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Campus Recreation is a central student service in the Division of Student Affairs, and offers a wide variety of recreational programming.Open Recreation is available in the gorgeous, brand-new Recreation and Fitness Center, as well as the Mahaney Dome, Wallace Pool, and Maine Bound Adventure Center. Amenities at these facilities include over 140 pieces of weight/cardio equipment, basketball courts, volleyball courts, racquetball courts, squash courts, a multi-activity court, multi-purpose group exercise rooms, a competitive lap pool, a leisure pool with spa, sauna, and vortex, an indoor turf field, an indoor track, eight outdoor tennis courts, and a state-of-the-art indoor rock climbing center. Outdoor ice skating is also available, in season.
Campus Recreation offers a wide range of programs, activities, and services. The many fitness classes include step/kick aerobics, water fitness, yoga, pilates, cycling, and cardio sculpt. Numerous intramural sports are available for men, women and coed. Sport clubs, which compete against teams from other universities and colleges, include Ultimate, rugby, lacrosse, hackey sack, baseball, golf, and fencing. Campus Recreation maintains more than 20 miles of trails in the University’s DeMeritt Forest for hiking, biking, horseback riding, snowshoeing, and skiing. Outdoor gear such as tents, skis, backpacks, climbing shoes, canoes, kayaks, and stoves are available for rental in the Recreation and Fitness Center. Sports equipment such as racquets, weight belts, and various balls are available for checkout in the Recreation and Fitness Center. Lockers are available for rental or for complimentary day use. Maine Bound, part of Campus Recreation, offers a wealth of outdoor recreation and education opportunities. Trips, clinics and courses (credit and noncredit) are available in kayaking, canoeing, climbing, backpacking, hiking, camping, snowshoeing, skiing and more. The Maine Bound Adventure Center, located near the Maine Center for the Arts, houses a state-of-the-art indoor rock climbing tower and bouldering wall, where students and Campus Recreation members climb for FREE.
Available to students through their recreation fee, and to faculty/staff and community members under the membership plans, Campus Recreation offers great selection and fitness variety. For more information, visit the Campus Recreation website http://www.umaine.edu/campusrecreation.
The University is easily reached by automobile on either
scenic or interstate highways. Public transportation to
Bangor is offered by American Eagle, Delta Airlines, Pan
Am, US Airways Express and International Airline Finnaire
Leisure, as well as by Greyhound, Concord Trailways (Concord
Trailways tickets may be purchased at the Information
Center, Memorial Union M-F) and John T. Cyr and Sons buses.
A local bus line provides service between Bangor and Orono
except on Sundays and holidays. Taxi service is also available.
Outdoor recreational opportunities abound in Maine during
the summer months. Mt. Desert Island, which includes beautiful
Acadia National Park, is within 1–11/2 hours’
driving time from the campus. The Island includes the
communities of Bar Harbor, Northeast Harbor, Southwest
Harbor and Seal harbor, and is a geological masterpiece.
Students from all over the world have studied the natural
phenomena of this beautiful island on the Maine coast.
Baxter State Park is within 2 hours driving time from
the campus and features Mt. Katahdin, the last mountain
on the Appalachian Trail. Numerous lakes are within a
short distance of the campus and offer the usual recreational
facilities.
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