Map shows trails in Lincoln County
- CLOSED: Glidden Preserve/Salt Bay Heritage Trail— This 3.5-mile or so trail is dog friendly, and makes its way along Great Salt Bay and the Damariscotta River. Check out the glittering Native American oyster shell middens. You can’t cross the Route 1 culvert (which connects the two trails) if it has been raining.
- Baker Forest — This is a roughly 1.5- to 2-mile walk in the woods.
- Griggs Preserve — A 1.5-mile, mostly wooded path.
- Marsh River Preserve — An out-of-the way mile-or-so-long trail with a guided nature walk.
- Dodge Point Preserve — Over three miles of trails on this gorgeous 521-acre preserve, with beautiful places to access Damariscotta River.
- Sherman Lake — The path was overgrown when I hiked it, and the lake is more of a marsh than a lake, but this 95-acre preserve offers a pleasant three-ish-mile walk.
- Marsh River Bog — A little one-miler on 54 acres, with a dwarf bog.
- Mills Overlook — A short walk with views, if you can find the trail! It is a bit easy to lose it. I missed the view entirely but I am determined to return and find it!
- Frances Perkins Center — Learn about the extraordinary woman who gave us Social Security, a five-day workweek, and other labor rights. And walk the trails on her family estate’s 57-acre saltwater farm, with a beautiful point on the Damariscotta River.