State Route 7 is part of Maine

Maine

Maine is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east and south, New Hampshire to the west, and the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the northwest and New Brunswick to the northeast. Maine is both the northernmost and easternmost...

's system of numbered state highways, running from an interchange with U.S. 1

U.S. Route 1 in Maine

In the U.S. state of Maine, U.S. Route 1 is a major north–south state highway serving the eastern part of the state. It parallels the Atlantic Ocean from New Hampshire north through Portland, Brunswick, and Belfast to Calais, and then the St. Croix River and the rest of the Canadian border...

 in Belfast

Belfast, Maine

Belfast is a city in Waldo County, Maine, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 6,668. Located at the mouth of the Passagassawakeag River on Penobscot Bay, Belfast is the county seat of Waldo County...

, to an intersection with Route 15 in Dover-Foxcroft

Dover-Foxcroft, Maine

Dover-Foxcroft is a town in Piscataquis County, Maine, United States, and the county's largest town and county seat. As of the 2000 census, the population was 4,211.-History:...

. Route 7 is 61.8 miles (99.5 km) long.

Between Belfast and Newport, Route 7 is known as the Moosehead Trail. Route 7 follows the east bank of the Sebasticook River

Sebasticook River

The Sebasticook River is a river in the central part of Maine, in the United States. It flows from Great Moose Lake, about north of Winslow, Maine, to the Kennebec River in Winslow.According to the Sebasticook River Watershed Association:...

 between Newport and Dexter, where it turns northeast to Dover.

Concurrent routings

• Route 137: 2.5 miles (4 km), Belfast
• U.S. Route 2
  U.S. Route 2
  U.S. Route 2 is an east–west U.S. Highway spanning across the northern continental United States. US 2 consists of two segments connected by various roadways in southern Canada...
  
  /Route 100
  State Route 100 (Maine)
  State Route 100 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maine, running from Portland to Bangor.The south end of State Route 100 is at the intersection of Forest Avenue and Park Avenue in downtown Portland, the same place U.S. Route 302 ends. Both US 302 and State Route 100 pass under U.S. Route 1...
  
  : 3.5 miles (5.6 km), Newport
• Route 11
  State Route 11 (Maine)
  State Route 11 is a state highway in Maine. It connects to New Hampshire Route 11 at its south end in Lebanon and travels through the counties of York, Cumberland, Androscoggin, Kennebec, Somerset, Waldo, Penobscot, Piscataquis, and Aroostook. The road ends at U.S...
  
  : 6.2 miles (10 km), Newport to Corinna
• Route 23: 0.2 mile (0.321868 km), Dexter