Mount Apatite

Category: Park in Auburn, Maine

Address: Auburn, ME 04210, USA

Opening hours

Sunday: 7AM–7PM

Monday: 7AM–7PM

Tuesday: 7AM–7PM

Wednesday: 7AM–7PM

Thursday: 7AM–7PM

Friday: 7AM–7PM

Saturday: 7AM–7PM

Reviews

Michelle Shaw

Jul 16, 2022

Trails are well marked, fun for kids though I wish I brought garden gloves for them as they cut up their little hands on shards of rock. Parking lot and portapottys were nasty. (Used condoms and litter on the ground )

Jason Watson

Apr 26, 2022

This is a great multi use park with a wilderness feel literally five minutes off the highway. Rock collecting is fun (But hard work to find the good stuff). The real fun is the challenging and scenic trails for both pedestrians and mountain bikers. Park is dog friendly and good for supervised kids. The trail map is pretty good and trails are getting better marked every year. Plan on spending the afternoon but go back often. Always something new to discover there. UPDATE 4/2023 New signs and maps have been installed on many trails and the map on the parks website is new. Signs now forbid swimming or diving in the quarries. I continue to suggest that new visitirs enter park at garfield road entrance as this is by far the best marked and most scenic. It is still easy to get disoriented at the rear entrance unless you know it well.

Misty Deraps-Chasse

Feb 22, 2022

Love the quick drive to Mount Apatite to enjoy the offerings of nature and recharge!! My girls love to come with me and I couldn't ask for better companions (except having my youngest gem with us too)!

Tanner Paladino

Nov 28, 2021

Wonderful trails! Beautiful in the fall. Great spot for neat rocks and such

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Questions & Answers

Is it ok to remove small rocks?

Cherie Healey | Feb 26, 2019
Barb Thomas | Feb 27, 2019

Yes. Lots of fun.

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is it ok to take rocks home

Shania Smith | Feb 26, 2020
Brandon Hepler | Feb 27, 2020

100% yes. No limit

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What about jumping/swimming from the cliff

Tim Rundstrom | Feb 26, 2019
nate ouellette | Feb 27, 2019

Hahaha, not sure, but probably not recommend

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How about fishing the ponds?

erik verrill | Oct 28, 2021
Jason Watson | Oct 29, 2021

I see guys fishing in there but never saw anybody catch anything.

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Can you use the trails for horse back riding?

Kathy Briggs | Feb 26, 2019
Stephen Thompson | Feb 27, 2019

I've never seen a horse (or droppings) in there. But I don't think I've seen anything prohibiting thrm either. You will find a lot of people with dogs though, often not on a leash, who haven't seen many horses.

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Can you responsibly ride atvs on these trails?

Molddr Poulin | Feb 26, 2018
Christopher King | Feb 27, 2018

I hike these trails with my dogs regularly and I have never seen an ATV on the trails. The info through the city of Auburn indicates no motorized vehicles are allowed with the exception of snowmobiles. I know the Andy Valley Sno Gypsies maintain trails out there and the have a club house on the outer perimeter of the land.

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Are there tours to take to see area? Where would you stay for overnite lodging? Thank you

Donna Ramirez | Oct 28, 2021
Jason Watson | Oct 29, 2021

The park is just off rt 121 in auburn and there are plenty of motels and campgrounds in the area. The park is easy to navigate if you go in at the entrance by the ball fields (off rt 121). Grab a map off the web and read up. You'll be fine and have a great time

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Does the park close for Winter and if so, when?

Julee Monahan | Oct 28, 2021
Jason Watson | Oct 29, 2021

Park is open year round. There were rockhounds there in January last year. If there's no snow you can find rocks and if there is the trails are great for snowshoeing and sledding. Not good for skiing.

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How far do you have to hike to find good minerals?

joan stoker | Feb 26, 2020
Jake Hemond | Feb 27, 2020

If you keep your eyes open you can find beautiful chunks of quartz almost anywhere. But going about a mile inward towards the quarries brings you to a really good spot to find minerals

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White kind of gemstones are found here?

Chloe Waddington | Feb 26, 2020
J Knox | Feb 27, 2020

Tourmalines, quartz, lepidolite, garnet, apatite, muscovite

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