South End Leeman Island Trail

I loved my wintertime stroll through the silver-maple floodplain next to the Kennebec River. It’s beautiful and quiet, with roughly blazed trails that form...

Rumford Community Forest

By Sam Shirley Located on an unnamed 1,374-foot hill on the north side of Rumford, the Rumford Community Forest, owned by Inland Woods +...

Fristad Trails

Get ready for some dog action at the 94-acre Fristad Trails! Here is a place of woodland trails and wide, grassy paths created by...

Colonel Holman Mountain

By Sam Shirley Located on the east side of Dixfield, Colonel Holman Mountain (~1,800 feet) has a network of ATV trails, snowmobile trails, and...

Rolfe Hill Forest

The first marked walking path on this 400-acre Loon Echo Land Trust preserve in Casco, protected in 2024, is a pleasant 2.2-mile loop that...

Kennebec River Loop Trail

By Sam Shirley This pleasant loop trail is a little over a mile long and is maintained by Adventure Bound. It largely follows the riverbank,...

Deer Woods Preserve

This 30-acre Presumpscot Regional Land Trust preserve offers an easy 0.7-mile loop through a pretty forest filled with hemlocks and some oaks, and across...

Sebago Cove Forest

By Sam Shirley Protected by the Loon Echo Land Trust in 2024, this 362-acre conservation area has 2,500 feet of undeveloped shoreline on Sebago Cove (an...

Dédəbonsagk Preserve

I know this might sound cheesy, but this 20-acre Royal River Conservation Trust preserve—which has a beautiful 3.5-acre meadow—seems to memorialize love. The name,...

Academy Hill Conservation Area

By Sam Shirley This 392 acre Androscoggin Land Trust property in Canton features a 1.4-mile multi-use trail following a discontinued road over the shoulder of Academy...
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