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Not for everyone, sporting camps, or wilderness camping in Maine provide a great way to really get away from ones “normal” routine. In places like these you don’t run out for a loaf of bread or quart of ice cream. Trips to town take the better part of the day and you had best have a complete shopping list!

One of the oldest and most respected wilderness camping locations is north of Oxbow Maine. The Oxbow checkpoint, where the pavement ends, is your point of departure for the Libby Camps. Oxbow checkpoint is one of ten checkpoints operated by the North Maine Woods - Multiple Ownership - Multiple Use Management Area organization. The private forest landowners and state governmental agencies cooperating in this program are dedicated to helping visitors have a safe and pleasant trip in the area, plus provide valuable information on forest resource management and recreational use.

Once passing Oxbow checkpoint it is a 25 mile trek over logging roads to Libby Camps. Libby’s is on the shores of Millinocket Lake north of Baxter State Park. Libby Camps is a multi-generation operation that has catered to hunters, fisherman, naturalists and families for well over 100 years.

If you want a unique and memorable Maine experience then I highly recommend it - its not for everyone but it just may be for you - go for it.