QUICK TRAIL FACTS
- Preserve Size: 56 acres
- Trail Mileage: 3 miles in network
- Pets: yes
- Difficulty: easy to moderate
- Sights: Sheepscot River
This 56-acre Midcoast Conservancy preserve offers two connected trails: a pleasant 1-mile loop (the Salmon Trail) along the Sheepscot River and a wonderful 1.7-mile walk up and back along the river’s West Branch. As you make your way up the West Branch, the Sheepscot transitions from dramatic rapids to calm, glassy water.
The Salmon Trail includes a couple of nice viewpoints, including of old railroad bridge abutments and the at a curve in the river. (A side trail off the preserve brings you to the snowmobile trail and the railroad bridge.) The trail is mostly flat, but there are a couple of small hills.
The Sheepscot West Branch Trail has one steepish hill at the start (and end) and then is mainly flat. It offers several places where you can walk off trail onto flattish ledges that extend into the river.
Directions: From Wiscasset, take Route 218 North through Alna and head towards Whitefield. Once in Whitefield, turn left on Route 126. Follow 126 for about a mile and turn right on Vigue Road (at hair salon). Take Vigue Road for about 2 miles until you reach Howe Road. Turn right at Howe Road. Cross the one-lane bridge and look for gravel parking and kiosk at right.
