Column: Watch for these classic Maine signs on your next road trip

BANGOR DAILY NEWS • June 1, 2026

Signs are everywhere. How could we cope without them? Signs in Greenville’s Thoreau Park tell the story of Henry David Thoreau’s visits to the Moosehead Lake region. One of my favorite signs is the weather-worn, barely legible wooden marker that stood at the summit of Katahdin the last time we made the climb. But my favorite Baxter signs are the ones that mark the trailheads to the park’s trout ponds. Bible Point is somewhat famous because a young Teddy Roosevelt camped, hunted and fished there in the late 1870s at the confluence of First Brook and the West Branch of the Mattawamkeag River. A plaque commemorates the spot. Signs are everywhere. Fortunately, many of them point us toward Maine’s history, outdoor traditions and wild places. ~ Al Raychard