QUICK TRAIL FACTS
- Preserve Size: 30 acres
- Trail Mileage: 0.7 mile one way
- Pets: yes
- Difficulty: easy to moderate
- Sights: cobble beach, views of the Bold Coast, mossy forest
The 0.7-mile trail (one way) on this 30-acre Maine Coast Heritage Trust property deposits hikers onto a cobble beach. At low tide, you can walk over to Eastern Ear, a little island (a knubble?).
From local hiker Travis Chandler: There is a reason why this trail works to bookend Cutler Harbor, along with its sister preserve, Western Head: Cutler Harbor is one of the most beautiful, iconic, and relatively unknown harbors in Downeast Maine. It’s stunning at either high or low tides.
Visitors will find the trail to be part grassy lane and part forested trail. It deposits hikers onto a cobble beach, with views of the Bold Coast. At low tide, you can walk over to the small island of Eastern Ear. For those interested in geology, a side trail takes you to an old silver and copper mine that for Maine’s silver boom of 1878-1882, is substantial in size.
Directions: If you’re driving from the west, you will find the trailhead just after the sharp turn Route 191 takes in the village of Cutler. The trailhead is marked with a small side to the right of the fire station. You can park in a lot across the street from the trailhead and fire station.
Photos contributed by T. Chandler.
