Directions
- Where are the Camps Located?
- Getting Here
- Spring, Summer, Fall Driving Directions
- Winter Directions
- Snowmobile Directions
- Directions to Katahdin Air
- How Do I Reach Buckhorn Camps?
Where are the Camps Located?
Buckhorn Camps are located on Jo Mary Island in T4 Indian Purchase Township. Jo -Mary Island has frontage on both Middle and Lower Jo-Mary lakes. The lakes are west of Millinocket in the Katahdin Region.
The camps are accessed through the North Maine Woods. There are three million acres of wild forest surrounding us.
Latitude: 45.6548° or 45° 39′ 17.3″ north.
Longitude: -68.9473° or 68° 56′ 50.3″ west
Getting Here
GATE FEE for entering the North Maine Woods to access Buckhorn Camps is:
Maine residents $13 each way
Non residents $18 each way
(for your stay/not per night). Children are free. CASH ONLY.
Spring, Summer, Fall Driving Directions
DRIVING DIRECTIONS FROM BANGOR ME
From Bangor take I 95 north to exit 199. LaGrange Milo exit. Follow 16 N to Milo, then 11N to Brownville. From Brownville to Jo Mary Rd is approximately 20 miles. Continue on 11N until Jo Mary Road. Take left on to Jo Mary rd. (Jo Mary Campground sign will be on corner of Route 11 and Jo Mary Rd.) Approximately 60 miles from Hogan Road exist in Bangor to Jo Mary Road.
Stop at brown gatehouse and register to enter the North Maine Woods. There is a fee: Maine residents $13 each way, Non residents $18 each way, out per person entering the NMW’s. Please keep in mind these are logging road are not paved. The last five miles are slow going. However, all vehicles should be fine coming all the way in.
From gate house, follow road approximately 6 miles to the first Y in road, bear right. From Y, Go another 3 miles and turn right on to an unnamed road. If you see a railroad car on the right hand side of road, turn back. The road to our landing is slightly before the RR car.
Follow this road for 4 miles to the Buckhorn Landing. There will be orange frisbees along the way. Keep your eyes peeled for them. At the end of the road you will bear left and parking is plentiful across from the landing.
Please give us a text from the gatehouse after registering. We will meet you at the landing. It takes approximately 30 minutes from Gatehouse to Landing
DRIVING DIRECTIONS FROM SOUTH OF NEWPORT MAINE
Stop at brown gatehouse and register to enter the North Maine Woods. There is a fee: Maine residents $13 each way, Non residents $18 each way, per person entering the NMW’s. Please keep in mind these are logging road are are not paved. The last five miles are slow going. However, all vehicles should be fine coming all the way in.
From gate house, follow road approximately 6 miles to the first Y in road, bear right. From Y, Go another 3 miles and turn right on to an unnamed road. If you see a railroad car on the right hand side of road, turn back. The road to our landing is slightly before the RR car.
Follow this road for 4 miles to the Buckhorn Landing. There will be orange frisbees along the way. Keep your eyes peeled for them. At the end of the road you will bear left and parking is plentiful across from the landing.
Please give us a text from the gatehouse after registering. We will meet you at the landing. It takes approximately 30 minutes from Gatehouse to Landing
DRIVING DIRECTIONS FROM MEDWAY
Upon exiting I-95in Medway, follow route 157/route 11S to Millinocket. Approximately 11 miles. After passing through downtown Millinocket you will take a sharp left hand turn continuing to follow route 11 south, then in a few hundred yards a right hand turn following route 11 south towards Brownville. Continue to follow route 11 south to the Jo-Mary Road. (Jo Mary Campground sign will be on corner of Route 11 and Jo Mary Rd.)
Stop at brown gatehouse and register to enter the North Maine Woods. There is a fee: Maine residents $13 each way, Non residents $18 each way, per person entering the NMW’s. Please keep in mind these are logging road are are not paved. The last five miles are slow going. However, all vehicles should be fine coming all the way in.
From gate house, follow road approximately 6 miles to the first Y in road, bear right. From Y, Go another 3 miles and turn right on to an unnamed road. If you see a railroad car on the right hand side of road, turn back. The road to our landing is slightly before the RR car.
Follow this road for 4 miles to the Buckhorn Landing. There will be orange frisbees along the way. Keep your eyes peeled for them. At the end of the road you will bear left and parking is plentiful across from the landing.
Please give us a text from the gatehouse after registering. We will meet you at the landing. It takes approximately 30 minutes from Gatehouse to Landing
Winter Directions
Winter parking is located on the corner of route 11 and Lincoln Ridge Rd at Double H contracting. The google address is L and H way Stacyville Me. (We can not reason why google brings you here when it is actually in T3 Indian Purchase Township).
Please park trailers and vehicles parallel to our white GMC Sierra truck and trailer in the parking lot. Weekend fee to park is $20.
*Picture of sign leading to parking on route 11.
Snowmobile Directions
Directions to Katahdin Air
North on I-95 to Medway, Exit 244. Go west off the ramp onto Route 157 and proceed through Medway, East Millinocket, and Millinocket. In Millinocket, pick up the Baxter State Park signs (can also follow scenic byway signs) and go about 8 miles. Take a left at the Katahdin Air sign, just after store, and cross the Golden Road into the parking lot…oversize trucking in progress on Golden Road.
How Do I Reach Buckhorn Camps?
Buckhorn Camps
PO Box 240
Millinocket ME 04462
207-723-1548