Wonderful walks

If you’re looking for a walk that doesn’t take you to the top of a mountain, check out some of these special spots listed by region.

(You can find other great walks that involve hiking uphill in Some Good Little Mountains, or Mountains.)

Western Maine (roughly Baldwin to Jackman)

• Valentine Farm, Bethel
• Brownfield Bog, Brownfield (also known as Major Gregory Sanborn Wildlife Management Area)
• Poplar Stream Falls, Carrabassett Valley
• Reed Brook Falls (Jericho Steps, Carrabassett Valley
• Perham Stream Birding Trail, Madrid Township
• Wilhelm Reich Museum Trails, Rangeley
• Foothills Land Conservancy, Wilton

Midcoast Maine (Bath to Belfast)

• Bald Head Preserve and Squirrel Point Lighthouse, Arrowsic
• Mill Pond Preserve, Arrowsic
• Thorne Head Preserve and the Whiskeag Trail, Bath
• Little River Community Trail, Belfast
• Linekin Preserve, Boothbay
• Oak Point Farm, Boothbay
• Ovens Mouth East and West Preserves, Boothbay
• Porter Preserve, Boothbay
• Center Point Preserve, Bowdoinham
• La Verna Nature Preserve, Bristol
• Fernald’s Neck Preserve, Camden
• Cross Cushing Nature Preserve, Cushing
• Pleasant Point Nature Preserve, Cushing
• Ledgewood Preserve, Georgetown
• Morse Pond, Georgetown
• Reid State Park, Georgetown
• Josephine Newman Sanctuary and Berry Woods Preserve, Georgetown
• Curtis Farm Preserve, Harpswell
• Cliff Trail, Harpswell
• Bowdoin College Coastal Studies Center, Harpswell (Orr’s Island)
• Long Reach Preserve, Harpswell
• Dodge Point Preserve, Newcastle
• Plaisted Preserve, Owls Head
• Ash Point Preserve, Owls Head
• Bumper Rock to Totman Cove, Phippsburg
• Wilbur Preserve, Phippsburg
• Sprague Pond Preserve, Phippsburg
• Spirit Pond Preserve, Phippsburg
• Morse Mountain, Phippsburg 
• Hermit Island Campground, Phippsburg
• Beech Hill Preserve, Rockport
• Plummer Point, South Bristol
• Clark Island Preserve, St. George
• Cathance River Preserve, Topsham 
• Peters Pond Preserve, Waldoboro
• Clarry Hill, Waldoboro and Union
• Hamilton Sanctuary, West Bath
• Bonyun Preserve, Westport Island
• Eaton Farm trail (Chewonki Foundation trails), Wiscasset

Downeast Maine (East of Belfast)

• Harriman Point Preserve, Brooklin
• Great Wass Island, Beals 
• Witherle Woods, Castine
• Western Head, Cutler
• Bold Coast, Cutler
• Barred Island Preserve, Deer Isle
• Edgar M. Tennis Preserve, Deer Isle
• Musquash Esker Trail, Grand Lake Stream
• Black Duck Cove, Lubec
• Denbow Point, Lubec
• Old Point Farm, Lubec
• Boot Head, Lubec
• Quoddy Head State Park, Lubec
• Long Point, Machiasport
• Settlement Quarry, Stonington
• Petit Manan Wildlife Refuge, Steuben
• Baker Hill and Long Ledges Preserves, Sullivan
• Donnell Pond Public Land, Sullivan and Franklin
• Carter Nature Preserve, Surry
• Roque Bluffs State Park, Roque Bluffs

Southern Maine (Kittery to Brunswick, and West to N.H. Border)

• Timber Point, Biddeford
• Sebago Lake State Park, Casco and Naples
• Mackworth Island, Falmouth (can be crowded on weekends)
• Gilsland Farm, Falmouth
• Tidewater Farm, Falmouth
• River Point Conservation Area, Falmouth
• Florida Lake, Freeport
• Wolfe’s Neck Woods State Park, Freeport
• Winslow Park and Campground, Freeport
• St. Anthony’s Franciscan Monastery, Kennebunk
• Fort Foster, Kittery
• Salmon Falls Reserve, Lebanon
• Jagolinzer Preserve, Limington
• Old Town House Park, North Yarmouth
• Fore River Sanctuary, Portland
• Ferry Beach State Park, Saco
• Saco Heath, Saco
• Mousam Way North, Sanford
• Pleasant Hill Preserve, Scarborough
• Fuller Farm Preserve, Scarborough
• Williams Town Park, Shapleigh
• Wells Reserve at Laudholm Farm, Wells
• Mill Brook Preserve, Westbrook
• Spear Farm Estuary, Yarmouth
• Littlejohn Island Preserve (limited parking), Yarmouth
• Cliff Walk, York

Central Maine, south 

(This is a loose category! Basically it includes trails between the coast and the Western mountains)

• Viles Arboretum, Augusta
• Hallowell Reservoir, Hallowell
• Thorncrag Nature Sanctuary, Lewiston
• Range Pond State Park, Poland
• Swan Island, Richmond (requires a boat)
• Gott Pasture Preserve, Wayne
• Whitefield Salmon Preserve, Whitefield

Northern Maine (Somerset, Penobscot, Piscataquis and Aroostook counties)

• Blueberry Ledges, Baxter State Park
• Howe Brook Trail, Baxter State Park
• Slaughter Pond, Baxter State Park
• South Branch Falls, Baxter State Park
• Windy Pitch Pond Trail, Baxter State Park
• Pierce Pond Stream Falls, near Bingham
• Brown’s Mill Park, Dover-Foxcroft
• Mt Kineo State Park, near Greenville
• Gravel Pit Pond, near Greenville
• Guilford Memorial Walk, Guilford
• Fields Pond Audubon Center, Holden
• River Pond Nature Trails, Millinocket area
• Pleasant Lake Preserve, Stetson
• Moxie Falls, near West Forks