News & Updates

Spirit of the Trail Award: David Thanhauser & Cloe Chunn The Maine Island Trail is the only recreational water trail that spans the entire coast of Maine, but it’s not Maine’s only water trail. There are several others, including the Penobscot River Paddling Trail, which runs for more than 100 miles along the main stem

Notes From Our Annual Meeting The Penobscot River Paddling Trail’s Board of Directors hosted its annual meeting on Aug. 23, 2025. Our team started the day with an 8-mile paddle from Howland to Nibezun. After lunch at the campsite, Nick Bear and Gabe Paul began the annual meeting by presenting their work on the Penobscot

Join Us: Paddle & Annual Meeting The annual meeting of the Penobscot River Paddling Trail will start with a morning paddle on Saturday, Aug. 16. We’ll meet at 10 am at the Howland Boat Launch at Tannery Park to put in, and paddle 8 miles downstream to the campsite at Nibezun in Passadumkeag for lunch

New Campsite on Verona Island On July 27, the 11th campsite of the Penobscot River Paddling Trail was established on Verona Island. The campsite is a collaboration between landowner Great Pond Mountain Conservation Trust, Maine Island Trail Association, and the PRPT. The land trust offered us a place for a campsite on the Joost Family

Paddling from Mattaseunk Dam to Bangor Every year my cousin James and I do a week-long river trip; we’ve always done trips closer to where I live in Virginia. This year we wanted to do a trip closer to James in Maine, so we decided to do the Penobscot River from Mattaseunk Dam to Bangor.

New Campsite in Prospect On Sept. 24, 2023, 13 volunteers gathered to make the 11th campsite of the PRPT, located on Bowden Point in Prospect. We worked from 9 am to 1 pm to clear and mow two small fields, clear the ground of logs and brush for tents, carry in a picnic table, an