Preserves and Trails

Enjoy our nature preserves that offer 50+ miles of trail and a wide variety of outdoor adventures.

Please see our Preserve Use Guidelines where you may also file a Preserve Use Request Form. Additionally if you see a problem on the trail, such as a fallen tree, a wash out, broken bridge, flooding, missing or damaged signage or other issues, please consider letting us know about it via our Trail Report form. Stewardship staff are busy doing spring cleanup of winter blowdowns. Your report helps us fix issues as quickly as possible. We may reach back out to you for more information after receiving the report. Thank you!

You’ll find trail maps on individual Preserve pages, or download our Trail Guide.

Trail Closures & Conditions
File a Trail Report

Bald Mountain Preserve

  • Barnestown Road, Camden
  • 583 acres
  • 2.6 miles, round trip, difficult
  • Hiking, Birding, Snowshoeing

Beauchamp Point Preserve

  • Rockport Harbor, Rockport
  • 2 acres
  • 0
  • Birding, Fishing

Beech Hill Preserve

  • 316 Beech Hill Road, Rockport
  • 295 acres
  • Summit Trail, 0.6 miles one-way, easy Size: 295 acres Woods Loop, 0.9 miles one-way, easy
  • Hiking, Birding, Snowshoeing

Belfast Rail Trail

  • City Point Road, Belfast
  • 2.3 miles one-way, easy
  • Hiking, Birding, Mountain Biking, Snowshoeing, Cross County Skiing

Ducktrap River Preserve

  • Route 52, Lincolnville
  • 1140 acres
  • 5.6 miles round-trip, moderate
  • Hiking, Birding, Fishing, Snowshoeing, Cross County Skiing

Fernalds Neck Preserve

  • Fernalds Neck Road, Lincolnville
  • 285 acres
  • Blue Trail: 1.8 miles round trip, moderate White Trail: 0.4 miles round trip, easy Orange Trail: 1.75 miles round trip, moderate
  • Hiking, Fishing, Cross County Skiing, No Hunting, No Dogs

Harkness Preserve

  • Spruce Street, Rockport
  • 23 acres
  • 1 mile loop, easy
  • Hiking, Birding, Snowshoeing

Hatchet Mountain Preserve

  • Route 235, Hatchet Mountain Road, Hope
  • 27 acres
  • 0.6 miles
  • Hiking, Birding, Snowshoeing

Head of Tide Preserve

  • Doak Road, Belfast
  • 92 acres
  • Blue River Loop 1.0 mile, easy Woods Loop 1.0 mile, easy
  • Hiking, Birding, Fishing, Snowshoeing, Cross County Skiing

Hodson and Rheault Preserve

  • Molyneaux Road, Camden, Camden
  • Hodson: 35 acres; Rheault easement: 119 acres
  • Hodson Loop, 0.75 miles, easy; Howe Hill Summit, 1.2 miles
  • Hiking, Snowshoeing, No Hunting, No Dogs

Littlefield Preserve

  • Swan Lake Avenue, Belfast
  • 25 acres
  • Water access only.
  • Birding, Fishing

Long Cove Headwaters

  • Savery Road, Searsport
  • 456 acres
  • Blue Loop, 1.2 miles round-trip, easy Orange Loop, 2.3 miles round-trip, easy
  • Hiking, Snowshoeing, Cross County Skiing

Main Stream Preserve

  • Sherer Road, Stockton Springs
  • 250 acres
  • 1.6 miles round-trip, easy
  • Hiking, Snowshoeing

Marsh Meadow Preserve

  • Waldo Avenue / Route 137, Knox
  • 98 acres
  • 0.7 mi
  • Hiking, Birding, Cross County Skiing

McLellan Poor Preserve

  • Trailhead #1 Route One; Trailhead #2 Herrick Road, Northport
  • 66 acres
  • Peggity’s Path, 1.4 miles round-trip, easy Route 1 Trail, 0.9 mile round-trip, easy.
  • Hiking, Snowshoeing

McPheters Preserve

  • Megunticook Lake, Route 105, Camden, Camden
  • 10 acres
  • No trail exists.
  • Fishing, No Hunting

Meadow Brook Preserve

  • , Swanville
  • 444 acres
  • 2.1 mile, one way. Mostly flat, moderate.
  • Hiking, Snowshoeing, Cross County Skiing

Megunticook Lake by Boat

  • Camden, Lincolnville, and Hope, Camden, Lincolnville, and Hope
  • 364.5 acres combined
  • Water access only
  • Fishing

Mill Brook Preserve

  • Mount Ephraim Road, Searsport
  • 0.5-mile, one way.
  • Hiking, Birding, Fishing

Mount Percival Preserve

  • Bluff Road, Northport
  • 73 acres
  • 0.6 mile round-trip, moderate.
  • Hiking, Snowshoeing

Mount Tuck Preserve

  • Meadow Road, Stockton Springs
  • 1.75
  • Hiking, Birding

Murray Preserve

  • Howe Point Road, Lincolnville
  • 10 acres
  • No trail exists.
  • Hiking, Birding, No Dogs

Newman and Breslin Preserve

  • Beech Hill Road, Northport
  • 230 acres
  • 1.1 miles one-way, moderate
  • Hiking, Birding, Snowshoeing

Penobscot Shore Preserve

  • Bowden Point Road, Prospect
  • 47 acres
  • Hiking, Birding, Snowshoeing

Piper Stream Preserve

  • Prescott Hill Road, Northport
  • 0.25-mile, one way.
  • Hiking, Birding, Fishing

Ragged Mountain: Round the Mountain Trail

  • , Camden, Rockport, and Hope
  • 2,645 acres
  • Connects to 30+ mi network of trails; many loops are possible from 2 mi to 10 mi
  • Hiking, Mountain Biking, Snowshoeing, Cross County Skiing

Ragged Mountain: Hiking Trails

  • , Camden, Rockport, and Hope
  • 11.5 mi network
  • Hiking, Birding

Sides Preserve

  • Route 17, Rockport
  • SIZE: 9 acres
  • 0.4 mile loop, easy
  • Hiking, Birding, Fishing, Snowshoeing

Simonton Quarry Preserve

  • Main Street, Rockport
  • 26 acres
  • No Trails
  • Birding

St. Clair Preserve

  • Knights Pond Road, Northport
  • 309 acres
  • 0.15 mile trail.
  • Birding, Fishing, Snowshoeing, Cross County Skiing

Stephenson Preserve

  • City Point Road, Belfast
  • 8 acres
  • 0.3 mile loop, easy
  • Hiking, Snowshoeing

Stover Preserve

  • Doak Road, Belfast
  • 53 acres
  • 0.9 mile loop, easy
  • Hiking, Birding, Snowshoeing

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