BANGOR DAILY NEWS • May 19, 2024
With countless lakes, ponds and rivers, miles of hiking trails and scores of campsites, the North Maine Woods is an outdoor enthusiast’s paradise with more than 100,000 people visiting the region every year. The 3.5 million acres also is a privately owned working forest with thousands of miles of dirt roads, visitors need to know the rules of those roads for safety’s sake. The North Maine Woods road rules include the following:
• Obey all posted speed limits and the maximum speed of 45 mph
• Lights on for safety
• In areas of limited visibility, always drive on the right side of the road and reduce speed
• All vehicles yield the right of way to loaded trucks
• All traffic must yield to equipment working in the road and pass only after operator’s acknowledgement
• Drivers need to be aware of the trucks at all times