<span data-mce-type=”bookmark” style=”display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;” class=”mce_SELRES_start”></span> At this small preserve close to downtown, you’ll walk along a narrow path that might be a bit overgrown, cross a driveway and slip into old forest with a carpet of ferns. At one point the path edges a meadow. Despite the boardwalks, you
This is an unusual and wonderful preserve to explore. What was a former excavation pit by the parking lot has been transformed by the Kennebunkport Land Trust, many donors, and many volunteers into a bucolic park with easy trails around a spring-fed pool. The pond is lined with stones and high banks planted with native
Holy mountain bike trails! There are more than 10 miles of trails on this 1,100-acre preserve, protected by the Kennebunkport Land Trust. The preserve also connects with an abandoned trolley line, and is very close to other Kennebunkport preserves and trails if you want to go and go. When I visited this preserve, there were
The Kennebunkport Conservation Trust has done a remarkable job building up a trail system through town. Emmons is close to three other extensive preserves and trail systems — Tyler Brook, Cape Porpoise Greenbelt, and the Smith Preserve (although you have to travel along road to get to this last one). It’s worthwhile to check out this