In collaboration with Waterfall Arts, Art Gone Wild hosts artists at Stover and Head of Tide Preserves for installations of their work free to the community. Our last micro-residency for the year features artists Peter Walls & Allegra Kuhn, who will festoon the trails of Stover Preserve!The tree, once aesthetically enhanced, becomes something other than a“tree” and […]

Coastal Mountains Land Trust’s Arts on the Hill program brings Bennett Konesni to Beech Hill Preserve on Thursday, September 28 from 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. You’ve heard of “whistle while you work,” but did you know there is a long history of folks singing while they work? Just think of some of the old […]

Happy Wanderers is a monthly hiking group hosted in collaboration with Maine Health's Community Health program. All are welcome! This hike will be a fair bit longer than our normal Happy Wanderers hike. The trail leading to the Mt. Tuck summit is 1.8 miles each way, meaning our total route will be 3.6 miles. This […]

Coastal Mountains Land Trust’s Arts on the Hill program brings Mondaynite Jazz Orchestra (aka MoJO) to Beech Hill Preserve on Sunday, October 8 at 2:00 p.m. as part of this popular and free summer concert series. Rained out THREE times this summer, MoJO’s pent up energy will have Beech Hill hopping! Mondaynite Jazz Orchestra is […]

Due to rain in the forecast, this walk has been rescheduled until Saturday, October 14. Coastal Mountains Nature Program, in partnership with Friends of Sears Island, presents Geology of Sears Island on Saturday, October 7 from 2:30pm - 5:30 p.m. at Sears Island in Searsport. The popular Coastal Mountains Nature Program is a series of […]

Join us for a multimedia performance combining live music, imagery, science, and spoken word to explore the impact of climate change in Waldo County. Presented in collaboration with Halcyon, the Waldo County Conservation Initiative, and ecologist Janet McMahon. Sponsored by Coastal Mountains Land Trust, the City of Belfast, Belfast Community Co-op, Belfast Bay Watershed Coalition, […]

Coastal Mountains Land Trust hosts: Thrill of the Hill, an approximately 5k trail race in Rockport, on Beech Hill and Erickson Fields Preserves' trails. The course starts and ends at the historic Beech Nut, the stone hut atop the hill.This is a relaxed and community-minded race that is open to all who love Beech Hill […]

Join us for our last Arts on the Hill event of the season, and our first ever Story Slam!! As this event will take place a few days before Halloween, during the October FULL MOON, we invite you to come up the hill and hear some scary stories!! Free and open to humans, dogs are […]

Happy Wanderers is a collaboration between Coastal Mountains Land Trust and Maine Health's Community Health program! We hike together at a different community trail on the first Thursday of each month. For this special hike, we'll be meeting at Clark Island Preserve, maintained by Maine Coast Heritage Trust. Naturalist and preserve manager Kirk Gentalen will […]

Happy Wanderers is a monthly hiking group hosted in collaboration with Maine Health’s Community Health program. In December, we’ll be exploring the Round the Mountain trail starting from the Thorndike Brook trailhead in Hope. All Happy Wanderers hikes are approximately two miles long and open to anyone! Footwear that accommodates the current hiking conditions, such […]

Otter Trails, a Belfast-based Homeschool group, will join Coastal Mountains Land Trust to host a luminary walk at the Head of Tide preserve.Join us for a festive candlelit walk through the woods led by the students. We will have hot cider to warm you up!  Otter Trails is a three-day-a-week homeschooling enrichment program for children 8-11 with a […]