QUICK TRAIL FACTS
- Preserve Size: Not sure
- Trail Mileage: 0.8 miles in network
- Pets: yes
- Difficulty: easy to moderate
- Sights: Whiting Bay, stony beach
One of the Cobscook Shores parks in Downeast Maine, Whiting Bay Beach offers easy trails to the shore as well as a screened-in pavilion with a table and four chairs.
Two short trails bring you to beautiful spots by the bay. The short spur to the right, close to the trailhead kiosk, brings you via some bog bridges to a stony beach with minty-green sea blite and sea lavender poking through the rocks. We nibbled on the salty, chewy blite and washed it down with bunchberries.
You can also explore the 0.5-mile loop around the peninsula to access a protected cove where you might be tempted to swim in the (frigid) ocean water. You can also access this cove via a short wheelchair-accessible gravel road that connects to the parking area.
Directions: The narrow dirt road leading to the preserve is off Crows Neck Road, prominently marked with a blue Cobscook Shores sign. The turn onto Place Cove Road is about 4 miles on the left after you turn off Route 189 onto Crows Neck Road.
