Sousa Family Preserve, Alfred

The roughly 2-mile trail at this 213-acre Three Rivers Land Trust preserve begins rather steeply, taking you up through a forest. In about 1-mile,...

Goat Hill Trail, Acton

For a short, easy climb — more a stroll, rather — up a very well-made, universally-accessible gravel path — you are treated to marvelous views...

Hansen Pond Preserve, Acton

I kind of wish I had walked here in the summer; the undeveloped pond looks like it is enticingly swimmable. The well-marked, there-and-back trail...

Googins Woods Preserve, Hollis

I really enjoyed walking the trails in this little patch of woods, despite the fact that the trail system needed some tending. When I...

California Fields Wildlife Area, Hollis

This unique area attracts a lot of dogs and their human walkers. The two easy loops among stubby, growing pines are bright and sun-filled...

Hall Environmental Reserve, Sanford

Trails in orange are on the Hall Environmental Reserve; trails in blue are the Sanford-Springvale Rail Trail; trails in green are part of the...

Harvey Butler Rhododendron Sanctuary, Springvale

There is a secret garden of sorts tucked into the woods at this sanctuary. The hundreds, maybe thousands, of Rhododendron maximum growing in this...

Riverfront Woods Preserve, Yarmouth

Owned and managed by the town of Yarmouth, this 50-acre preserve brings you to the edge of the always beautiful Royal River. The trail...

Sanford-Springvale Rail Trail

Sanford has converted six miles of a former railroad track that cuts through town into a pedestrian path (snowmobiles and ATVs are allowed, too)....

Mèmak Preserve, North Yarmouth

I love that this Royal River Conservation Trust preserve has a Native American name: Mèmak is a Wabanaki word for a pileated woodpecker. It’s...
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