I am not sure we found the full extent of this trail, but the half mile we did walk was surprisingly charming. The trail wraps around the elementary school fields, and takes walkers through what appear to be three forests dominated by different species, so each quarter leg is different than the last. The town
The most dramatic part of this 55-acre park is its open field sloping down to a pebbly-sandy beachfront with distant views of Acadia’s hills. The wind is a pretty near constant, I hear, and you can sit under one of the apple trees and watch the fishing boats come and go on Frenchman’s Bay. If
Named after the donor of the land, Bloomfield Smith, this little town park includes a small open waterfront area for swimming. You can walk a short trail that makes a 0.25-mile loop around the western side of the park. The best way to find the trail is to locate the outhouse and look for the
It is hard to tire of the mossy, cool woods of coastal downeast Maine! This 50-acre town preserve, which includes a sustainably managed woodlot, has wide, easy, moss-covered trails that meander through forests filled with mushrooms. In the less managed areas, you’ll find lots of “moss gardens,” with blankets of fluffy, green moss sprouts and
This is an easy-to-follow 1-mile loop trail in a pretty patch of mossy, ferny, and piney forest. I couldn’t stop taking pictures of the mushrooms here, which were decked out in an array of colors, from inky black to sunshiny yellow, blood-red orange, and a shade of chilly blue. Directions: On Route 1 in Ellsworth,