Wildlife Lodge

Wildlife Lodge B&B [ Bed and Breakfast ] provides you with comfortable accommodations and friendly atmosphere. Go to our home page for more information. We are only a couple of miles from the Appalachian trail and some of the trail heads. One is the 100 mile wilderness trail to Mt Katadin.

Come and enjoy the outdoors along the Moosehead Trail & 100 mile Wilderness area.

BORESTONE MOUNTAIN:

Distance: 4 miles round-trip
Time: 3-4 hours
Elevation: 1947 feet
Difficulty: Challenging
NO DOGS ALLOWED

The Borestone Mountain Wildlife Sanctuary is a check station about 1 mile along the trail. It is sometimes manned by the National Audubon Society, which owns the land around Borestone. The check station itself--when open---offers interesting exhibits for children. A small fee may be charged. There are also interesting nature stations along the trail. After leaving the check station, the trail goes by two ponds to the face of Borestone. The last 600 feet of elevation includes small sheer rock faces that are difficult to climb when wet. The view at the top is expansive, with a bare summit and two peaks.

LITTLE WILSON FALLS:

Distance: 3 miles round-trip
Time: 2-3 hours
Difficulty: Easy

Take the dirt road by the bridge that spans Big Wilson Stream, go for 0.7 mile to the second campsite on the right. Park here. Immediately cross the stream and look thru the woods for an old road. Turn left (uphill) on the road and walk a little more than a mile. The Appalachian Trail is on the left side just before you come to a pond. The trailmarker is hard to see from this direction, so you need to look carefully to your left. Turn left and stay on the white-blazed AT all the way to the falls. It will skirt around the pond, go thru the woods, go back over Wilson Stream, and go a little ways downstream before looping around upstream to the falls.

Tobey Falls is classified as a slide waterfall, in high-water months it is a massive cascade falling over a smooth, 45-degree-angled slate rock. Big Wilson Stream is normally a 30-to-50-foot wide river, but at the waterfall the stream condenses to a fraction of that--about 8 feet under normal conditions. A stream being condensed to such a degree ensures a waterfall with torrents of whitewater.
Tobey Falls is another waterfall that is much more impressive than its size would indicate.

BARREN MOUNTAIN:

Distance: 8 miles round-trip; plus 1 ¼ further to Cloud Pond
Time: 6 hours round-trip
Elevation:
Difficulty: Challenging

Finding this trail is a real challenge, but once you do you will be on a remote and strenuous part of the Appalachian Trail. At the beginning of the trail you may need to cross the Pleasant River (depending on where you begin the hike), which may be waist deep. Impressive sites along the way are the Barren Slide and Barren Cliffs. There is a fire tower at the summit. Cloud Pond is a remote mountain pond about 1 ¼ miles further that is well worth visiting.

There are a couple different ways to reach Barren Mountain:

Directions From Borestone: If you plan to visit Borestone or Little Wilson Falls, then Barren is less than ten minutes away. Follow directions to Borestone, except continue on the road as the pavement ends. Stay on this main road as it stays level then descends a steep hill, where there are fantastic views of Barren Slide. Soon the road comes to a bridge that spans Long Pond Stream. From here, there are two ways to access the Appalachian Trail, and Barren Mountain.

a) Otter Pond Route - This is not a well-marked trail, but the good part is that you won't have to ford Long Pond Stream. Continue over the bridge (which is gated in early spring and early winter) for 0.75 mile and take the first left. Continue down this road, past Otter Pond (which is on the right at approx. 0.25 mile) to where it ends at approx. 0.6 miles. From here, enter the woods and head along an old, overgrown tote road. You should hear Long Pond Stream on your left. At about 0.3 mile you should see a path that is marked intermittently with orange flagging tape. This connects with the Appalachian Trail at about 0.5 mile. From there, turn right (uphill) and continue to Barren Ledges and the fire tower. (If you wish to stay at the Long Pond Stream Lean-to, turn left at the intersection - downhill).

b) Old AT Route - Do not cross the bridge; take the left just before it. You won't be able to go very far without 4-wheel drive, and not much further with 4-wheel drive. Plan on walking. Walk for 1.1 mile to where the road (on which you may spot white blazes - this used to be the AT) crosses Vaughn Stream (use the snowmobile bridge). The road then begins to rise uphill, and at 1.7 mile you will see a sign on the right marking the Appalachian Trail. You will have to ford Long Pond Stream. Depending on water conditions, prepare to get at least your feet wet!

B-52 MEMORIAL SITE ON ELEPHANT MOUNTAIN:

Distance: 1/2 mile round-trip
Time: 45 minutes
Difficulty: Easy

This is a somber memorial to the crash of a B-52 bomber doing training maneuvers in January of 1963. All but two crewmembers perished, and those two spent a cold night in a blizzard on this remote mountain before being discovered. The people of Greenville have preserved the site and the wreckage in honor of the men aboard this flight. Each year in January, a group snowmobile ride is held to this site, and a memorial service takes place.

Directions: From the traffic light in downtown Greenville drive north on the Lily Bay Road. At 7.1 miles look for a dirt road on the right called Prong Pond Road (the sign may be gone, but it is the first right after you pass the signs for Beaver Cove Marina and Beaver Cove Camps). Take the right onto the dirt road and stay straight. After 4.7 miles there is view of Elephant Mountain before you and Baker Mountain in the north. Continue .6 miles further (5.3 total), and cross the bridge at North Brook (there's a campsite, but no sign). Immediately after you cross the bridge, there is a well-traveled left turn, but you should stay right. You will soon come to a fork in the road. Take the left fork and at about 6.5 miles total you will see a sign on the right at the trailhead which reads B-52 - Baker Pond Trail. Park here. (If your vehicle has low clearance you should take the well-traveled left turn immediately after North Brook bridge. Go up a long hill. At the fork bear right. When road comes to a T turn right. Trailhead is on the left.)