50+ Years Of Backcountry Adventures!
AN UNFORGETTABLE EXPERIENCE IN THE WOODS AND WATERS OF MAINE.
About Maine High Adventure
Maine High Adventure offers exciting, fully-outfitted canoe treks within 4+ million acres of northern Maine woods and waterways. Each and every Maine High Adventure trek is custom designed to the attending group’s interests and skill level. We have been providing life-long memories since 1971, first as a BSA National Council program and more recently as part of Katahdin Area Council, BSA.
Some reasons YOUR unit should consider a Maine High Adventure experience!
MHA is EXPERIENCED
Maine High Adventure has outfitted treks from Matagamon Base since 1971. That’s 50 years of High Adventure serving over 32,000 Scouts!
MHA uses time-tested Scouting skills: Leave No Trace---Patrol Method --- Open fire cooking---Youth Led Crews.
When you contact us, you will work directly with the MHA Director.
We serve only 25 to 50 crews per season, which offers a more personal experience for you and your group. Rather than being one of dozens of troops arriving or departing you may be the only crew – or one of just two or three.
A knowledgeable MHA representative can meet with your group via Zoom or in-person to present and discuss MHA.
MHA is PERSONAL
Minimum stay is 6 days – There is no maximum. The longer your trek, the more you can do!
We don’t offer pre-planned trips. Every trek is custom-designed. Upon arrival at MHA Matagamon Base, each crew will plan its own trek with the expert advice of our Trip Planner.
You can choose arrival and departure days to suit your schedule.
MHA is FLEXIBLE
Some reasons YOUR unit should consider a Maine High Adventure experience!
A True backcountry High Adventure Scouting experience.
Flexibility
Arrive and depart on your preferred days.
Have a trek designed to your crew’s interests.
Simple travel logistics, especially from northeastern and mid-Atlantic states.
A fully-trained MHA Staff Guide will be with you for your entire trek.
All camping equipment, food, and trek-related transportation is provided.
Scouts from across the U.S. come to Maine High Adventure for their own unforgettable experience in the woods and waters of Maine. Contact us to schedule yours!
MHA has LOCAL KNOWLEDGE AND RELATIONSHIPS
MHA Staff Guides are trained and skilled. They know the Maine woods, how to operate safely, and how your crew can maximize its experience.
We have up-to-date information of important planning considerations such as: water levels, local weather, backcountry road accessibility, campsite availability, and many other details.
MHA has long-standing relationships with the Maine Warden Service, Baxter State Park, Allagash Wilderness Waterway, North Maine Woods, and many other landowners, allowing you to have the best trek possible.
Although your trek will lead your crew into the vast backcountry of northern Maine, your initial destination is our operations base - Matagamon High Adventure Base which is located at the northeast corner of Baxter State Park on Grand Lake Matagamon.
See accompanying map for approximate driving times to Matagamon Base from the Mid-Atlantic and New England.
Getting to the Matagamon High Adventure Base
MHA is only a day’s drive from all New England and some mid-Atlantic states.
Many crews fly into Bangor International Airport, a simple 2-hr drive from MHA’s Matagamon Base.
MHA is NEARBY
Every year, hundreds of Scouts head into the backcountry of northern Maine for hiking and whitewater adventures. These include climbing Mount Katahdin, the state’s highest peak, and paddling on the same waters Henry David Thoreau did more than 150 years ago.