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A visit to Big Benson Pond is always a good idea. Lucia Pond is a perfect lake near Big Benson Pond, and Lodge at Moosehead Lake is a wonderful place to get some rest. You can run the rapids of Ship Pond Stream close to Big Benson Pond. There's so much to do here at Big Benson Pond that you need to camp here for a while, Wildwood Shores Campground is a nice place for that. Why not stop at a swamp like House Bog since you're here at Big Benson Pond, and if you
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| | came to camp Jo-mary Lake Campground is a glorious place to do that.
A visit to Big Benson Pond wouldn't be complete without taking a look at Cowyard Falls, and going for a hike on the Gulf Hagas Trail is always a splendid adventure. Dry warm beds await you at Pittsfield Motor Inn, and don't leave Big Benson Pond without first going for a hike along the Auburn Log Hauling Road. This lake is so wonderful. If you like skiing, you're in luck; Big Squaw is in the | |
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neighborhood of Big Benson Pond, and a striking lake like Little Benson Pond is a good place to stop by.
This lake is so wonderful. Some nearby water includes Benson Brook, and you obtain a pleasant sight of Benson Mountain from
here. High temperatures at Big Benson Pond through the warmest time of the year are in the 70's with night lows in the 50's. During the wintertime this place gets highs in the 20's, and throughout the dark hours in the wintertime
at Big Benson Pond temperatures descend to the-10's. This place is unbeatable, just look at all the amusing things to do in the neighborhood of Big Benson Pond.
So many enjoyable things to do at Big Benson Pond, so little time.
A magnificent site for whitewater paddling near Big Benson Pond is Big Wilson Stream, and there are tremendous locations to discover along the Northwest Ridge Road. From a rain point of view Big Benson Pond is a pretty normal place; July is the wettest month with most rain; the driest month of the year is February.
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Coordinates:
Latitude: 45.365
Longitude: -69.33194
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Big Squaw, Maine, 18 miles away
1750 vertical feet |
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Ship Pond Stream, Piscataquis CountyCounty, 2 miles away
Class I-III - 3 miles long (Cow yard Falls to Bucks Cove) |
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Big Wilson Stream, Franklin CountyCounty, 4 miles away
Class I-V(V+) - 4 miles long (Willimantic to Earley' Landing) |
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Lucia Pond, Piscataquis CountyCounty, 2 miles away |
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Gulf Hagas Trail
 | Just came off Gulf Hagas in a kayak this week. Spectacular run!...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....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....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.... |
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I enjoy spending time there,fishing and camping.... |
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My family and I have been herre on two occasions they are very friendly there are great veiws we always have a great time... |
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