BSP south gate and then it is another 8 miles 20 minutes to Katahdin Stream campground. Baxter State Park does not allow pets, motorcycles, and oversized vehicles. Please see their website for more information. While camping in the park is decidedly old-school, visitors can choose from both campgrounds and remote campsites for backpackers.
Camping requires a reservation. Savvy visitors reserve prime spots months in advance. Paddling is popular throughout the park.
Canoes and kayaks are available for rent at pondside campgrounds in the Park and at most backcountry ponds with trail access. Most backcountry lean-tos on a lake or pond have a dedicated canoe for campers staying at the site. Baxter is full of water. There are plenty of ponds to boating and fishing and streams abound. Check the Maine Dept. Northern Outdoors' base camp for outdoor adventures in the Millinocket region, situated between Ambajejus and Millinocket Lakes outside of Baxter State Park.
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