Leningradka95 t1_j9vhytj wrote on February 24, 2023 at 9:19 PM

Hello. I’m planning to visit Maine this August and would like to forage for blueberries and mushrooms (yes, I know how to ID both). After much googling, the only area I’m coming up that appears to be best for that is Cherryfield. Is that correct? I don’t want to go to a “you pick” farm, I want to go hiking in and picking blueberries (like I used to growing up in Eastern Europe). I have also looked at land locked salmon fishing, and it appears that East Grand Lake was the top recommendation. Is that also a good area for foraging? I will be camping, not staying in hotels. Thank you!!

Guygan t1_ja0oavl wrote on February 25, 2023 at 11:31 PM

> visit Maine this August

> forage for blueberries

The wild blueberries will be long gone by August.

Guygan t1_ja0o2ly wrote on February 25, 2023 at 11:29 PM

Maine is a very big state. Where will you be camping?

hike_me t1_jab6v36 wrote on February 28, 2023 at 4:06 AM

In and around Cherryfield the wild blueberry barrens are owned by commercial berry harvesters and you can get in trouble for stealing from them.

That being said you can find wild blueberries along many of the dirt “logging roads” in that area, but probably not in August.

Grand Lake Stream is a fishing Mecca. Hire a guide and you’ll have a good time.