{"id":5348,"date":"2015-08-14T18:06:12","date_gmt":"2015-08-14T18:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mainebyfoot.com\/?p=5348"},"modified":"2015-08-14T18:06:12","modified_gmt":"2015-08-14T18:06:12","slug":"spurwink-trail-cape-elizabeth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.mainebyfoot.com\/index.php\/2015\/08\/14\/spurwink-trail-cape-elizabeth\/","title":{"rendered":"Spurwink Trail"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/embed?mid=1ryiEPv3KCpuKDA4gw1iHcb7_WcI&#038;ehbc=2E312F\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><em>(<strong>Spurwink trails in red;<\/strong> Gull Crest trails in blue, Town Center and Willow Brook trails in orange, Runaway Farm trails in yellow)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.capelandtrust.org\/properties-trails\/property\/spurwink-trail\/\">beautiful place<\/a> with expansive views, as the preserve borders the Spurwink Marsh and includes an open meadow. And once you know where you can enter the 150-acre preserve, it is easy to find.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The trails through the meadows are mown and easy to follow. Dogs are allowed but they should be leashed to protect nesting birds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There was no trail kiosk when I visited, but there were several access points. The easiest one to spot is across the street from the water treatment plant. The other option is to park at the Gull Crest fields parking lot and walk down the road to the trailhead across the street.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Directions: <\/strong> According to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.capelandtrust.org\/properties\/trails\/\">Cape Elizabeth Land Trust<\/a>, parking for the Spurwink Trail is directly across from the water treatment plant on Spurwink Avenue or at the pump station also on the west side of Spurwink Ave., or at the top of the hill next to the Gull Crest Fields entrance. <\/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:66.77454%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"600\" data-id=\"41088\" data-link=\"https:\/\/mainebyfoot.com\/spurwink-trail-cape-elizabeth\/spurwink800a\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/mainebyfoot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/spurwink800a.jpg\" data-width=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mainebyfoot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/spurwink800a.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:33.22546%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"600\" data-id=\"41089\" data-link=\"https:\/\/mainebyfoot.com\/spurwink-trail-cape-elizabeth\/spurwink800b\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/mainebyfoot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/spurwink800b.jpg\" data-width=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mainebyfoot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/spurwink800b.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/figure><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"600\" data-id=\"41090\" data-link=\"https:\/\/mainebyfoot.com\/spurwink-trail-cape-elizabeth\/spurwink800d\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/mainebyfoot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/spurwink800d.jpg\" data-width=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mainebyfoot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/spurwink800d.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:30.13964%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"600\" data-id=\"41091\" data-link=\"https:\/\/mainebyfoot.com\/spurwink-trail-cape-elizabeth\/spurwink800e\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/mainebyfoot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/spurwink800e.jpg\" data-width=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mainebyfoot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/spurwink800e.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/figure><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"600\" data-id=\"41092\" data-link=\"https:\/\/mainebyfoot.com\/spurwink-trail-cape-elizabeth\/spurwink800f\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/mainebyfoot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/spurwink800f.jpg\" data-width=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mainebyfoot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/spurwink800f.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:69.86036%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"585\" data-id=\"62626\" data-link=\"https:\/\/mainebyfoot.com\/gull-crest-cape-elizabeth\/screenshot-58\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/mainebyfoot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/gull-crest.jpg\" data-width=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mainebyfoot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/gull-crest.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Spurwink trails in red; Gull Crest trails in blue, Town Center and Willow Brook trails in orange, Runaway Farm trails in yellow) This is a beautiful place with expansive views, as the preserve borders the Spurwink Marsh and includes an open meadow. And once you know where you can enter the 150-acre preserve, it is<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/staging.mainebyfoot.com\/index.php\/2015\/08\/14\/spurwink-trail-cape-elizabeth\/\" class=\"themebutton2\">READ MORE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41090,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[358],"class_list":["post-5348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cape-elizabeth","tag-meadow"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Spurwink Trail - 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\/2015\/08\/14\/spurwink-trail-cape-elizabeth\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Spurwink Trail - Maine by Foot\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"(Spurwink trails in red; Gull Crest trails in blue, Town Center and Willow Brook trails in orange, Runaway Farm trails in yellow) This is a beautiful place with expansive views, as the preserve borders the Spurwink Marsh and includes an open meadow. 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