Quarry Woods and Wetlands

Quarry Woods trails in blue; Leon Gorman Park trails in red.

Freeport Land Trust’s Quarry Woods offers a small woodland walk near the center of town and behind Mast Landing School. If you start at the school, you’ll soon cross a rickety bridge to reach the blazed loop. Red blazes will take you counter-clockwise to the quarry, the old E.B. Mallet granite quarry, before the trail meets up with the green trail. Lots of bog bridges here, and an easy-to-follow trail.

The quarry backs up against a cliff, with large granite boulders heaped in disarray at the bottom. You can walk around the old stones, many marked with grooves. Farther from the cliff, the forest is reclaiming the rubble. The land trust map below also indicates a forest wetland area.

You can extend your walk to the eight-acre Leon Gorman Park via a paved path that leads up the hill to Bow Street.

Directions: Follow Bow Street from downtown Freeport, and turn right onto Lower Mast Landing Road. A trailhead is located approximately 0.3 mile south, on the right by a woodchip pile. Parking here is along the road’s shoulder. During non-school hours, the Woods may also be accessed from Mast Landing School on Bow Street. At the back of the School parking lot, visitors should pass the pond to find a trail behind it, leading into the woods.