Maine hiking trails - Gulf Hagas Trail, Piscataquis County
LOCATION
Latitude: 45.4925
Longitude: -69.33222
User input for Gulf Hagas Trail, Piscataquis County, Maine:
Josh Lawton:
Just came off Gulf Hagas in a kayak this week. Spectacular run!
Tom:
Llyod Pond is on the back side of the rim trail if you drive past the turn off for Little Lyford and park at the bridge, you walk up the trailheading east and it is less than a mile.
Bill Dallam:
A quick correction: The gorge of the West Branch of the Pleasant river through ''Gulf Hagas'' has been kayaked many times. It is an expert level run, but not really extreme by today's standards. The first descent was in July 1985, and it's been run every year since, generally in the springtime.
Erik Stumpfel:
Corrections to previous comment: (1) Apparently a few kayakers do occasionally venture Gulf Hagas, with a mandatory take-out at Billings Falls. Still very difficult and dangerous, though. (2) Hammond Street Pitch is in Gulf Hagas, at the lower end. (3) Ship Pond Stream is 8 miles from Gulf Hagas by air, but the driving time from Gulf Hagas is well over an hour. (4) There is a Bear Brook that enters Gulf Hagas at the head of the Gulf, but with no direct hiking trail to this brook. (5) There is an Auburn Log Hauling Road east of Silver Lake in the KI / Jo-Mary Multiple Use Forest, near Gulf Hagas. Looks like a scenic hike. (6) Maxtrails' previous reference to 'Lloyd Pond' was probably meant to be 'Long Pond'. Long Pond is close to Gulf Hagas, and is a very pristine, pretty spot. (7) Big Wilson Stream is entirely in Piscataquis County (in Greenville, Elliotsville and Willimantic). A portion is incorrectly listed below as being in Franklin County.
Erik Stumpfel:
Boy, do you have things confused. Billings falls and Buttermilk falls are two of the waterfalls in Gulf Hagas, on the west branch of the Pleasant River. This area is class V+ whitewater, and is not run able by kayak, canoe or raft. Commercial whitewater rafting takes place on the west branch of the Penobscot River, about half an hour's drive north of Gulf Hagas. Hammond Street Pitch is on the west branch of the Penobscot; not in Gulf Hagas. Ship Pond Stream flows from Onawa Lake to Sebec Lake, and is located well south of Gulf Hagas, on the other side of the Barren-Chairback mountain range. The only Bear Brook I know of in this area flows into Kingsbury Stream, more than an hour's drive south of Gulf Hagas. I don't know where the Auburn log hauling road is, but if it is anywhere near Auburn, it is very far south of here. Lloyd Pond? Never heard of it anywhere near Gulf Hagas.
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| | A visit to Maine is not complete without some hiking. All the outdoors amusing stuff right next door to Gulf Hagas Trail will keep you coming back many times. The beauty of mother nature reveals herself at Buttermilk Falls; a quick spree to Bear Brook is definitely a perfect idea.
Gulf Hagas Trail is a very long way away from civilization and it is a fun place to hike for the whole family. If you came to camp Casey's Spencer Bay Campground is a tremendous place to do that; you can run the rapids of Ship Pond Stream. The amount of rainfall that falls at Gulf |
Hagas Trail is close to the national average; July is the wettest month with most rain, and February is the month with the least moisture.
There's so much to do here at Gulf Hagas Trail that you need to camp here for a while, Wildwood Shores Campground is a magnificent place
| for that, and don't leave Gulf Hagas Trail without first paying a visit to Billings Falls. At Gulf Hagas Trail throughout the warmest time of the year highs are in the 70's; the nighttime is quite chillier of course, typically in the 50's. The winter brings highs down to the 20's, and nighttime lows at Gulf Hagas Trail during the winter frequently plunge into the-10's. Gulf Hagas Brook flows through this vicinity, and there's whitewater on Pleasant River - West Branch for all you adrenaline rush seekers.
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| These outdoors activities are available near Gulf Hagas Trail. |
| | Trails Near Gulf Hagas Trail:
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Number Four Mountain Trail, Piscataquis County
, 9 miles away |
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Auburn Log Hauling Road, Piscataquis County
, 12 miles away |
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Northwest Ridge Road, Piscataquis County
, 14 miles away |
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Number Two Trail, Piscataquis County
, 15 miles away |
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Big Spencer Mountain Trail, Piscataquis County
, 16 miles away |
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| | Whitewater Near Gulf Hagas Trail:
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Pleasant River - West Branch, Piscataquis County
County
, 1 miles away, Class V - 4.7 miles long (Bear Brook to Long Pond Road) |
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Ship Pond Stream, Piscataquis County
County
, 8 miles away, Class I-III - 3 miles long (Cow yard Falls to Bucks Cove) |
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Big Wilson Stream, Franklin County
County
, 10 miles away, Class I-V(V+) - 4 miles long (Willimantic to Earley' Landing) |
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Big Wilson Stream, Piscataquis County
County
, 10 miles away, Class II-III - 5 miles long (Bodfish Crossing to Willimantic) |
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Big Wilson Stream, Piscataquis County
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, 11 miles away, Class IV-V - 9 miles long (Lower Wilson Pond to Bodfish Crossing) |
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| | Hotels Near Gulf Hagas Trail:
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Lodge at Moosehead Lake, Greenville
, 13 miles away |
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Pittsfield Motor Inn, Pittsfield
, 35 miles away |
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Bingham Motor Inn, Bingham
, 43 miles away |
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Katahdin Inn, Millinocket
, 45 miles away |
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Best Western White House Inn, Bangor
, 48 miles away |
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