QUICK TRAIL FACTS
- Preserve Size: 125 acres
- Trail Mileage: 1.5 miles in network
- Pets: no
- Difficulty: easy to moderate
- Sights: Kennebec River, Merrymeeting Bay, open fields
This Kennebec Estuary Land Trust preserve offers loops through mixed woods and fields along the lovely Merrymeeting Bay. The trails are well marked and easy to follow. Down the road (Chopps Point Road) is the Coffin Wildflower Reservation if you want to do two preserves in one day!
The property was donated by Eleanor Burke, in 2002, after she lived there for fifty years. In her will, she asked that all the buildings be removed from the homesite to allow the land to return to its natural state, with no hunting, trapping, or motor vehicles allowed. But she did request that the fields be maintained as open space, to support nesting birds and small mammals.
Directions: Take Route 1 North to Route 127 (just across Bath bridge on the left). Take North on 127 to Route 128 and turn left. Follow about 6 miles to Chopps Point Road, turn left. 0.9 miles to parking lot and kiosk on right.
