QUICK TRAIL FACTS
- Preserve Size: Not sure
- Trail Mileage: ~.3 miles
- Pets: yes
- Difficulty: easy
- Sights: Hatch Cove, Wadsworth Cove, fields, tidal swimming pool
Perhaps the neatest part of this preserve is the nearby beach on Wadsworth Cove and the tidal swimming pool behind it. When I visited the area, slushy, icy waves were rolling onto the beach, but the pool looked as if it could be enticing on a hot summer day!
The fields at Hatch Cove are a good place to see bobolinks, and there is a charming old farm pond in the middle of them. You can also walk a little ways down Wadsworth Cove Road and across Route 166 to the small Shumacher Preserve. A short trail takes you to a lookout over Hatch Cove and to the stone remains of a British-era redoubt, or temporary military fortification.
Directions: Take Route 166 south towards Castine, turning right onto Wadsworth Cove Road before crossing the Neck. Park along edge of Wadsworth Cove Road or the Backshore Road.
