QUICK TRAIL FACTS
- Preserve Size: 92 acres
- Trail Mileage: ~1.5 miles in network
- Pets: yes
- Difficulty: easy
- Sights: Cobscook Bay, woodland, fields, rocky beach
This is an interesting Maine Coast Heritage Trust property with a longer loop trail on very soft, pine-covered ground that brings you to views of Cobscook Bay, and a shorter path to a rocky beach and mud flats popular with clammers.
The bay is named for Scipio Dalton, an African American who lived with his wife in a cabin above the Narrows in 1790, according to the trust. (I tried to find more info online about Dalton, but wasn’t very successful other than finding a 1779 contract that granted Dalton freedom from his Boston enslavers). The bay was known as a spawning place for frostfish, or tomcod, by the Passamaquoddy, who called the bay Kci-puna-muhkatik.
The longer loop is marked more clearly than the shorter loop. To get to the longer wooded loop trail, walk down the gravel road and look for trail openings — first one is on the left, and the second one is on the right. If you’re here in early August, enjoy the raspberries! They’re delicious! The shorter loop is a little tricky to find, but even if you can’t complete it, you’ll enjoy the beach.
Directions: From the west, follow Route 1 north from the intersection of Route 1 and Route 214 in Pembroke 3.8 miles and turn right on Burby Road. From the east and the intersection of Route 1 and Route 190 in Perry, follow Route 1 south 2.8 miles and turn left on Burby Road. Follow Burby Road 0.75 miles to the peninsula.
