{"id":38004,"date":"2023-08-01T07:58:30","date_gmt":"2023-08-01T11:58:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mainebyfoot.com\/?p=38004"},"modified":"2023-08-01T07:58:30","modified_gmt":"2023-08-01T11:58:30","slug":"ace-ballfield-loop-cliff-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.mainebyfoot.com\/index.php\/2023\/08\/01\/ace-ballfield-loop-cliff-island\/","title":{"rendered":"ACE Ballfield Loop"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/embed?mid=19em8zcYhndhHpNZFCbY5Owx_c_3qYCU&amp;ehbc=2E312F\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe> Cliff Island, reachable by Portland ferry, has a tiny year-round population. Its unique shape, like an anvil, protects two mostly undeveloped harbors with sandy beaches and bluffs. A marsh between the beaches is a popular resting spot for migratory birds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/oceansideconservationtrust.org\/our-lands\/\">Oceanside Conservation Trust of Casco Bay<\/a> has protected a relatively large area of land on the eastern side of the island, enabling a short walk to two beaches with beautiful views.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The only downside to this area is it is riddled with poison ivy in summertime! The ivy growth was flourishing in large clumps in the low-brush areas and edged almost every path. It was so dense on the trail to North Point that we turned back. (The path is marked with a hand-made wooden sign at the far end of the beach. It&#8217;s marked in red on my map.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the end, we made a relatively poison-ivy safe loop of roughly one mile from the north harbor to the south harbor, through the ball field, down Beach Lane and across the Meadows back to the beach where we started. The path connecting the north and south harbors is easy to find at the eastern end of the beach. While it, too, has some poison ivy, it is not too bad. The trail follows some ledge above the marsh, keeping you on dry land with ocean views. The Meadows, off Beach Lane, is a large grassy area, mown into large paths around tree stands. The area is marked with a sign on Beach Lane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Directions:<\/strong> You can take a 120-minute <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cascobaylines.com\/islands\/cliff-island-maine\/\">ferry<\/a> to Cliff Island from Portland, or, if you arrive by boat, it is easy to pull up to the north harbor. The south harbor, too, seems accessible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-rectangular\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:50.00000%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"1067\" data-id=\"38006\" data-link=\"https:\/\/mainebyfoot.com\/ace-ballfield-loop-cliff-island\/cliff-island1-min\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/mainebyfoot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/cliff-island1-min-768x1024.jpg\" data-width=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mainebyfoot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/cliff-island1-min-768x1024.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open image 1 of 5 in full-screen\"\/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:50.00000%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"1067\" data-id=\"38009\" data-link=\"https:\/\/mainebyfoot.com\/ace-ballfield-loop-cliff-island\/cliff-island7-min\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/mainebyfoot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/cliff-island7-min-768x1024.jpg\" data-width=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mainebyfoot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/cliff-island7-min-768x1024.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open image 2 of 5 in full-screen\"\/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:66.77402%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"600\" data-id=\"38011\" data-link=\"https:\/\/mainebyfoot.com\/ace-ballfield-loop-cliff-island\/cliff-island4-min\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/mainebyfoot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/cliff-island4-min.jpg\" data-width=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mainebyfoot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/cliff-island4-min.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open image 3 of 5 in full-screen\"\/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:33.22598%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"600\" data-id=\"38012\" data-link=\"https:\/\/mainebyfoot.com\/ace-ballfield-loop-cliff-island\/cliff-island3-min\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/mainebyfoot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/cliff-island3-min.jpg\" data-width=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mainebyfoot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/cliff-island3-min.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open image 4 of 5 in full-screen\"\/><\/figure><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"600\" data-id=\"38013\" data-link=\"https:\/\/mainebyfoot.com\/ace-ballfield-loop-cliff-island\/cliffisland2-min\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/mainebyfoot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/cliffisland2-min.jpg\" data-width=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mainebyfoot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/cliffisland2-min.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open image 5 of 5 in full-screen\"\/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cliff Island, reachable by Portland ferry, has a tiny year-round population. Its unique shape, like an anvil, protects two mostly undeveloped harbors with sandy beaches and bluffs. A marsh between the beaches is a popular resting spot for migratory birds. The Oceanside Conservation Trust of Casco Bay has protected a relatively large area of land [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55,218],"tags":[317,351,358,365],"class_list":["post-38004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-casco-bay","category-portland","tag-beach-2","tag-island","tag-meadow","tag-ocean"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>ACE Ballfield Loop - Maine by Foot<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.mainebyfoot.com\/index.php\/2023\/08\/01\/ace-ballfield-loop-cliff-island\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ACE Ballfield Loop - Maine by Foot\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Cliff Island, reachable by Portland ferry, has a tiny year-round population. 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