Tuckahoe, just north of Keay Brook Preserve, is a 130-acre Great Works Regional Land Trust preserve that includes open grasslands and a loop trail that follows a 6,200-foot stretch of the Salmon Falls River. From the parking area, the trail follows a wide road for 0.1 mile or so to a meadow with a picnic
My map above shows Westbrook Animal League trails in red; Conant trails in yellow; Westbrook River Walk in purple; Rivermeadow Nature Preserve in orange; and Stroudwater Trails in green. Some of these trails, especially near the Animal Refuge League, are bucolic. They’re wide and pass through shaded woods and brushy areas. You need to take
This is a phenomenal 494 acres, protected by Western Foothills Land Trust, with old woods roads bringing you through forest, around a large interior wetland, a meadow, a brook, and to the banks of the Little Androscoggin River. The walking is easy and flat, consisting entirely of old one-lane roads. The preserve is named after
The small preserve is made up of a wild meadow reaching the wetland area around Hardscrabble River. From May to October, Cobscook Shores mows wide paths through the meadow grasses, but watch your step, the ground can be uneven in places. In January and February, the trails are groomed for skiing for its outdoor education
It’s hard to imagine how Hardscrabble River got its name — it is the beguiling estuary of Wilson Stream, a tributary to Dennys Bay, with calm waters and forested shores. But I suppose life may have been tough along its shores. From this beautiful preserve’s parking area, you can follow a path along the wooded
From the large parking area, the trail shortly brings you to 20 acres of rolling fields on this former farm. They slope down to a small pond with one solitary tree and the solid stone barn. In the other direction, you can walk the meadow trails into a beautiful forest and down to the shores