QUICK TRAIL FACTS
- Preserve Size: 75 acres
- Trail Mileage: ~1.2-mile loop
- Pets: no
- Difficulty: moderate
- Sights: Wilson Pond
This is a very pretty place, albeit not the easiest of walks. From the trailhead kiosk, you can take one of three steepish trails down to the shore of Wilson Pond. There are several spots where you can swim, either from rocks or a narrow beach (which was quite shady the afternoon when I visited). While there used to be pasture here, it is now a lovely oak, pine and hemlock-filled forest. The land is protected by the Kennebec Land Trust.
If you do the full outer loop, composed of both the Shore Loop and Hemlock Woods trails, it’s roughly 1.2 miles. (The Shore Loop, itself, is 1.2 miles and the Hemlock Woods Connector is 0.40 miles.)
Note: No dogs allowed at this preserve.
Directions: From Route 133 in Wayne Village, turn south on the Old Winthrop Road (0.7 mi.); turn right on Morrison Heights Road for 1.4 miles; bear left on Hardscrabble Road for 1.3 miles. A small parking lot is off Hardscrabble Road, on the left a little way past George’s Road. The lot is not plowed in the winter.
