Code of Maine Rules › 04 - DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION › 056 - CONSERVATION - GENERAL › Chapter 2 - RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR LUNCH AND CAMPSITES IN THE PENOBSCOT CORRIDOR, LOBSTER LAKE, AND CHESUNCOOK LAKE

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
The following rules and regulations are established by the
				Commissioner of the Maine Department of Conservation, pursuant to the
				provisions of 
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				M.R.S.A. §1803 sub-§ 6 and §
				1825 sub-§ 4.
GENERAL RULES
1. Fees: Resident - $4.00 per person per
			 night, Nonresident - $8.00 per person per night. Children under 10
			 Free.
2. Camping: Allowed only at
			 sites designated by the Bureau of Parks and Lands. Parties of more than 12 are
			 restricted to group sites. Authorized campsites are marked and may consist of a
			 number of individual cells of picnic tables and fireplaces.
3. Open Fires: allowed only in fireplaces
			 provided by the Bureau. Camp stoves fueled with sterno, propane or gasoline
			 will be allowed in any safe location.
4. The cutting of live trees is
			 prohibited.
5. Litter: trash must
			 be carried out of area.
6. Firearms
			 are not to be discharged on lunch or campsites.
7. Occupancy of any one site for more than 7
			 consecutive nights is prohibited; however, at the end of the 7 night period,
			 the Bureau may authorize an extension on a night to night basis.
8. Tents, vehicles, trailers, or equipment
			 must not be left unoccupied on any site more than one night.
9. The Sandy Point section of the Horserace
			 Brook camping area is for tents only.
10. Sites must be vacated by noon on the last
			 day of permitted occupancy.
11. Ice
			 houses that are placed on Lobster Lake must be removed from the property owned
			 and/or administered by the Bureau of Parks and Lands within (3) three days of
			 the close of the ice fishing season on that lake.
12. Quiet Time: Campers are required to be
			 quiet between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.
GROUP SITES
1. Beginning the first working day in January
			 of each year the Horserace Brook, Salmon Point and Omaha Beach group campsites
			 may be reserved from the Bureau of Parks and Lands on a first come, first
			 served basis. Failure to make use of a reserved campsite may forfeit future
			 reservation privileges, unless reservations are cancelled at least one week in
			 advance of reservation date.
2.
			 Special group lunch sites may be reserved from the Bureau of Parks & Lands
			 at Horserace Brook, Salmon Point, Log Cable Crossing, Bateau Take Out and Abol
			 Ledges.
3. At group lunch sites
			 without privy provided by State, outfitters will provide portable
			 toilets.
4. Occupancy of any group
			 campsite by more than 30 persons is prohibited.
DESIGNATED CAMPING AND LUNCH SITES
Upper West Branch Penobscot (Seboomook Dam to Chesuncook
				Lake)
Roll Dam (4 sites - 1 group site)
Burbank (2 sites)
Thoreau's Island (1 site)
Halfway House (1 site - 1 group site)
Big Ragmuff (2 sites)
Lone Pine (1 site)
Big Island South (1 site)
Ouellettes (1 site)
Smart's (1 site)
Driving camps (1 site - 1 group site)
Big Island North (1 site)
The Pines (2 sites)
Little Ragmuff (1 site)
Pine Stream (1 site)
Boom House ( 1 site - 1 group site)
Lobster Lake Ogden Cove (2 sites)
Ogden North (1 site)
Ogden Point (1 site)
Ogden South (1 site)
Boy Scout (1 site)
Jackson Cove (1 group site)
Little Cove (2 sites)
Little Claw (1 site)
Big Claw (1 site - 1 group site)
Chesuncook Lake Gero Island (3 sites - 1 group site)
Longley Stream (1 site)
Cunningham Brook (2 sites)
Sandy Point (2 sites)
Red Brook (1 site)
Mouser Island (3 sites)
Cardiser Point (1 site - 1 group site)
Lower West Branch (Ripogenus Gorge to Ambejejus Falls)
Horserace Brook: 1 group site - 10 sites
Salmon Point: 1 site - 1 group site
Abol Falls (2 sites)
Debsconeag Falls (1 site)
Debsconeag Deadwater boat landing (1 site)
Little Omaha Beach (2 sites)
Omaha Beach (3 sites - 1 group site)
Lower West Branch designated lunch sites only
Horserace Brook
Salmon Point
Log Cable Crossing
Bateau take out
Abol Ledges
STATUTORY AUTHORITY: 
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				  M.R.S.A. §1803  sub- § 6 and §1825 sub- § 4