Posted on December 23, 2019 and last updated on January 26, 2025

Morgan Meadows, Raymond

QUICK TRAIL FACTS

  • Preserve Size: ~1,072 acres
  • Trail Mileage: 1.2 miles
  • Pets: yes
  • Difficulty: easy to moderate
  • Sights: Royal River watershed, 100-acre wetland

Trails in orange are footpaths; trails in blue are wider dirt tracks

Morgan Meadows is a large wildlife management area, and like many wildlife management areas in Maine, it’s pretty wild! (These lands are really meant to help support wildlife, as their name suggests.) These areas all vary in terms of mapping, footpaths, and accessibility. This particular one is slightly more accessible than average, in my opinion. But it’s still quite a bit rougher than your average land trust preserve. 

If you park off Egypt Road, at the pull-off where the big state sign and kiosk are located, you’ll see a pretty good map of the walking trails. These are blazed — but when I visited in the winter of 2008, with snow on the ground, I found it pretty hard to keep to the trail; it was easy to wander off. Also, one of the longer loops to Glover’s Wig seems to have disappeared. I  couldn’t find a trail or blazes to mark it.

Other than the 1.2 miles of so of blazed footpaths, there are longer dirt roads that make their way through this area.

Directions: The parking areas for Morgan Meadow off of Egypt Road aren’t plowed in the winter, and this road is pretty fast, so you want to make sure you get off the road enough if you arrive by car. One of the entrances is just west of Westwood Road. You’ll see a road closed off by a gate. the other entrance is a little farther down Egypt Road, on the right. At this entrance, you’ll find a kiosk with a map of trails. There is also access to the land off North Raymond Road, 1.25 miles north of the eastern end of Egypt Road.

Let me know if you have any trail updates or corrections!

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