Encompassing more than 1,600 acres in Maine's Hundred-Mile Wilderness region, Borestone Mountain Audubon Sanctuary offers a spectacular array of natural features, including rare older forest, three crystalline ponds, exposed granite crags, and sweeping views.

Come visit us!

The Borestone Mountain Sanctuary is open to the hiking public, dawn to dusk, year-round. Its historic lodges are only accessible to paying guests. Click here for more information on renting the Borestone Lodges, including prices and amenities.

The Borestone Mountain Nature Center, a 0.8 mile hike from the Elliotsville Road on the shore of Sunrise Pond, is open most days between Memorial Day through Columbus Day from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Directions

From Bangor or Portland, take I-95 to Newport (Exit 157 from the south, or Exit 159 from the north). Follow Route 7 north to Dexter, then take Route 23 north to Guilford. In Guilford, turn left onto Route 15/6 to Monson. After passing through the village of Monson, turn right onto Elliotsville Road. After 8 miles turn left, after the bridge, onto Bodfish Road. Parking area is approximately .2 miles on the left, after the railroad tracks. The gate and trailhead are on the right.

Borestone Mountain Audubon Sanctuary is located on Map 41 of Delorme’s Maine Atlas.

Contact us

Phone: (207) 631-4050 June-September, or (207) 781-2330 October-May.

For lodge reservation inquiries, click here.