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Winter Fun Days - Take It Outside 2025!
Celebrate the joys of winter by joining us at one or all of our Winter Fun Days - Take It Outside events. They feature lots of winter fun for all ages and reduced entry rates; and Holbrook Island Sanctuary is always free!
Save the dates listed below and check back for updates. Get the Bureau's monthly newsletter for information about all upcoming events by texting BPL News to 888-514-7527. View all the text-to-subscribe options.
February 2025
- February 1 - Bradbury Mt State Park, Pownal
10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Join us for guided hikes and games, a warming fire & hot cocoa. The Brickyard Hollow Food Truck will be on site selling their renowned scrumptious pizza! Breakfast pizza at 10 AM and other kinds from 11 AM to 3:00 PM. The Maine State Parks Ski & Snowshoe trailer will be on-site loaning ski and snowshoe gear for use in the park and free with free with special event park admission:12 & older $1.50. Under 12 & over 65 free. FMI: (207) 688-4712. Note: the Ski & Snowshoe Trailer will be at the park January 25 - February 2 from 10 AM to 3 PM for gear loans free with regular park admission The special event is only on February 1.View the flyer (PDF 595).
- February 8 - Mount Blue State Park, 299 Center Hill Road, Weld
10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Join us for a day of winter fun for everyone! Activities include nature displays and a guided nature walk, ice skating – with skates on loan in the yurt, a warming fire and coffee and hot cocoa in the yurt while it lasts. A snowmobile display featuring models from the 90s will be onsite, and the Weld Winter Wildcats Snowmobile Club will be serving food to buy. Sliding and tote sled rides will be offered on Center Hill courtesy of the Weld Winter Wildcats - north on Center Hill Rd past the Park Headquarters to the Center Hill overlook and nature trail entrance. The Maine State Parks Ski & Snowshoe trailer will be on-site loaning ski and snowshoe gear at the Park HQ at 299 Center Hill Rd. for on-site use free with special event park admission:12 & older $1.50. Under 12 & over 65 free. FMI: (207) 585-2261. Subscribe to Mt. Blue State Park Condition Alerts: text BLUE to 888-514-7527. View the Park's Guide & Map. View the Mt. Blue Cross-country and Snowshoe Trails map and brochure.
- February 8 - Holbrook Island Sanctuary, Brooksville
10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Join us for cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, sledding, and skating (ski or walk in) along with warm refreshments and a fire. Ski and Snowshoe trailer will be loaning gear for free on-site use. Meet at the Backshore Trailhead on Indian Bar Road in Brooksville. Free park admission at Holbrook Island Sanctuary all year long. FMI: (207) 326-4012.
- February 15 - Range Pond State Park, Poland
IFW Winter Extravaganza
9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
A Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife event in partnership with the Bureau of Parks and Lands at Range Pond State Park. Free entry courtesy of MDIF&W! More details and a free registration link coming soon.
- February 19 & 20 - Range Pond State Park, Poland
10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Visitor Appreciation Days at Range Pond State Park.
It's School Vacation Week! Come out to the park for some winter fun! Free baked goods and hot cocoa while they last, a warming fire, a mammal tracks and pelt display, and a program about the park's wildlife at 1:00 p.m. The Maine State Parks Ski & Snowshoe trailer will be loaning ski and snowshoe gear for on-site use- free with special event park admission:12 & older $1.50. Under 12 & over 65 free. FMI: (207) 998-4104.
- February 22 - Camden Hills State Park , Camden
10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Activities include guided hikes, a Maine mammal and tracking display, a winter camping display, winter preparedness information, crafts, nature games, a warming hut and fire with hot cocoa while it lasts, snow sculpture making, and the Maine State Parks Ski & Snowshoe trailer will be loaning ski and snowshoe gear for on-site use- free with special event park admission:12 & older $1.50. Under 12 & over 65 free. FMI: (207) 236-0849. Subscribe to Camden State Park Condition Alerts: text CAMDEN to 888-514-7527. View the Park's Guide & Map.
- February 22 - Reid State Park, Georgetown
10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Come out to the beach for some winter fun! There will be activities and fun for everyone:- 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM - Meet at the Griffith Head Boardwalk
- L.L. Bean will be there with Fat Bikes for use on the beach.
- Self-guided Winter Beach Walk - dogs on leash allowed.
- 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM - Meet at the Todd's Point Gate - but need to park in designated parking areas.
- Mammal Tracking & Identifying table
- Warming fire
- The Maine State Parks Ski & Snowshoe trailer will be loaning ski and snowshoe gear for on-site use, free with special event park admission:12 & older $1.50. Under 12 & over 65 free. FMI: (207) 371-2303.
- 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM - Meet at the Griffith Head Boardwalk
March 2025
- March 8 - Lake St. George State Park, Liberty
10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Enjoy a festive day at the park! A section of the lake will be shoveled as a skating area - be sure to bring your own ice skates. There will be a warming fire, hot cocoa, a nature/wildlife display table, snow sculpture making and games. And, the Maine State Parks Ski & Snowshoe trailer will be loaning ski and snowshoe gear for on-site use- free with special event park admission:12 & older $1.50. Under 12 & over 65 free. More details coming soon. FMI: FMI: (207) 589-4255. Subscribe to Lake St. George State Park Condition Alerts: text STGEO to 888-514-7527.
- March 22 - Lily Bay State Park, Greenville
10 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Join in the winter fun! We will have a warming fire, hot cocoa and marshmallows, plus gear loans from the Maine State Parks Ski & Snowshoe trailer for on-site use - free with special event park admission:12 & older $1.50. Under 12 & over 65 free.
