QUICK TRAIL FACTS
- Preserve Size: 165 acres
- Trail Mileage: +7 miles in network
- Pets: yes
- Difficulty: easy to moderate
- Sights: Lake Pennesseewassee
Walking/snowshoeing trails marked in yellow. Wheelchair-accessible trail in red.
Roberts Farm is an amazing local resource — about seven miles of groomed trails for Nordic skiing, and another pleasant loop trail, about 1.7 miles, that is dedicated to snowshoers and dog walkers and is popular year-round. All of this is free, though you can leave a donation. There is free equipment to borrow when the warming hut is open, as well.
One of the trails at this 165-acre Western Foothills Land Trust is wheelchair accessible, the Libby Trail, which starts at the Roberts Road trailhead and extends about 0.3 miles to a view of the lake.
A newer development are the connector trails from Roberts Farm to a trailhead on Water Street that’s close to downtown Norway. Of these, the 2-mile Janet’s Trail is open to dog walkers and snowshoers. Expect to go up and down on Janet’s Trail as you walk above Route 118! For more of a gently rolling experience, walk the ski trail (when there’s no snow, of course). It’s steep initially as it leaves the Water Street trailhead, but then levels out a bit.
Directions: From the intersection of Main Street and Route 117 in downtown Norway, take Route 117/118 west, out past the lake. After 2 miles, turn left onto Roberts Road and continue 0.2 miles to the Roberts Farm Preserve entrance, on your left. There is also a parking area and trailhead at 13 Water Street, where you can walk or ski onto the trail system along the Farm-to-Town Trail.
