SINGLETRACKS • February 11, 2026
A $260,000 grant is bringing 3.5 miles of new mountain bike trails to northern Maine’s Peavey Brook Outdoor Center, expanding the remote town of Patten’s trail network to as much as 10 miles and positioning this timber town-turned-outdoor-recreation hub as the next destination in the state’s growing mountain bike scene. The expansion at Peavey Brook Outdoor Center will add to the existing five miles of trail on the property. PBOC was created by the Elliotsville Foundation, Inc. and is co-managed by the Outdoor Sport Institute and Mt. Chase Lodge. Patten sits 40 miles northeast of Millinocket at the northern entrance to Baxter State Park. While Millinocket has seen increasing popularity as a regional riding destination in the Katahdin Area Trails network—popularity that will only grow with new trails coming to Hammond Ridge—Patten is carving out its own identity in Maine’s trail landscape.