{"id":6101,"date":"2015-12-29T08:32:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-29T13:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/?p=6101"},"modified":"2016-03-23T09:48:37","modified_gmt":"2016-03-23T13:48:37","slug":"nordic-heritage-center-offers-free-cross-county-skiing-trails-in-presque-isle-maine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/?p=6101","title":{"rendered":"Nordic Heritage Center Offers Free Cross Country Skiing Trails in Presque Isle Maine"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_6102\" aria-labelledby=\"figcaption_attachment_6102\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 284px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/cross-country-skiing.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-6102 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/cross-country-skiing-284x425.jpg\" alt=\"Sunday River XC\" width=\"284\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/cross-country-skiing-284x425.jpg 284w, https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/cross-country-skiing-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/cross-country-skiing-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/cross-country-skiing-900x1349.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 284px) 100vw, 284px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"figcaption_attachment_6102\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maine cross country skiing trail (photo, courtesy of Maine Office of Tourism)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>If you are looking for developed cross country skiing trails in Maine that don&#8217;t break the bank, then the Nordic Heritage Center in Presque Isle should keep your budget from icing over.<\/p>\n<p>This\u00a0beautiful facility, located in unspoiled and frequently pristine Aroostook County, features\u00a0a 6,500-square-foot lodge, 20 kilometers of cross-country trails and a 30-point biathlon range, operated by the nonprofit Nordic Heritage Sport Club. Its facilities include a separate wax building with 26 wax rooms.<\/p>\n<p>According the the Nordic Heritage Center web site, the trails are free of charge. With early morning to mid-evening trail operation, a lodge that is staffed and with cross country ski rentals available, the Nordic Heritage\u00a0Center might be far away in northern Maine but close to the heart of a cross country skiing lover!<\/p>\n<p>For more information &#8212; including year-round recreation activities &#8212; log onto the <a href=\"http:\/\/nordicheritagecenter.org\/facilitytrails\/facility-amenities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Nordic Heritage Center web site<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Editor&#8217;s note: thanks to the <a href=\"http:\/\/visitmaine.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Maine Office of Tourism<\/a> for this terrific cross country skiing tip!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Cross Country Skiing Humor of the Day:<\/strong>: &#8220;Cross country skiing is great if you live in a small country.&#8221; &#8211; Steven Wright, famous comedian from the great New England town of Burlington, Mass.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you are looking for developed cross country skiing trails in Maine that don&#8217;t break the bank, then the Nordic Heritage Center in Presque Isle should keep your budget from icing over. This\u00a0beautiful facility, located in unspoiled and frequently pristine Aroostook County, features\u00a0a 6,500-square-foot lodge, 20 kilometers of cross-country trails and a 30-point biathlon range, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6102,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2436,1,272],"tags":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6101"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6101"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6101\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6107,"href":"https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6101\/revisions\/6107"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}