Accessible trails
Some of these paths below are paved, some are packed gravel and dirt, and some are dirt roads. Often just a portion of a trail is built to be accessible.
My father used a wheelchair — so I try to evaluate trails based on whether I think I would have been able to successfully push him. He loved the outdoors and was always looking for a way to access it. That being said, sometimes I don’t judge trails perfectly, so please send me feedback! I am not sure if all of these listed here adhere to ADA standards.
Also, check out this helpful accessibility guide, a PDF, to all of Maine’s state parks and historic sites.
(Other possibly accessible trails are not listed here because they’re slightly rougher and clearly fall short of ADA standards. But they might be okay for some. These can be searched on my site if you type ‘wheelchair’ in the search bar.)
SOUTHERN MAINE (KITTERY TO BRUNSWICK, AND WEST TO N.H. BORDER)
- Alewive Woods Preserve, KENNEBUNK sights and attractions: accessible trails, ponds, streams, wetlands
pets: yes - Baxter Woods, PORTLAND sights and attractions: accessible trails
pets: yes - Calderwood Trails, FREEPORT sights and attractions: accessible trails, bays, inlets, seashores
pets: yes - Cascade Falls, SACO sights and attractions: accessible trails, streams, waterfalls
pets: yes - Claire Drew Trails, GORHAM sights and attractions: accessible trails, fields
pets: yes - Cliff Trail, HARPSWELL sights and attractions: accessible trails, cliffs, views, waterfalls
pets: yes - Crescent Beach State Park and Kettle Cove, CAPE ELIZABETH sights and attractions: accessible trails, fields, parks, playgrounds, sandy beaches, seashores, swimming spots
pets: yes - Cumberland Town Forest, CUMBERLAND sights and attractions: accessible trails
pets: yes - Eastern Prom and Back Cove, PORTLAND sights and attractions: accessible trails, bays, paved trails, sandy beaches, seashores, urban trails
pets: yes - Eastern Trail's Off-Road Segments, SOUTH PORTLAND TO KENNEBUNK sights and attractions: accessible trails, paved trails, urban trails, wetlands
pets: yes - Fels-Grove Farm Preserve, YARMOUTH sights and attractions: fields
pets: yes - Ferry Beach State Park, SACO sights and attractions: accessible trails, parks, ponds, sandy beaches, swimming spots, wetlands
pets: yes - Fore River Parkway Trail, PORTLAND sights and attractions: accessible trails, paved trails, rivers, tidal rivers, urban trails
pets: yes - Fort Foster, KITTERY sights and attractions: accessible trails, history, playgrounds, seashores, stony beaches, tidal rivers
pets: yes - Gambo Preserve and Shaw Park, GORHAM sights and attractions: accessible trails, canals, history, information panels, lakes, paved trails, rivers
pets: yes - Goat Hill Trail, ACTON sights and attractions: accessible trails, bumps, fields, views
pets: yes - High School Mousam Way trails, SANFORD sights and attractions: accessible trails, rivers
pets: yes - Hope Woods and Trails, KENNEBUNK sights and attractions: accessible trails, cemeteries, ponds, streams
pets: yes - Jennie and Isaac E. Willey Recreation Area, SCARBOROUGH sights and attractions: accessible trails, parks, playgrounds, wetlands
pets: yes - Mackworth Island Trail, FALMOUTH sights and attractions: accessible trails, bays, cemeteries, history, islands, sandy beaches, seashores
pets: yes - Madeline Blaisdell Walking Trails, NORTH BERWICK sights and attractions: accessible trails, rivers
pets: no - Mayberry Hill Preserve, CASCO sights and attractions: accessible trails, fields, streams
pets: yes - Memorial Park, SCARBOROUGH sights and attractions: accessible trails, fields, parks, paved trails, ponds
pets: yes - Mitchell Field, HARPSWELL sights and attractions: accessible trails, bays, fields, sandy beaches, seashores, swimming spots
pets: yes - Mousam Way (Center), SANFORD sights and attractions: paved trails, ponds, rivers, wetlands
pets: yes - Mt. Agamenticus Conservation Region, YORK sights and attractions: accessible trails, bumps, fields, open summits, views
pets: yes - Penny Pond Trail, BERWICK sights and attractions: accessible trails
pets: yes - Pleasant Hill Preserve, SCARBOROUGH sights and attractions: accessible trails, fields, wetlands
pets: yes - Rachel Carson Interpretive Trail, WELLS sights and attractions: accessible trails, salt marshes
pets: yes - Riverfront Woods Preserve, YARMOUTH sights and attractions: accessible trails, information panels, rivers
