Hunter Cove Uplands in green; Hunter Cove Wildlife Sanctuary in blue. Not to be confused with the nearby Hunter Cove Wildlife Sanctuary on the other side of Hunter Cove, this 172-acre Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust preserve offers a 3-mile trail system and a cove overlook. The trail begins at a meadow before crossing a stream
<span data-mce-type=”bookmark” style=”display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;” class=”mce_SELRES_start”></span> I hesitated to add this mountain to my site because for walkers other than the true believers who need to check mountains off their lists, I don’t recommend this hike! The mountain is part of a group of six peaks (“the six pack”) around
Pico Ledges Trail (in orange on the Google map above): This approximately 0.5-mile trail to an open ledge with fantastic views of Clearwater Lake, Mt. Blue, and other western hills is on privately owned property, so tread with care! We want this beautiful place to stay open forever. The path starts at Center Hill Cemetery,
The wide forested route to the open ledge and beautiful views consists of a fairly easy uphill for most of its 0.75 miles. There is one steep section mid-way with loose, eroded rock. The trail, which follows a wide track, is unmarked and unmaintained but easy to follow. After starting out on the main track,
I found Grotto Hill on AllTrails, and on this helpful blog, and am so glad to have checked it out. The 1.1-mile trail to the summit and pretty overlook of Beech Hill Pond and Graham Lake is unmarked, so can be tricky to find. Also, scrambling down from these open ledges to the grotto, or
At this trail, you can follow a multi-use snowmobile trail for a bit more than half a mile through the woods and across a wide section of Thoit’s Brook. The snowmobile trail continues beyond preserve boundaries — which are all very well marked. The walking is easy, with a fairly long, somewhat steep hill down
The public is allowed to walk (and snowmobile) the approximately 1.5-mile dirt road to the cell tower. The views of Range Pond from the 820-foot summit opening are nice for not much effort. In the winter, it could be a fun x-c ski if you feel confident going down hills. There are also other intersecting
Map above shows Folly Pond loop in blue; Mt. Agamenticus trails in red; and Highland Farm/Smelt Brook Preserve in yellow. These trails are all connected, mostly via multi-use tracks. I’m slowly working on making a complete map. AllTrails has a good map of this area. The protected land of the York and Kittery watersheds is
The Massabesic Experimental Forest in Lyman (it has a twin parcel in Alfred) has one small footpath that I found, blazed in blue. The rest of the trails are multi-use tracks. There are two long gravel roads that pass through the forest. The main road is the CC Road — you can pick it up off