Vehicles and Transportation

No vehicle over nine (9) feet high, seven (7) feet wide, or 22 feet long for a single vehicle or 44 feet long for combined units may enter the Park. Oversize units may be authorized to use the Park road system by special use permit, subject to conditions set by the Director. The Director may restrict the use of vehicles by persons without camping reservations. Within each campground or picnic area, all vehicles must park in designated areas. A maximum of two vehicles may park at each campsite for which parking space is provided. No vehicle may park on the traveled portion of any Park road, or obstruct a designated parking space. All vehicles must display an entrance permit while in the Park. Vehicles parked overnight without an entrance permit displayed or with an invalid permit may be towed away at the owner's expense. No person may operate any vehicle within the Park so as to endanger any person or property, nor operate a vehicle in excess of 20 miles per hour, or the posted speed limit, whichever is less. The operation of Motorized trail bikes and ATV's (all-terrain vehicles) is prohibited within the Park. The operation of Motorcycles is prohibited on unpaved roads within the Park. Bicycles are allowed only on maintained roads within the Park with the exception of roads in the Scientific Forest Management Area (SFMA) where bicycles are prohibited. Take off and landing of aircraft in the Park is prohibited except on Matagamon, Nesowadnehunk, and Webster Lakes. Persons landing aircraft on permitted waters in the Park must register with Park Headquarters or a gatehouse in advance. "Aircraft" is defined to include any machine or device capable of deriving support in the atmosphere from the reactions of the air, including, but not limited to model craft, hot air balloons, hang gliders, para-sails and para-gliders. All boats and canoes left in the Park and not registered with Park Headquarters will be disposed of as abandoned property. The use of motor boats or outboard motors in the Park is prohibited except on Matagamon, Nesowadnehunk, and Webster Lakes. Outboard motors of ten (10) horsepower or less are permitted on Upper and Lower Togue Ponds. Snowmobiles may be used on Matagamon, Nesowadnehunk and Webster Lakes and Lower Togue Pond, and on the following road or trail segments within Baxter State Park: * The Park Tote Road between the southern Park boundary at so-called Caribou Pit and the Park boundary just south of Matagamon Landing; * The so called Logan Pond Road along the north shore of Lower Togue Pond; * The spur road between the Park Tote Road and Camp Phoenix; and * The existing trail along the East Branch of the Penobscot River from Second Lake Matagamon to the northern boundary of the Park. Unauthorized use of snowmobiles in any other portion of the Park is prohibited. Operators of snowmobiles must comply with all requirements of State Law.