pets: no - Riverton Rail Trail and Casco Bay H.S, PATHS Trails, PORTLAND sights and attractions: accessible trails, fields, streams, urban trails
pets: yes - Royal River Park, YARMOUTH sights and attractions: accessible trails, fields, history, information panels, parks, waterfalls
pets: yes - Saint Joseph's College trails, STANDISH sights and attractions: accessible trails, lakes, sandy beaches, swimming spots
pets: yes - Sanford Community Forest, SANFORD sights and attractions: accessible trails, wetlands
pets: yes - Sebago-to-the-Sea Trail, STANDISH sights and attractions: accessible trails, paved trails
pets: yes - Shaw Cherry Hill Farm, GORHAM sights and attractions: accessible trails, fields, rivers
pets: yes - St. Anthony Franciscan Monastery Trail, KENNEBUNK sights and attractions: gardens, paved trails, rivers, tidal rivers, wetlands
pets: no - Steedman Woods to Fisherman's Walk, YORK sights and attractions: rivers, sandy beaches, seashores, tidal rivers
pets: yes - Stroudwater River and Clark Brook Trails, PORTLAND sights and attractions: accessible trails, rivers, streams, urban trails
pets: yes - Timber Point, BIDDEFORD sights and attractions: accessible trails, fields, sandy beaches, seashores, wetlands
pets: no - Twin Brook Recreation Area, CUMBERLAND sights and attractions: accessible trails, fields
pets: yes - West Side Trail, YARMOUTH sights and attractions: accessible trails
pets: yes - Westbrook River Walk, WESTBROOK sights and attractions: accessible trails, rivers, urban trails
pets: yes - Woods Road Community Forest, FALMOUTH sights and attractions: accessible trails, mature forests
pets: yes
MIDCOAST MAINE (BATH TO BELFAST)
- Androscoggin River Trail and Paper Mill Trail, LISBON AND LISBON FALLS sights and attractions: accessible trails, paved trails, rivers
pets: yes - Beaver Park, LISBON sights and attractions: accessible trails, fields, parks, ponds
pets: yes - Beech Hill Preserve, ROCKPORT sights and attractions: accessible trails, blueberry barrens, fields, views
pets: yes - Brunswick Landing Trails, BRUNSWICK sights and attractions: accessible trails, paved trails, playgrounds, ponds
pets: yes - Castner Brook Community Forest, DAMARISCOTTA sights and attractions: accessible trails, streams
pets: yes - Erickson Fields, ROCKPORT sights and attractions: accessible trails, fields
pets: yes - Field of Dreams, UNITY sights and attractions: accessible trails, fields, playgrounds, ponds
pets: no - Fort Point and Robinson Trails, ST. GEORGE sights and attractions: accessible trails, estuaries, history, rivers, springs, tidal rivers, views
pets: yes - Gibson Preserve, SEARSMONT sights and attractions: accessible trails, rivers
pets: yes - Highlands Trails (aka Ravine Trails), TOPSHAM sights and attractions: accessible trails, ravines, streams
pets: yes - Marie H. Reed Breakwater Park, ROCKLAND sights and attractions: accessible trails, bays, harbors, history, lighthouses, parks, seashores
pets: yes - Miles Lane Trail, BUCKSPORT sights and attractions: accessible trails, ponds
pets: yes - Moose Point State Park, SEARSPORT sights and attractions: accessible trails, parks, seashores, stony beaches
pets: yes - Oak Point Farm, BOOTHBAY sights and attractions: accessible trails, fields, inlets, ponds, rivers, seashores, tidal rivers
pets: yes - Penny Lake Preserve, BOOTHBAY sights and attractions: accessible trails, fields, wetlands
pets: yes - Pownalborough Court House Trails, DRESDEN sights and attractions: cemeteries, rivers
pets: yes - Round Top Farm, DAMARISCOTTA sights and attractions: rivers
pets: yes - Sandy Point Beach, STOCKTON SPRINGS sights and attractions: accessible trails, sandy beaches, seashores, wetlands
pets: yes - Waterfront Walkway, BUCKSPORT sights and attractions: accessible trails, parks, paved trails, rivers, urban trails
pets: yes - Woodward Point Preserve, BRUNSWICK sights and attractions: accessible trails, coves, fields, inlets, ponds, seashores
pets: yes
DOWNEAST MAINE, EAST OF BELFAST
- Birdsacre, ELLSWORTH sights and attractions: accessible trails
pets: Partly - Cadillac Mountain, ACADIA NATIONAL PARK sights and attractions: accessible trails, lakes, open summits, parks, small mountains, traverses, views
pets: yes - Cooper Farm at Caterpillar Hill, SEDGWICK sights and attractions: barrens, moss gardens, views
