QUICK TRAIL FACTS
- Preserve Size: 90 acres
- Trail Mileage: 3.2 miles in network
- Pets: yes
- Difficulty: easy to moderate
- Sights: woods, fields, observation deck, Libby River marsh
Libby River Farm abuts Camp Ketcha and a marsh. The area offers a large trail system both on Scarborough Land Trust land, camp land, and to the Meadows Loop near Piper Shores, an elderly residential community. Camp Ketcha asks that people use its trails only when camp is not in session (which is generally 9 am to 4 pm Monday through Fridays during the summer and school breaks. It also has an afterschool program, 3 pm to 6 pm).
The land trust has a fantastic observation deck, with views over Scarborough Marsh. An artisan has crafted a comfortable rocking chair out of lobster traps to use a birding perch. The deck is about 0.8 miles from the trailhead to the observation deck, if you approach it via the most direct path. Some of the land trust trails are wide, grassy paths that can be wet in places near the marsh. All together, you can do a 1.5-mile walk on the preserve.
Additionally, you can extend your walk by heading over via a 0.3-mile spur to the Camp Ketcha trails — well-marked narrow paths that make a 0.8-mile loop through the forest. This loop brings you to a 0.4-mile loop near the Piper Shores development. The Piper Shores trails are wide and easy, and there is a small parking area with room for five to six vehicles near the Piper trailhead. The Piper Shores loop is about 1.2 miles from the Libby River Farm trailhead off Black Point Road.
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Directions: The main parking area is off Black Point Road (Route 207), just about 1,200 feet from the intersection with Spurwink Road. Additionall, there is parking at the far north end of a housing development, accessible via Dorado Drive, off Spurwink Road.
