Rafting Maine’s Dead River – 8 Days of New England’s Biggest White Water
Only 8 rafting trips on Maine’s Dead River! Raft New England’s biggest whitewater, stay for live music, river side campgrounds, fresh brews.
We’ve been guiding whitewater rafting trips at Northern Outdoors in The Forks, Maine for over 40 years, but somehow Maine’s three rivers — the Kennebec River, the Dead River and the Penobscot River — are more fun every season! It must be you guys. Read your whitewater rafting trip reports, get some Maine travel tips, and meet our Registered Maine Whitewater Guides below. Post your rafting photos and other Maine adventures on Instagram with #NorthernOutdoors to be featured in our taproom.
Only 8 rafting trips on Maine’s Dead River! Raft New England’s biggest whitewater, stay for live music, river side campgrounds, fresh brews.
Registered Maine Guide Chris Russell has been guiding white water rafting trips, fly fishing, hunting, and snowmobiling for 25+ years. His workday is all about showing our guests a great time doing outdoor adventures…no wonder he’s been around so long!
My sister planned this whole trip for our family of 20 so I didn’t know much about it. Way beyond what I thought it could be. Awesome accommodations – we had a huge cabin that slept 16 of us. Great food when we ate there. Corn hole games, outdoor pool, trails to hike, hot tub…… awesome. The people were so personable – awesome customer service.
Our family made life long memories that are priceless to us all. Thanks you for everything – the whole Northern Outdoors team was amazing!
My group rafted the Kennebec last summer and had a blast and decided to come up again to raft the Penobscot. The trip was fantastic!
One of THE BEST family fun vacations ever! We ran the Penobscot and Kennebec rivers this trip. The entire trip was a blast.
Our rafting experience exceeded my expectations in every way. Not only was it fun, but the entire trip was very organized, lunch was excellent and we had a fantastic guide. We also brought our own ATV and enjoyed many miles of trails which were accessible from Northern Outdoors and so much fun to ride.
This is my fifth year on the Penobscot and second with Northern Outdoors. The trip was flawless & well organized.The guides were friendly and informative.
We had such a good time with Northern Outdoors for my bachelor party. We did whitewater rafting on the Kennebec river and it was a blast.
There are ONLY 4 special Turbine Test releases a year – with 8000 CFS (cubic feet per second) of water flowing down river. That’s almost twice the normal water levels of Kennebec rafting trips of 4800CFS! This means BIG water – the biggest water in the Northeast, and the east coast!
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