For years, I have looked at the little hiking icon in Belmont, wondering about the trail at the Ducktrap River Wildlife Management Area. I had driven to the trailhead once, too, but the path into the woods looked overgrown and uninviting! I finally overcame my reluctance this time around, and parked on the side of
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Little River Community Trail in blue, Howard School trails in orange, McLellan-Poor trails in green. I enjoyed hiking this 5.4-mile trail, which starts (or ends) at the Belfast Water District on Route 1 and ends at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center on Route 3. In between is a mostly easy, well-marked and well-maintained trail
This is delightful river path, built on the former Belfast & Moosehead Lake Railroad tracks. The roughly 3-mile trail is accessible and unceasingly scenic, with nonstop views over the river. (I’m including in this three miles the bridge and a short portion of trail in town that runs through Heritage Park and Steamboat Landing Park
Stephenson Preserve and Pendleton Park, connected via a 0.4-mile trail, are situated on the side of a steep hill, offering scant views of the river through trees at higher elevations. The forested trail between them brings you close to a large field, and on a spring day, I heard a lot of birdsong. On the
These two Coastal Mountains Land Trust preserves are separated by a road and 100 feet, so I am combining them here. I think Head of Tide is probably more popular, but Stover is also quite pretty. Both have trails that pass close to the Passagassawakeag River. Stover is 53 acres and its trail is about