Rockwood, Maine, is a small community on Moosehead Lake. It's also nicknamed Kineo Station. This little town offers an ideal resort location for adventure or merely to relax. Travelers to Rockwood often hike Mount Kineo or spend time doing water sports at Moosehead Lake. There are a small number of hotels nearby for visitors who need a place to stay.
You can't get closer to the lake than the Birches Resort in Maine. Built in the 1930s, the Birches Resort is located directly on Lake Moosehead and includes an 11,000-acre nature preserve. The resort offers cabins, lodge rooms or entire homes for rent and houses a full-service restaurant. While the accommodations themselves are a little run-down with age, you can't beat the view or the wilderness and water activities available right outside your door.
In the North Maine woods of Rockwood, you will find the Historic Pittston Farm, located near the Penobscot River. Winter is the most popular time at this resort, where snow makes the woods a picturesque scene. The farm offers many types of accommodations, including cabins, a lodge and a renovated carriage house. Outdoor sports abound here, as you can snowmobile or sled in the winter and ride horses, hunt and fish in the spring and summer. The rooms offer scenic views and the hotel has a full-service restaurant.
If your goal is hunting and fishing, Maynards in Maine is the hotel for you. Maynards in Maine offers cabins that house one to four people and are attractively furnished and offer guests complete privacy. If you like to socialize, there is the main lodge with a social room. Unique to Maynards is an ice shack for ice fishing and direct access to snowmobile routes for the outdoor adventurer. Maynard's offers breakfast and dinner, with the dinner being a limited-choice menu.
Another hotel option right on Moosehead Lake is Rockwood Cottages. The cottages are nestled on the shore of Mooshead Lake and offer amazing views of the surrounding landscape. The area specializes in outdoor activities such as hiking, swimming, boating and fishing. This unique set of accommodations is open from May 1 to November 1 and is situated near golf courses, tennis courts and local shops and restaurants.
