Map shows trails in Cumberland County
- Maquoit Bay — Off Bunganuc Road, Maquoit Bay Conservation Land is an 124-acre park with frontage on Maquoit Bay. The trail heads through forest for 6/10 mile trail to a rocky outcrop overlooking the bay. The trail is wide and flat, but it ends at open ledge, which can be tricky to navigate.
- Cox Pinnacle — This 103-acre parcel features a trail system through forested hills and wetlands. The trails include access to Brunswick’s highest point at approximately 350 feet above sea level. These trails provide roughly 1¼ miles of trail, with some incline.
- Town Commons — Including the Town Commons and the Greater Commons, this park is made up of approximately 183 acres of woods, trails and a rare pitch pine barren. Trails are mostly wide, flat and easy. There are rougher sections, but they can be avoided. They are not marked, so you might need a local to show you the way.
- Crystal Spring Farm — The trail system here is bisected by Pleasant Hill Road. The trails on the farm side wind through the woods, farm fields and blueberry barrens that make up this 160-acre preserve. Dogs aren’t allowed on the farm side (south side of Pleasant Street), but they are allowed across the street, a tract of land that must be roughly equal in size to the farm, maybe larger?
- Captain Alfred Skolfield Preserve — A .6 mile walk consisting of two short loops, with views over Middle Bay Cove, a salt marsh. Dogs not permitted. Easy walking.
- Bowdoin Pines — A small walk in an old-growth forest. Good for a quick dog walk!
- Captain Williams Fitzgerald Recreation and Conservation Area — A great place for birding, I hear. This rare sand-plain grassland, about 66 acres, is a former Navy site. Dogs are allowed but must be leashed.
- Bay Bridge Landing Wetland Park — This is a small but beautiful park, with good birding. The trail loop is .3 miles.
- Brunswick Landing — There are several large tracts of land to explore on this 3,162-acre base, some along old Navy roads, others on bike and footpaths created since the base was decommissioned. My map includes Kate Furbish Preserve, Neptune Woods, Bowdoin’s land, and town land.
- Androscoggin River Path — A 2.5-mile paved path, which is plowed and sanded in the winter, that runs between Route 1 and the river. Dogs allowed on leash. There is a dog park.
- Chase Reserve — A 1.5-mile loop that links to the longer East Freeport trail system.
- Woodward Cove — Twenty-four acres abutting a tidal cove. A .1-trail takes you to the cove’s reedy edge. You can do a half-mile walk through the woods as well. It’s hard to get away from the noise of the traffic, though.
- Woodward Point Preserve — A former 87-acre farm has been preserved. There are no cows today, but there are two miles of waterfront and walking trails that take hikers along meadows down to the shore. The property also has a freshwater pond.
- Midcoast Hospital Nature Trails — There are a little more than 2 miles of trails cut throgh the 150-acre hospital campus. Some are harder than others. The forests are charming, the views of the wetland nice.
- Kate Furbish Preserve — On the former Navy land, you can walk almost twelve miles along old tracks and new trails to explore woods and tidal coves. I believe the trails will be groomed for x-c skiing in the winter!
- Kate Furbish Elementary School trail — This small patch of woods is a great spot for kids, and a good place for people in the neighborhood to take a quick, half-mile stroll.
- Maquoit Road trails — A sizable system of trails on private land, popular with local people. Gentle walking on unblazed but easy-to-follow trails, with one nice marsh-pond overlook.