Great Gulf Wilderness

Androscoggin Ranger District

(WMNF photo by Nate Peters)

Size

5,552 acres

Trails

Approx 22 miles of maintained trails including 2.7 miles of the Appalachian National Scenic Trail.

Description

Added to the National Wilderness Preservation System in 1964 as a part of the original Wilderness Act, the Great Gulf Wilderness is the smallest of the WMNF Wildernesses . The Great Gulf lies in a glacial cirque surrounded by the northern Presidential mountains.

Regulations

• No mechanized equipment or mechanical transport (including bicycles, carts, and wagons. Wheelchairs are allowed)
  
• Hiking and camping group size must be limited to 10 people or less
  
• Geocaching is prohibited

Special Regulations
(in addition to those listed above)

• No wood or charcoal fires at any location
  
• No camping from the intersection of the Great Gulf and Sphinx trails in the direction of Spaulding Lake
  
• No camping within 200 feet of any trail except at designated sites