Maine Huts & Trails is surrounded by cold mountain streams, crashing waterfalls, and serene lakes and rivers. During the heat of summer, there’s nothing better than finding a trail side swimming hole to cool off mid-hike. If you’re staying at Flagstaff Lake Hut, you have access to a shallow, sandy shoreline. Poplar Stream Hut is a short hike to two amazing waterfalls, and Grand Falls Hut is near the Dead River, the perfect place for a dip.
Flagstaff Lake from Shore Trail and Flagstaff Lake Hut
South Brook and Poplar Stream Falls from Larry’s Trail and Warren’s Trail near Poplar Stream Hut
Please note that swimming is allowed at your own risk at and around our huts. Lifeguards, floats, and rafts are not provided.
Best Maine Hut Destinations for Swimming
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Flagstaff Lake Hut
A two mile trek from the trailhead will deliver you to a picturesque lakeside vista before reaching the hut where you can kick back and relax. Flagstaff is a great “first hut” for new visitors and for wildlife enthusiasts. Birders may see kingfishers, loons, and pileated woodpeckers. Deer, beavers, and playful otters also inhabit the […]
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Grand Falls Hut (Closed)
Grand Falls is our most remote hut, located almost 12 miles northeast of Flagstaff Lake. A combination of dead outdated batteries and washed out bridges have kept the Hut closed for the last couple years. In addition to the batteries needing replacement, record flooding has not been kind to our 18+ bridges that along the […]