# Golden Road

**Location:** Millinocket, ME | **Difficulty:** Easy | **Length:** 96 miles

**GPS:** 45.9134, -69.5812

**Vehicle requirements:** Stock high-clearance 4WD or AWD with all-terrain tires. No lift or lockers required.

**Best season:** May - October

A 96-mile private logging road through the North Maine Woods, one of the largest undeveloped tracts east of the Mississippi. This working forest road passes pristine lakes, rivers, and vast wilderness with almost no other traffic.

**Region:** Northeast • **Trail type:** Overlanding • **Rating:** 4.4/5 • **Permit required**

**Highlights:** 96-mile logging road, North Maine Woods, Pristine lakes, Working forest, Total solitude

**Nearby campgrounds:**
- [Big Spring Brook Hut (Patten, Maine)](https://4x4playground.com/camping/maine/big-spring-brook-hut)

Canonical page: https://4x4playground.com/overlanding/trails/golden-road-maine