QUICK TRAIL FACTS
- Preserve Size: 48 acres
- Trail Mileage: ~3.2 miles in network
- Pets: yes
- Difficulty: easy but steep in places
- Sights: waterfall, Presumpscot River
There is a great waterfall here — and a view from up high down the sparkling river (well, sparkling when it’s sunny out. Atmospheric when it’s not?). The Presumpscot River Preserve is 48 acres, and has a wonderful trail that follows the river — with boardwalks, bridges, and little loops to enhance it.
This walk is fairly popular and has several access points. If you do all the little loops and go from Oat Nuts to the falls to Hope Ave., and do all the little loops, you can get in a roughly four-mile walk.
Directions: To reach the trailhead of the Presumpscot River Preserve, take Allen Avenue to Summit Street in Portland. Follow Summit to Curtis Road and turn right. Take another right at Overset Road. Overset is a dead end with parking available at the end, marked by Portland Trails signs. Some people park at Oat Nut park, on Summit Road, and there is another parking place off of Hope Ave.
