QUICK TRAIL FACTS
- Preserve Size: 268 acres
- Trail Mileage: ~5 miles in network
- Pets: yes
- Difficulty: easy
- Sights: woodland, fields, streams
The trails in this area are well connected, with just a few road crossings. In my map above, Rines Forest is in green.
Rines Forest is sandwiched between Farwell Forest and Hadlock Forest in the cross-town trail, which lets you walk across four towns. The 268-acre Rines Forest, protected by the Chebeague and Cumberland Land Trust, on its own offers a pleasant destination — a shady, quiet walk in a woodland. The trail intersects with meandering streams and the Saw Mill Brook. There’s an especially lovely spot by a little waterfall (marked with a red icon on my map), where you can sit on a bench and watch the water stream over the ledge for a while. (Or play in the pools below the falls, as as I saw some kids doing recently.) The trails are mostly wide and flat.
Directions: There are two trailheads with parking off Range Road and a third parking area off Blanchard Road. The main parking area— with room for about 10 cars — is the second one on Range Road you’ll see if you’re going north. The first one is a pullover on the road shoulder, with room for four or five cars. It’s is about 1.2 miles northwest of the intersection with Winn Road. The Blanchard Road lot has space for about eight cars, and is also a good spot to park for Greely Woods.
