Places to go for a Long Walk
Sometimes, we just want to get outside and walk forever. For those times, here are a few longer trails, mostly in midcoast Maine. This list is roughly alphabetical (based on first town mentioned).
- Baker Hill and Long Ledges, SULLIVAN sights and attractions: lakes, quarries, swimming spots, views
pets: yes - Bishop Cardinal and Wilson Wing Moose Pond Bog Preserves, LOVELL sights and attractions: streams, wetlands
pets: yes - Blackstrap Hill Preserve, FALMOUTH sights and attractions: fields, rivers, waterfalls
pets: yes - Bog Brook Cove, CUTLER, TRESCOTT sights and attractions: bumps, ponds, seashores, stony beaches, views
pets: yes - Bog Brook, Whitten Hill and Northern Headwaters Preserves, MONTVILLE sights and attractions: fields, wetlands
pets: yes - Bradbury-Pineland Corridor and Elmwood Trails, POWNAL sights and attractions: fields
pets: yes - Brewer Woods, FREEPORT sights and attractions: ravines
pets: yes - Camden Hills State Park, CAMDEN sights and attractions: cliffs, open summits, parks, small mountains, views
pets: yes - Chase Reserve, BRUNSWICK sights and attractions: streams, wetlands
pets: yes - Cross-Town Trail in Falmouth, Cumberland, North Yarmouth and Windham, sights and attractions:
pets: yes - Cutler Coast Public Reserved Land, Bold Coast Trail, CUTLER sights and attractions: cliffs, coves, headlands, parks, seashores, stony beaches, views, wetlands
pets: yes - Donnell Pond Public Reserved Land, NEAR SULLIVAN AND FRANKLIN sights and attractions: lakes, open summits, sandy beaches, small mountains, views
pets: yes - Eastern Trail's Off-Road Segments, SOUTH PORTLAND TO KENNEBUNK sights and attractions: accessible trails, paved trails, urban trails, wetlands
pets: yes - Emmons Preserve, Tyler Brook Preserve and Cape Porpoise Greenbelt, KENNEBUNKPORT sights and attractions: rivers, streams
pets: yes - Falmouth Community Park, FALMOUTH sights and attractions: fields, streams
pets: yes - Falmouth Town Forest, FALMOUTH sights and attractions: ravines, streams
pets: yes - Farwell Forest, CUMBERLAND sights and attractions:
pets: yes - Fels-Grove Farm Preserve, YARMOUTH sights and attractions: fields
pets: yes - Frye Mountain, MONTVILLE sights and attractions:
pets: yes - Fuller Forest and Lafcadio's Woods Preserves, YORK sights and attractions: wetlands
pets: yes - Greenbelt Walkway, SOUTH PORTLAND sights and attractions: bays, lighthouses, rivers, seashores, tidal rivers, urban trails
pets: yes - Hadlock Community Forest, FALMOUTH sights and attractions:
pets: yes - Hanson Farm Trails and Lowd Environmental Reserve, SPRINGVALE sights and attractions: accessible trails, farms, ponds
pets: yes - Hills to Sea Trail, UNITY TO BELFAST sights and attractions: farms, fields, streams
pets: yes - Hogback Mountain, MONTVILLE sights and attractions: views
pets: yes - Isle au Haut, Acadia National Park, ISLE AU HAUT sights and attractions: coves, headlands, islands, parks, seashores, stony beaches, swimming spots
pets: yes - Lilly Pond Community Forest, BATH sights and attractions: ponds, wetlands
pets: yes - Little Bigelow, DEAD RIVER TOWNSHIP sights and attractions: big mountains, lakes, open summits, swimming spots, traverses, views
pets: yes - Little River Community Trail and Howard School Trails, BELFAST sights and attractions: lakes, rivers
pets: yes - Lowell Preserve and East Windham Conservation Area, WINDHAM sights and attractions: ponds, streams, swimming spots, views
pets: yes - Maine Huts and Trails, CARRABASSETT VALLEY REGION sights and attractions: rivers, trail lodging, views
pets: no - North Falmouth Community Forest, FALMOUTH sights and attractions:
pets: yes - Ragged Mountain Trails, CAMDEN AND ROCKPORT sights and attractions: accessible trails, open summits, views
pets: yes - Ridge to River Trail, SEARSMONT sights and attractions: rivers
pets: yes - Ridgewell, Duley Farm, LeMont, and Morse River Marsh Preserves, PHIPPSBURG sights and attractions: art, glacial or geological features, gorges, ponds, wetlands
pets: yes - Rines Forest and Waterfall Trail, CUMBERLAND sights and attractions: fields, streams, waterfalls
pets: yes - River-Link Trail, BOOTHBAY sights and attractions: streams
pets: yes - Rockland Bog Trail, Jack Baker Woods and Thomaston Town Forest, THOMASTON sights and attractions: glacial or geological features, streams, wetlands
pets: yes - Schmid Preserve and River-Link Trail, EDGECOMB sights and attractions: fields
pets: yes - Schoodic Bog to Schoodic Mountain, SULLIVAN sights and attractions: open summits, small mountains, traverses, views, wetlands
pets: yes - Sebago to the Sea Trail, Section I, STANDISH sights and attractions: lakes, sandy beaches, swimming spots
pets: yes - Sebago to the Sea, Section II, Otter Ponds Area, STANDISH sights and attractions: lakes, ponds
pets: yes - Sebago-to-the-Sea Trail, STANDISH sights and attractions: accessible trails, paved trails
pets: yes - Sewall Woods Preserve, BATH sights and attractions: rivers, swimming spots
pets: yes - Sklar Park, Rampe Conservation Easement, and Jeremiah Colburn Natural Area, ORONO sights and attractions: fields, streams
pets: yes - Smelt Brook and Highland Farm Preserves, YORK sights and attractions: fields, ponds, salt marshes, wetlands
pets: yes - Spaulding Mountain, MT. ABRAM TOWNSHIP sights and attractions: traverses, views
pets: yes - Stickney's Winter Woodland Walking Trails, RUMFORD sights and attractions:
pets: yes - Third Mountain to Chairback Mountain Loop, AMC MAINE WOODS INITIATIVE sights and attractions: lakes, open summits, ponds, swimming spots, traverses, views
pets: yes - Thorne Head Preserve and Whiskeag Trail, BATH sights and attractions: rivers, streams, swimming spots, tidal rivers
pets: yes - West Side Trail, YARMOUTH sights and attractions: accessible trails
pets: yes - Weston Woods and Waters, MADISON sights and attractions: rivers, swimming spots
pets: yes - Winnick Woods, Cross Hill, Davis Forest, Dyer-Hutchinson Farm trails, CAPE ELIZABETH sights and attractions: fields, streams, wetlands
pets: yes - Zak Preserve, BOOTHBAY sights and attractions: fields, salt marshes, wetlands
pets: yes