Hey thanks for showing video of all these. I've been staying south of most of these places with a group every year. Nice to be able to see some of the other sites without driving to them. Better to plan a trip!
Thank you for watching! This video is a bit more south, ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-kQYd_IoLrx8.html hope to head farther north next time! I made this because I wanted a tool to plan better trips, It's tough to settle on a spot when you don't know what the next one looks like.
I have lived here for 37 years..most of it just north of the last bright light in a night city light map...and I have never been to clayton lake. thanks for sharing, its kicking my motivation into gear. One hour from home for me is canadian border. Really silly. i have 4x4 truck, mtn bike, kayaks..barely go into the deep woods . The thing that scares me..every adventure even with modern mapping. There is stuff there in maps that is not passable, and stuff that does not exist (like a bridge). 2 years ago, I jumped my truck 4 feet off the ground on the golden road..45mph. Drove home with a bent cab mount and broken shock. Be careful. Go slow...and have a real 4x4.
Absolutely! A road can look great on a map, and be non existent in real life, bridges too. It's hard to plan a route because you don't know, but that can be part of the fun. I am hoping to go farther north next time I go up there.
Yes, if you drop these coordinates in it will show you where, but that is the red pine campsite it's between the airstrip and the river. 46.5946944444, -69.7917777778 I think there was a pretty steep drop off between the campsite and the river.
Is that near a car wash? I think I went there a few years ago and it was very good, it was a Monday and Big G's was closed so I went there. I have also had a decent breakfasts at the Waterville Grand, Tina has taken care of my group for a couple years in a row there on Monday mornings.
Devastating! Romp will be different for sure. Also it was a nice break in the drive to the North Maine Woods. I'll miss it, my daughter always knew I would bring her home some giant cookies every Winter Romp.
I agree, it's all owned by paper companies now, and hopefully the way things are can continue, but I would hate to see the North Maine Woods become anything but natural woodlands. Thanks for watching.
You wouldn't need 4x4 at all, I would be more worried about a tire puncture. If it was rainy or snowy that could change, but I think a 2 wheel drive with nice tires would be all you need to get out there.
Great job on the video guys. I enjoyed every second of it. The narration was perfect. You did a lot of leg work for us that would follow. The NMW is a great natural resource so always be respectful and keep it clean.
Thank you! I am always happy to see that people do leave it clean, the very small amount of trash I’ve come across genuinely seems accidental. Thank you!
Loved your video, take my grandsons there many times in the summer, the boys love it, we buy the season camping pass, so we spend most of the summer up there, thank for the good footage. Spent a lot of my younger day there cutting wood.
Regardless of fines, I'd just hate to be flying, and then hear a plane, then look around for that, lose sight of the drone,, and anything could happen. At that point, anyone would prefer any fine to what that accident could look like. The FAA seems to have a list of Airports you can't fly near, and those not on the list like this one have much more relaxed rules, that being said, I won't be flying there again.
I noticed you have the Seasucker roto pack adapters, any issues? I just bought the roof rack for my 2013 LR4. Nice video and I’m not a purest overlander, I’d like to keep it stock and certainly don’t want to scratch the paint which is pristine. Thanks for sharing!
Hi, I’ve never had an LR4, I had a 3 for a while and went lots of places in it. The Seasuckers/rotopax mounts are nice, very secure, it says to Mount them vertically, but I had no issues mounting them horizontally on the roof. I pumped them every day, but usually they didn’t need it. If pumping them doesn’t make sense it will once you use them. I also modified one to take my radio antenna so now that is completely removable too. Once they’re on and pumped they are solid, maybe too solid, id bet I would lose the window before they let go. I agree with stock, especially for overlanding, I did a lot to make my LR3 “better”, bigger tires, compressor, skids, steel bumpers, tire carrier, rack, and it became a heavy less comfortable place to spend time. I’m trying to keep this D5 as comfy as possible. There’s virtually no overlanding near me, so everything is lots of highway before the dirt.
Yes, 6 Mile is in Garfield for sure, I was looking up stuff for the next trip, and left my google earth in the wrong in spot. I'm thinking about St Francis or Winterville, so I may have to find a spot to stay in Eagle lake, because that's a long drive for me.
