QUICK TRAIL FACTS
- Preserve Size: NA
- Trail Mileage: 0.5 miles one way
- Pets: yes
- Difficulty: easy
- Sights: Rockland harbor, city parks
I’ve marked the ~0.5-mile section of the Harbor Trail that is fully off-road — with boardwalks, paved sections, and brick pathways — in orange on my map above. The path is wheelchair accessible and really charming! (Although when I visited recently, one section of the paved sidewalk had cracked and lifted.)
You’ll pass pocket parks with picnic tables and benches, a sandy cove, a beach where brave people swim before June, a couple of restaurants, lots of boats moored in the harbor, and a sweet ice cream shop that closes when it rains.
Additionally, you can extend your walk the other direction (north) and go all the way to the Samoset and breakwater. (I have not done this part yet. I went as far as the ferry terminal.) I believe that this part offers more industrial working-waterfront sights and residential streets.
The path is marked with an icon of a squiggly white line on a green background. It’s painted at regular intervals on the sidewalks and pavement.
Directions: There are several large parking areas near the trail section close to downtown. I usually park at Buoy Park or Harbor Park and pick up the trail at Dry Dock restaurant.
Wheel chair access is a little rough acrossed from the Rockland harbor Hotel where where there is a 2 flight set of granite steps….ADA, what’s that? Never heard of it. Same thing behind the sewer plant…You’re better off bypassing Lermonds cove and go around using Main street.
Thanks, Steve, for this useful clarification. I agree the path should be easily accessed from as many places as possible, for everybody.