The Craziest Things You Might Find While Hiking the Maine Woods

The woods in Maine hide all sorts of interesting and weird treasures that you might come across when taking a hike.

Maine's Forests Can be Magical Places

People will leave all sorts of interesting things in the woods, maybe because they don't care enough to dispose of them properly, or because they hope no one will find them. So when you're hiking, you can never be sure what types of things you'll come across.

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I remember as a child, whenever I saw a partial clearing where the sun warmed the pine needles on the ground, I expected to see makeshift bedding, like in the book about the Boxcar Kids. Or maybe there would be fairies flying quickly behind the trees so I wouldn't discover them.

Maine's Forests Can Also Hide the Trash that People Dump There

The reality was often not as charming or magical, but based in the reality that someone had a picnic and didn't pick up their trash. Or an animal hauled away a trash can lid and deposited it on the woods floor.

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It's always amazing to me how people will dump their used and broken stuff in the woods, with no thought about the beauty of nature.

Maine's Forests are Filled With Secrets, Treasures, and Trash

But I know that there are some interesting things in the woods of Maine that could make a hike even more entertaining, if you just look around for them. Keep your eyes open and your phone ready to snap some pictures.

There are positive things that would make for great photo opportunities or interesting treasures to take home. Other things you may stumble upon are probably better left....quickly.