QUICK TRAIL FACTS
- Preserve Size: 98 acres
- Trail Mileage: 0.7 miles one way
- Pets: yes
- Difficulty: moderate
- Sights: Marsh Pond, Frye Mountain view
The there-and-back 0.7-mile trail on this 98-acre Coastal Mountains Land Trust preserve first brings you to a wetland at the Marsh Stream headwaters, which you can admire from a small wooden bridge. (Check out the beaver lodge!) Then the path heads fairly steeply uphill to a clearing with an elevated view, at about 260 feet, of the marsh and Frye Mountain. It’s a great little outing!
In the winter, x-c skiers can follow a loop trail that crosses the wetland.
From the parking area, you’ll follow a private driveway for a short distance before heading straight down an old woods road. The route follows this track for about 0.3 miles before turning left onto a footpath. The trail throughout is well marked and blazed.
Directions: From Belfast, take Main Street west and turn right onto Route 137 for 10.4 miles. The trailhead is the right and is easy to spot since it has a visible land trust sign by the road. Park only in the designated lot—there is room for about three vehicles—and not along the driveway. Though 137 is a fast road, I had no difficulties pulling out of the lot.
