Weir, Commissary, and Dennison Points

Cobscook Shores’ Weir Point Trail in orange; Wildlife Management Area trails in blue.

There are three large conservation areas on this remote peninsula, two protected by the state’s Inland Fisheries and Wildlife department, and the third by Cobscook Shores.

On the west side of the point is the well-maintained Cobscook Shores trail to Weir Point. It offers the same amenities as the other parks in the Cobscook Shores system: a great trail and wonderful views, especially along the skinny finger of land sticking into the sea. Standing on the north side of the finger, you can see a long ways up the tidal Whiting Bay. The bay is tidal, so you might consider timing your walk for high tide, if that is your thing! If you do the whole trail, it’s roughly 2.5 miles.

On the Commissary Point state land, the best trail is the 1.3-mile Rocky Point loop trail. But trail systems in Wildlife Management Areas are not reliably maintained, so expect a potentially overgrown path. You’ll find the trailhead across the road from the Cobscook Shores park entrance. The path includes a couple of places to access the shore, but its high point, in my opinion, is a rocky outcrop overlooking the cove. If you are adventurous, you can walk along the old woods road (the continuation of Commissary Point Road) to try to get to the shore, but the trail doesn’t appear to be kept up for walkers. 

The other trail on state land here is the 1.2-mile loop trail down Dennison Point. You’ll find it just past the Cobscook Community Learning Center on Commissary Point Road; there’s a small place to park near a sign for the Wildlife Management Area. Walk past the gate down the grassy mown path. After 900 feet, you’ll see a little blazed trail to the left. It comes out at the campus of the Learning Center. (A long time ago, I walked all the way down the old Dennison Road to the tip of the point! But this might be really wooly and wild.)

Directions: Take Route 1 to Route 189. Go 1.7 miles east on Route 189. At the sign for the Cobscook Community Learning Center, turn left onto Commissary Point Road. You can park by the Dennison Wildlife Management Area sign on the left or continue past the last house on the right to a small parking lot for the Rocky Point and Weir Point trails.