QUICK TRAIL FACTS
- Preserve Size: 78 acres
- Trail Mileage: ~3.3 miles
- Pets: yes
- Difficulty: easy to moderate
- Sights: Weary Pond, wetland, ledgy stream
The first 1.6 miles of trail at this Midcoast Conservancy preserve brings you through a pretty mixed forest, along a stream with a small cascade, and up a slight ridge where you can peer out over the forest floor below.
At. about 1.4 miles, the trail crosses a single-lane dirt road, Weary Pond Road, and splits into a 0.5-mile loop. If you turn right, you will quickly reach the northern end of Weary Pond and the marshy reaches beyond it.
The land trust’s map includes a few things to look out for along your walk: step-like, striated waterfall, an erratic topped with a head of ferns, a vernal pool with a green mat of algae (duckweed?), and a couple places to look out over a small, bright bog surrounded by forest.
At the pond’s edge, there’s a little break in the bushes to check out the quiet pond.
Directions: From the conservancy, From Wiscasset, take ME-218 N/Alna Road for 13.1 miles. Turn right onto ME-194 E/ME-218 N. Continue to follow ME-218 N for 0.6 miles. Turn right onto Heath Road and follow for approximately 1.5 miles” to the small parking area on the right. The address is 256 Heath Road.
From a MBF user: “My wife and I hiked here today (March, 2022) and enjoyed it. There now is a new kiosk at the trailhead. There is probably room for three or four cars to park in the gravel parking lot at the trailhead. The trail is the same as described in the original post. The trail is well marked with blue blazes, which is good, because it’s not always intuitive as to where this curvy trail is going next without them. Considering it’s late March, the trail was in good condition–soft in places, but not too muddy. There were some patches of ice in the trail, but they were not a big problem. There are a number of fords over streams you have to make on stepping stones, or a small leap/big step. The waterfall is very pretty–perhaps an 8 foot drop or so. The pond is pretty as well. It was not crowded; we walked all the way out to the pond, and a little bit on the other part of the loop to go see the beaver ponds at the corner of the lake, a bit off the trail. We were there on a Sunday, and we only saw one other couple the whole time.”