QUICK TRAIL FACTS
- Preserve Size: 37 acres
- Trail Mileage: 1 mile
- Pets: yes
- Difficulty: easy
- Sights: Weskeag River, tidal marsh
The 37-acre preserve offers two loops — both start along a wide woods road that brings you to the shores of the Weskeag River. The woods open up near the river; it’s very pretty. The preserve includes more than 2,000 feet of shoreline footage.
About 500 feet after leaving the parking area, you can turn right to follow the blue-blazed, 0.4-mile Woodland Trail to a view of the cove. Or you can continue along straight, to do the 0.6-mile Headlands Trail, which I found to be the more scenic of the two loops.
The Georges River Land Trust describes this parcel as having distinct estuarine intertidal habitat, which is in decline in Maine. Meanwhile, the shallow coves that you see at the headland will allow the marsh to migrate inland as the sea level rises.
The preserve is across the river from more conserved land and another trail system, the Weskeag Preserve, and is part of 1,562 conserved acres in the Weskeag River and St. George River estuarine ecosystem.
Directions: From Westbrook Street, turn down the narrow Hopkins Drive, which can be a touch bumpy. The parking lot will be on your right in about 500 feet.
