QUICK TRAIL FACTS
- Preserve Size: Not sure
- Trail Mileage: 0.8 miles one way
- Pets: yes
- Difficulty: easy
- Sights: Orange River, Reynolds Brook
One of the many Cobscook Shores preserves in this part of the state, Reynolds Brook offers either a gentle 1-mile walk along a gravel road to two short paths to the waterfront, or just a quick jaunt to the shore and a boat launch. It appears some people drive the road to park closer to the water. We left our car at the far end of the preserve, close to Route 1 and walked the length of the road for a quiet evening stroll.
Like other Cobscook Shores properties, there are amenities near the river and brook — port-o-lets, a picnic table, a dock at the boat launch.
What we really wanted to do, and will do one day, is paddle along Reynolds Brook (there is an easy-access boat launch nearby off Route 1) to the Estey Mountain trail on land protected by the Downeast Coastal Conservancy. (The brook and river open up to paddlers after July 1, to protect nesting waterfowl.)
Directions: The turn into the preserve is off Route 1, and marked with a large blue Cobscook Shores sign. It is about 750 feet north of Hilltop Lane, and about 2.7 miles south from the intersection of Route 1 and Route 189.
