QUICK TRAIL FACTS
- Preserve Size: 28 acres
- Trail Mileage: ~1.2 miles
- Pets: no
- Difficulty: moderate
- Sights: sheltered cove, cobble beach
This charming Nature Conservancy trail is marked with a small sign by the roadside. A pullover allows you to park near the trailhead. Don’t be put off by the grassy, seemingly unmaintained start to the trail — soon you’ll be in cool woods, with needles underfoot.
The blazed trail system first brings you to a there-and-back spur trail to a shingle beach at the end of little Hersey Cove. The main trail loops around a headland with wonderful views of Pennamaquan River and Hersey Cove. You can clamber down to a cobble beach that connects the peninsula with a little land mass.
The total walk is about 1.2 miles. It’s mostly easy, but there are some ups and downs, and a short section that requires a bit of a scramble on the headland loop.
Note that no dogs are allowed here.
Directions: Be careful not to miss the trailhead from the road — it’s very easy to do. If you’re driving along Hersey Road and you get to Garnet Head Road, you’ve gone too far. The trailhead is at a sharp corner in Hersey Road, and is marked with a small sign. Parking is on the shoulder of the road.
