Code of Maine Rules › 94 - INDEPENDENT AGENCIES › 293 - BAXTER STATE PARK AUTHORITY › Chapter 1 - BAXTER STATE PARK RULES AND REGULATIONS › Section 293-1-5 - VEHICLES AND TRANSPORTATION

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
5.1 No
vehicle
over nine (9) feet high, seven (7) feet wide, or 22 feet
				long for a single vehicle or 44 feet long for combined units may enter the
				Park. Oversize units may be authorized to use the Park road system by special
				use permit, subject to conditions set by the Director. The Director may
				restrict the use of vehicles by persons without camping reservations.
5.2 Within each campground or picnic area,
				all
vehicles
must park in designated areas. A maximum of two
				vehicles may park at each campsite for which parking space is provided. No
				vehicle may park on the traveled portion of any Park road, or obstruct a
				designated parking space.
5.3 All
vehicles
must display an entrance permit while in the Park.
				Vehicles parked overnight without an entrance permit displayed or with an
				invalid permit may be towed away at the owner's expense.
5.4 The operation of Motorized
trail
				bikes, and ATVs
(all-terrain vehicles) is prohibited within the Park
				except as specified in 5.7 below. The operation of
Motorcycles
is
				prohibited beyond Togue and Matagamon gatehouses within the Park. Unless
				further restricted for safety reasons,
bicycle
use within the Park
				shall be restricted to maintained roads and the Dwelley Pond Trail. Bicycle use
				is allowed on the Abol Stream Trail December 1 to April 1.
5.5 Take-off and landing of
aircraft
in the Park is prohibited except on Matagamon,
				Nesowadnehunk, and Webster Lakes. Persons landing aircraft on permitted waters
				in the Park must register with Park Headquarters or a gatehouse in advance.
				"Aircraft" is defined to include any machine or device capable of deriving
				support in the atmosphere from the reactions of the air, including, but not
				limited to model craft, hot air balloons, hang gliders, para-sails,
				para-gliders and
unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)
. The possession
				or use of a UAV within the Park boundaries is prohibited. UAVs may be
				transported through the Park if kept in a car trunk, enclosed in a case, or
				otherwise inaccessible to use.
5.6
				All
boats
and canoes left in the Park and not registered with Park
				Headquarters will be disposed of as abandoned property. The use of motor boats
				or outboard motors in the Park is prohibited except on Matagamon,
				Nesowadnehunk, and Webster Lakes. Outboard motors of ten (10) horsepower or
				less are permitted on Upper and Lower Togue Ponds.
5.7
Snowmobiles
and ATVs (all
				terrain vehicles) may be used on (the frozen surface of) Matagamon,
				Nesowadnehunk, Webster Lakes, and Lower Togue Pond. Snowmobiles may be used on
				the following road or trail segments within Baxter State Park:
5.7A. The Park Tote Road between the southern
				Park boundary at so-called Caribou Pit and the Park boundary just south of
				Matagamon Landing;
5.7B. The
				so-called Logan Pond Road along the north shore of Lower Togue Pond;
5.7C. The spur road between the Park Tote
				Road and Camp Phoenix; and
5.7D.
				The existing trail along the East Branch of the Penobscot River from Second
				Lake Matagamon to the northern boundary of the Park.
Unauthorized use of snowmobiles in any other portion of the
				  Park is prohibited. Operators of snowmobiles must comply with all requirements
				  of State Law.