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  • Fuller Farm — A really nice network of trails with lots of open space on 220 acres. Trails go through fields and woods. Dogs allowed, but they must be leashed during nesting season.
  • Scarborough River Wildlife Sanctuary — This town-owned preserve includes about 1.2 miles of paths through meadows and brings you to views of the marsh. 
  • Sewall Woods — A shortish walk in 35 acres of woods with wide, well-marked trails on the southern side of the preserve.
  • Broadturn Farm — A small wooded walk along the pretty Silver Brook.
  • Libby River Farm — A roughly 1.5-mile walk, with a lovely observation deck of the marsh. Your expedition can be extended by hiking the connected Camp Ketcha and Piper Shore Meadows trails.
  • Prouts Neck — An amazing spot, for its character, history, natural beauty and natural history. A must visit! Dogs allowed, and you can walk more than four miles here, including along the beach and a cliff walk.
  • Pleasant Hill Preserve — A beautiful former farm, this 135-preserve contains the headwaters of the Spurwink River. 
  • Eastern Trail — A great bike path, with lovely off-road sections between South Portland and Kennebunk. 
  • Warren Woods — A loopy trail system wends through fields on this 156-acre preserve. 
  • Jennie and Isaac E. Willey Recreational Area — A 0.4-mile unmarked path through the woods brings you to a marsh overlook.
  • Blue Point Preserve — A 1-mile easy walk on a 14-acre preserve includes two overlooks of the marsh.
  • Scarborough Marsh Audubon Center trail — A short trail, about 0.4-mile long along Route 9, provides prime birdwatching.
  • Hunnewell Hill — A forested neighborhood trail system that brings you to the banks of the narrow Nonesuch River. Unfortunately, there is no designated parking at any of the trailheads.
  • Memorial Park — You can make approximately a half-mile loop along paved paths that encircle the open fields of this small park. 
  • Blue Heron Preserve — A short, easy trail — about 0.2 miles one way — in a tiny preserve (~10 acres) brings you to the Nonesuch River in a busy part of town.
  • Hemlock Grove Preserve — An 18-acre preserve at the edge of a neighborhood and abutting the highway, the forest contains Hemlocks both young and old.

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