QUICK TRAIL FACTS
- Preserve Size: 28 acres
- Trail Mileage: ~1 mile loop
- Pets: yes
- Difficulty: easy to moderate
- Sights: Mill Cove, Back Cove, New Meadows River
This 28-acre island is owned by Bowdoin College and is on the Maine Island Trail, which means people are free to visit and explore as long as they’re respectful. The island is attached to the mainland via a causeway that does get covered at high tide, so mind the tide charts.
The path around the perimeter of the island is not blazed but it is easy to follow. It has some roots and felled trees to scramble over, and climbing up the bank from the causeway at the beginning can be a bit of a challenge.
Directions: Take Foster Point Road to Hill Road in West Bath. Turn right onto Mountain Road. When the road splits, stay left on Mountain Road. In about three-quarters of a mile, you’ll see a dirt road to the right with a small sign for Merritt Island. Stay left on the very narrow drive (past a driveway on your right) and continue to where it dead ends at a small parking area. There’s no parking along the access drive off Mountain Road (High Point Drive) as this is an emergency vehicle and fire lane.
Could you update your description for Merritt island, west bath to include that the entire access drive off mountain rd, high point drive , is no parking due to it being a 24/7 emergency vehicle and fire lane.
Hi, yes, will do. Thank you for clarifying!