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The Northern Outdoors’ Adventure Resort in The Forks, Maine includes trailside and lakeside cabins and riverside campsites. With this inspirational outfitter, you can enjoy Maine year-round with exceptional winter snowmobiling and summer white water rafting, hiking, and ATVing vacations.

Northern Outdoors is an all-season resort featuring snowmobiling, cabins, rafting and outdoor adventures for just about every interest and skill level. Founded in 1976, Northern Outdoors is in the center of Western Maine's wilderness playground.

Maine Vacations The Way They Are Meant To Be: Affordable and Authentic

Back in 1976, Northern Outdoors ran the very first rafting trip on the Kennebec River, and the first rafting trip in the state of Maine. Folks thought they were crazy at the time. Rafting was in its infancy in the US, with just a handful of outfitters opening their doors from 1969 through the 1970s in the West and Southeast. In 1983, they changed their name from Kennebec Whitewater Expeditions to Northern Outdoors to reflect the company's new year-round direction.

Today, along with the best rafting in Maine, Northern Outdoors offers wide variety of outdoors activities and adventures. 

• ATV Trails & Guided ATV Tours
• Affordable Family Adventure Vacations
• Bass and Trout Fishing Adventures
• College & University Teambuilding Programs
• Geocaching, Kids Geocaching, & Instruction
• Golf & Rafting – Sugarloaf
• Hiking in Maine's North Woods
• Motorcycle Touring
• Ropes Course & Adventure Challenge Program
• Whitetail Deer Hunting

You choose your perfect mix of fun, challenge, exercise, and relaxation on your adventure getaway. The team at Northern Outdoors can help you make it happen. Guided and self-guided trips activities for all ages and experience levels are ready to make your vacation the best it can be. Choose your lodging from a wide variety of cabins and camping options at Northern Outdoors Adventure Resort.

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Whitewater Rafting

Rafting is Mother Nature's perfect rollercoaster ride. Whether you are a first-timer, family, or high adventure enthusiast, you'll find your perfect trip at Northern Outdoors. Northern Outdoors provides thrilling adventures with a professional staff dedicated to providing the best and safest outdoor experience on the water.

• Kennebec River
• Penobscot River
• Dead River

Best Time To Go

Northern Outdoors schedules trips every day from early May through mid October. The early season spring run off provides the most exciting whitewater in the Northeast. Throughout the summer, daily dam releases on The Kennebec and Penobscot Rivers guarantee excellent Class IV and V rafting adventures. The combination of magnificent foliage, higher water flows, and generally fewer people has made late season rafting in September and October a very popular choice for many of our guests.

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Maine Snowmobiling Resort, Rentals, Trails, & Tours

Northern Outdoors is your passport to the ultimate Maine snowmobiling vacation! Maine's 13,000 miles of groomed snowmobile trails are regarded as some of the finest in the country. And nowhere in Maine does snowmobiling get any better than at Northern Outdoors in The Forks.

Best Maine Cabins for Snowmobilers

Variety, Comfort, Amenities, and Direct Trail Access. Can you tell our resort is designed for snowmobilers?!

They've got 28 trailside and lakeside cabins for you to choose from for your snowmobiling vacation. Ride directly to and from your cabin door onto Maine's world-class ITS trail system (only 13,000 miles of trails to access, you could spend a LOT of time out there!)

Adventure Resort Maine Vacations

Northern Outdoors’ main resort complex enjoys backyard access to Maine’s best whitewater rivers and extensive trail systems for hiking, snowmobiling, and ATVs. There are three campuses: The Forks Resort Center on the Kennebec River, Eagle Cove Condominium on Wyman Lake, and the Penobscot Outdoor Center near Baxter State Park.

The Forks Resort Center

The Forks Resort Center is a wonderful place to relax after your day of Maine wilderness adventure. The main Lodge is a popular gathering place with a towering stone fireplace, huge timbers, and lots of amenities. It feels like a classic New England ski lodge, complete with historic photos of logging and pioneer rafting days on the Kennebec. A gracious lounge with weekend live entertainment rounds out this authentic adventure resort

Kennebec River Pub & Brewery

Yep, you can order a "lobstah" at their friendly Adventure Resort, and wash it down with their own Kennebec River Brewery ale or lager. The Pub is open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and the brewery offers six different handcrafted beers for the discriminating beer aficionado.

Eagle Cove Condominium

The Eagle Cove Condominium are located just a short drive south of The Forks Resort Center, nestled directly on the shore of Wyman Lake. The Eagle Cove Complex includes 6 modern lakeside cabins, 4 luxurious guest houses and the main Osprey Lodge.

Penobscot Outdoor Center

Located on spectacular Pockwockamus Pond, The Penobscot Outdoor Center sits under the shadow of mile high Mount Katahdin. The Center blends a Maine wilderness experience with the creature comfort amenities you want on your vacation: a restaurant, bar, giant hot tub, comfortable cabin tents, and new Cabins at Twin Pines.

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Directions to Northern Outdoors

Route 201 ... The Old Canada Road National Scenic Byway

Getting to Northern Outdoors in the Upper Kennebec Valley is easier than you think. It’s also an incredibly beautiful drive. The Old Canada Road National Scenic Byway is a snapshot in time.

Tracing the route of generations of travelers between Maine and Quebec, this segment of Route 201 is one of the most beautiful drives in the Northeast. Winding right alongside the Kennebec River, Wyman Lake, the Dead River and vast working forests, it is a spectacular drive revealing undeveloped ridges and islands framed by dramatic stands of white birch.

Whether you travel by car, motorcycle or RV, you’ll discover that getting there is almost as enjoyable as being there.

NORTHERN OUTDOORS FORKS RESORT & THE EAGLE COVE CONDOMINIUMS
(from points South)
Exit 133 off I-95. Take Route 201 north, through Skowhegan and Bingham. Northern Outdoors Forks Resort Center is 18 miles north of Bingham on Route 201.

NORTHERN OUTDOORS FORKS RESORT & EAGLE COVE CONDOMINIUMS RESORT
(from points North)
Exit 157, off I-95. Take Route 2 west to Skowhegan, then Route 201 north through Bingham. Northern Outdoors Forks Resort Center is 18 miles north of Bingham on Route 201.

THE PENOBSCOT OUTDOOR CENTER
(from All Points)
Exit 244 off I-95. Take Route 11/157 west, through Millinocket, then follow the signs to Baxter State Park. Northern Outdoors' base at The Penobscot Outdoor Center is 15 miles from Millinocket, 5 miles past The North Woods Trading Post.

TWIN PINE CAMPS, Millinocket Lake
(from All Points)
Exit 244 off I-95. Take Route 11/157 west towards Millinocket. Follow 157 and signs to Baxter State Park. Twin Pine Camps is located 8 miles out of town on Millinocket Lake. The road entrance is on the right just after a 35mph sign. If you pass North Woods Trading Post, you've gone too far.

GPS Coordinates:

• The Forks Resort Center 45°15.942”N 69°59.679”W
• Eagle Cove Condominiums 45°13.129”N 69°59.301”W
• Penobscot Outdoor Center 45°47.799”N 68°52.847”W
• Twin Pine Camps 45°43.680”N 68°49.186”W

Reach Northern Outfitters by Phone at:

Toll-free: 1-800.765.7238
Direct line: 207-663-4466

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