QUICK TRAIL FACTS
- Preserve Size: 149.5 acres
- Trail Mileage: ~1.8 miles
- Pets: no
- Difficulty: easy to moderate
- Sights: tidal river, forest
This Nature Conservancy preserve offers about 1.8 miles of trails through beautiful forest and wetland scenery, including tidal frontage on the Sasanoa and Sheepscot Rivers.
The terrain is fairly flat, with some gentle slopes, but becomes steeper when it drops to the shore. There are two trails, the 0.25-mile Old Farm Trail, which connects to the 1.35-mile Conant Loop. Expect bog bridges, roots, and rocks. From Goose Rocks Lookout, which is accessed via a short spur from the Conant Loop, check out the view of the river.
I suggest a walk here followed by lunch or dinner at Five Islands Lobster Co. (open seasonally)!
Directions: From Route 127, turn left onto Old Schoolhouse Road (at the cemetery). Go 0.4 miles and take a left onto North End Road. Go approximately 1.7 miles to a parking area on the left side of the road opposite of the intersection with Soldiers Point Road.
I was introduced to bird-watching by Loring Conan circa 1967-69. Woodlands and also shore-birding. Loring was a regular antendee of Boston Symphony concerts, and I was the tuba player. Wonderful friend.
Chester Schmitz