The roads in the North Maine Woods are rough, but four wheel drive is not necessary, I would be mostly concerned with tires. The roads are made with logging trucks in mind, and there or lots of rocks, and holes that sneak up on you. I think a Rav4 with good tires would have no issues, just make sure you have enough fuel. The roads in this video are on private property, called the Sebasticook Millennium Green, and it is a few hours south of the North Maine Woods
Hello, so I use two apps. One is Avenza Maps with the Delorme Gazetteer loaded in there, you can buy the official gazetteer from the store in the Avenza maps app. And the other is Gaia with the overlanding Topo layer. Both can be downloaded to the device so you don’t need service for them to work. I also keep a printed gazetteer with me. The other vehicle had a Garmin Tread XL. It was pretty cool, seemed to have the same roads as the gazetteer, which makes sense I think Garmin owns Delorme who publishes the Gazetteer. It is expensive but it was nice, it had all the roads loaded in and the ability to send a message via satellite. It’s pricey but could be worth it depending on how often you get out into the woods. It’s important to say that no resource is perfect. Gaia, Garmin, the official NMW map, all didn’t have roads that were there in real life, and also had roads that were no longer passable, or seemingly nonexistent. All had bridges on the map, but the bridge was actually out. I like the fun of having to replan on the fly, and I guess these roads grow in so fast it’s impossible to keep a map updated, I think the Gazetteer is King up there, but not perfect.
Just stumbled across this video and know every campsite you visited. But the 2nd Musquacook lake campsite is very special place for my Family. Paul R Pelletier was my brother and seeing his plaque in the video made my day. Miss him dearly every day . Thank you for sharing . So awesome to see as we live 450 miles south.
I am glad you guys have that, it's a beautiful spot. Your brother was way too young, I googled him and found his obituary, it was an honor to be in a place honoring a fellow Lowellian.
@joemcdonough326 Thank You Joe. The 2nd Musquacook Lake was campsite was one of Paul's favorite places to be. His best Friend Tom Ryan built on that lake and Paul spent many weekends helping Tom. Also Big Machais lake holds a family camp presently since late 80s . Our Uncles use to park a converted Bus at Squirrel pond in the late 50s when the deer were plentiful. Lot of Pelletier History in those woods. But most of all Thank you again for that beautiful video it was a bitter sweet moment when I saw the plaque. Enjoy the North Woods Joe. No other place like it.
I am glad you asked, I meant to cover this in the video, but forgot. It doesn't rattle at all, even if I shake it, or put it next to me in the car, or shake it again, it's 100% rattle free in all situations I have encountered..
@@KOSerg-vo2qb should be$100-$120 normal price, $80 with a coupon. Gearwrench and Tekton are a much better value than this. Those cheap foam inserts won’t last with hard use, oil and gas will destroy them in a matter of days
Thin walled, easily broken in any application. I wouldn't waste a dime of my money on those. Never scrimp on money concerning a socket set. I have had my Craftsman socket set in a blown molded case for 35 years and NEVER had a socket break, let alone the ratchet. Just say no to these cheap sets.
@@antilaw9911 When that flimsy ratchet snaps, come back and tell me how great Icon really is. If you think ANYONE believes Icon is better than Craftsman, think again.
Straight to the meat and potatoes, no long unnecessary intro, fair non bias opinion, nice audio, price build out comparison, rattle test, you sir have made a excellent video and earned a sub! Have a good one!
I don't disagree, if it was terrible you could hear it but this is by no means scientific. I just hate that most every set I've ever bought has a junk ratchet, and then you can't even swap it out because most of the cases are plastic and won't take a ratchet that is slightly different. I'm glad this set came with a decent one, and is good to go, at least for me.
Come up here that’s fine. Keep it a secret OK don’t be showing everybody all this stuff. Go home and show people your state. What kind of private up here we don’t like tourist that much unless we can make money off of you guys moving into a place and you turn into a ghetto and raise the taxes and Make it so it’s not Maine anymore
Never had a bad time or met a person I didn't like while camping in the NMW. (It may be the beers....or my jolly bearded self.) I've been to the Pillsbury site. Did you check haymock that day? That's a huge site. 8 spots. Gonna check these other spots out! Great video!
Yes, it was occupied with a large group or family so I moved on. Quite a few great sites were occupied. I'm planning to get back in the summer to check out more.
Hello from PA, your campsite videos are priceless!!! In 2020 I made my first trip to NMW and planned to camp at Lost Pond. I had no information about the campsite except what I found on the NMW website which said 4x4 accessible. When I got there late in the afternoon after 12 hours on the road alone, I realized 4x4 accessible didn't mean my off the lot Chevy Colorado. I walked a short way back and decided not to try it. Found a dead end road and camped in my truck for the night. Thanks for the videos, they're entertaining and informative. I'm leaving in 3 days for my 4th annual Fall trip to camp and hunt partridge.
