Before you start the Maine State Parks GeoTour, pick up a Maine State Parks Passport at a Maine State Park or Historic site - available during the summer season. At each official Maine State Park geocache, stamp your passport with the geocache stamp - find all eight!

Location: The Colburn barn was built in 1849 by the grandson of Reuben Colburn. It housed two horses, two milk cows, and an occasional ox and was filled with hay in the fall so that the animals would have plenty of food through the winter. In early August, this is one of the best blackberry patches around. The barn is now a museum that displays boats used on the Kennebec River as far back as the 1870s.

Colburn House State Historic Site
Established 1974

No, George Washington never slept here, but he knew the owner. Two people who figured prominently in the American Revolution did sleep in this house — Col. Benedict Arnold and Aaron Burr. Built in 1765, this colonial Federal-style house was home to generations of the prominent Colburn family. In 1775, Arnold led an expedition of more than 1,000 Continental soldiers up the Kennebec River to attack the British stronghold of Quebec City. Reuben Colburn provided supplies, maps, intelligence, and 220 small boats called “bateaux” to the expedition. The house includes a colonial cooking hearth and an exhibit about famous midwife Martha Ballard. Located on the banks of the Kennebec River along Route 27 in Pittston. Telephone: (207) 287-4975

Those willing to take exploring Maine State Parks to a higher level are invited to participate in the Maine State Parks Geo Tour! With 8 geocaches to find, it's “Another Way to Play at Maine State Parks and Historic Sites!"

HOW TO PLAY:

1. Obtain a Maine State Parks Passport from any Maine state park or historic site (or use your existing passport).
2. Find as many Maine state parks geocaches (during normal park hours of 9 a.m. to sunset and between mid-May and Sept.) as you can! The hidden, water-tight containers will be clearly marked as official Maine State Parks Geocaches.
   Hint: caches are only located at the following Maine State Parks:
   • Allagash Wilderness Waterway
   • Aroostook State Park
   • Cobscook Bay State Park
   • Colburn House State Historic Site
   • Colonial Pemaquid State Historic Site
   • Mount Blue State Park
   • Vaughan Woods State Park
   • Wolfe's Neck Woods State Park
3. Sign the logbook inside each container, and stamp your passport with the unique stamp from that park’s geocache.

Learn More about Maine State Parks and Historic Sites:

go to:

• Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands
• Maine State Park GeoTour Page