This pocket sanctuary doesn’t really qualify as a walk, it’ so so small. Still, it has a beautiful boardwalk to Fortunes Rocks Beach. So you can combine the tiny trail with a beachside stroll. The Biddeford Pool Land Trust has erected a trailside kiosk here with a list of local birdlife. The birding in Biddeford
I am sure this Foothills Land Conservancy preserve, which includes open meadows, wetlands, and thickets, is a birding paradise! I visited close to dusk, when the sun cast long shadows and lit up the silky fluff of milkweed seeds as they glided over the golden meadows. The fields lie in a valley, with small hills
A Scenic 7 hike! Perham Stream Birding Trail is one of the seven hikes in the High Peaks Alliance Scenic 7 guide and challenge. The guide is incredible — it’s filled with detailed information, up-to-date maps, photographs, and recommended routes for each location. In the many years I’ve been walking Maine trails, I’ve never
Wonderful dirt lane to river in orange; other trails in blue. This is an idyllic walk in many ways — the main trail (a dirt lane) is easy, flat, charming, and passes through an old orchard, by small ponds, bringing you to beautiful views over the Kennebec River. It’s popular with birders. The dirt road
This town parcel is one of the few remaining bluestem-blueberry sandplain grasslands left in Maine, and birders say it is a good spot to see field and vesper sparrows, clay-colored sparrows, upland sandpipers, Eastern meadowlarks, Eastern towhees, and prairie warblers. Prairie warblers are declining throughout most of their range, so this place is important to
A stunner! This is a wonderful trail (just under 0.8 miles one way) that begins at a little sandy beach in a secluded cove. It then follows an old dirt road along a little inlet, the Little River, which runs into the ocean. On the right is a marshy area. Continue on the road until
Libby River Farm Preserve abuts Camp Ketcha and a marsh. The area offers a large trail system on Scarborough Land Trust land and camp land, extending to the Meadows Loop near Piper Shores, a residential community. Camp Ketcha asks that people use its trails only when camp is not in session (which is generally
Hiking trails in blue; accessible trail in red. The 239-acre Evergreen Cemetery is the second largest cemetery in Maine, and it offers not just peaceful grounds for wandering among headstones, but adjacent forested walking trails, small ponds and wetland areas that are good for birding and for spotting turtles (and river otters!). The trails
This is a short (a half-mile) there-and-back Portland Trails path, but it is pretty, well-maintained, good for birdwatching and is close to other preserves and parks if you want to go for a longer walk. Additionally, it has a hardened surface and and is wide, so passable for wheelchairs and strollers. You can dart off