You can head out on a pleasant outing at this massive preserve, which encompasses 1,400 acres on its own, but it is also surrounded by a 25,000-acre undeveloped habitat block, according to the Frenchman Bay Conservancy. The conservancy partnered with Northeast Wilderness Trust to protect the land here. The flat and easy trail network basically
A half-mile, flat and easy trail brings you to the edge of a wide marsh on this 57-acre Maine Coast Heritage preserve. When I visited, the path had been well used by clammers to access the mudflats. The path will pass a small shed-like house before reaching a small, high clearing with a picnic table.
In those fun days before refrigeration changed everything, local people used to cut blocks of ice from the small pond on this Crabtree Neck Land Trust preserve. The pond today may not provide ice, but it might provide solace — it’s such a peaceful and charming spot! When we visited, two Adirondack chairs had been
The walk here on land protected by Crabtree Neck Land Trust crosses two preserves that lie back-to-back. Together they offer a pleasant traipse through meadows with apple trees and pretty woods. The Ball Field Preserve is named after an old ball field on the property (I think it’s nicknamed “Little Fenway”), while the second preserve
A half-mile trail through 18 acres of forested land protected by the Frenchman Bay Conservancy brings you to a lovely beach on Frenchman Bay backed by a tidal salt pond. Additionally, Crabtree Neck Land Trust has preserved 39 acres in this area, creating an easy and beautiful walk to the beach on the unpaved Carters
This woodlands walk makes a couple of loops through “mossy old-growth trees, bog bridges,” and a quiet forest with wetlands. It includes the impressions of an old homestead. Like many remains of 19th-century farms, all that is left on the surface is a rock-lined depression where the house or barn foundation once was. A cedar
One of the most scenic parts of this trail, on the discontinued Maine Shore Line Railroad, is the first mile to the Eagle Scout bridge (if you’re beginning at the east entrance). As you walk along the narrow causeway, you have expansive views to the left and right of beautiful Old Pond, a tidal cove.