pets: yes - Elementary School Nature Trail, DEER ISLE sights and attractions: accessible trails, wetlands
pets: yes - Ellsworth Trail, ELLSWORTH sights and attractions: accessible trails, paved trails, urban trails
pets: yes - Great Meadow Loop, Jesup and Hemlock Paths, ACADIA NATIONAL PARK sights and attractions: accessible trails, gardens, parks, wetlands
pets: yes - Hundred Acre Wood, BROOKLIN sights and attractions: accessible trails
pets: yes - Lily Pond Park, DEER ISLE sights and attractions: accessible trails, lakes, swimming spots
pets: yes - Meadow Brook, Mill Stream Conservation Area, BROOKSVILLE sights and attractions: accessible trails, information panels, ponds, streams
pets: yes - Milbridge Commons and Sudsbury Trail, MILBRIDGE sights and attractions: accessible trails, art, fields, gardens, rivers
pets: yes - Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge, BARING sights and attractions: accessible trails, information panels, ponds, streams, wetlands
pets: yes - Ocean Path, ACADIA NATIONAL PARK sights and attractions: accessible trails, cliffs, parks, seashores
pets: yes - Quoddy Head State Park, LUBEC sights and attractions: accessible trails, cliffs, coves, fields, headlands, lighthouses, parks, sandy beaches, seashores, wetlands
pets: yes - Rocky Ridge Fitness Trail, SEDGWICK sights and attractions: accessible trails, playgrounds
pets: yes - Schooner Head Path, ACADIA NATIONAL PARK sights and attractions: accessible trails, cliffs, parks, seashores
pets: yes - Seaside Cemetery, BLUE HILL sights and attractions: cemeteries, inlets, seashores
pets: no - Shore Path, MOUNT DESERT ISLAND (BAR HARBOR) sights and attractions: accessible trails, harbors, parks, paved trails, seashores
pets: yes - Sipayik Trail, PASSAMAQUODDY PLEASANT POINT RESERVATION sights and attractions: accessible trails, bays, headlands, paved trails, stony beaches, tidal rivers
pets: yes - South Bay Narrows, LUBEC sights and attractions: accessible trails, inlets, seashores
pets: yes
WESTERN MAINE (ROUGHLY BALDWIN TO JACKMAN)
- Bethel Pathway, BETHEL sights and attractions: accessible trails, fields, parks, playgrounds, rivers
pets: yes - Buck's and Lapham Ledges, and Moody Mountain, WOODSTOCK sights and attractions: accessible trails, small mountains, views
pets: yes - Foundry Trail, LIVERMORE FALLS sights and attractions: accessible trails, parks, paved trails, rivers
pets: yes - Kezar River Reserve, LOVELL sights and attractions: accessible trails, playgrounds, rivers
pets: yes - Mountain Division Trail, FRYEBURG sights and attractions: accessible trails, paved trails
pets: yes - Narrow Gauge Pathway, CARRABASSETT VALLEY sights and attractions: accessible trails, rivers
pets: yes - Peabody-Fitch Woods and the Narramissic Farm, BRIDGTON sights and attractions: accessible trails, fields, history, quarries
pets: yes - Pondicherry Park, BRIDGTON sights and attractions: accessible trails, parks, streams
pets: Partly - Prescott Field Trails, FARMINGTON sights and attractions: accessible trails, fields, rivers
pets: yes - Quill Hill, DALLAS PLANTATION sights and attractions: accessible trails, views
pets: yes - Roberts Farm, NORWAY sights and attractions: accessible trails, views
pets: yes - Rumford Community Forest, RUMFORD sights and attractions: accessible trails, streams, views
pets: yes - Shepard Farm's Preserve and Witt Swamp, NORWAY sights and attractions: accessible trails, art, fields, wetlands
pets: yes - Swift River Trail, RUMFORD sights and attractions: accessible trails, parks, paved trails, rivers
pets: yes - Tree of Life Trail, FARMINGTON sights and attractions: accessible trails
pets: yes - Valentine Farm, BETHEL sights and attractions: accessible trails, fields, gardens, rivers
pets: yes
CENTRAL MAINE
- Augusta Greenway Trail, AUGUSTA sights and attractions: accessible trails, history, rivers, urban trails
pets: yes - Capitol Park, AUGUSTA sights and attractions: accessible trails, parks, paved trails, urban trails
pets: yes - Colby College trails, WATERVILLE sights and attractions: accessible trails, fields, paved trails
pets: yes - Head of Falls, WATERVILLE sights and attractions: accessible trails, art, history, information panels, parks, paved trails, rivers
pets: yes - Kennebec River Rail Trail, in Gardiner, Hallowell, Augusta, AND FARMINGDALE sights and attractions: accessible trails, paved trails, playgrounds, rivers
pets: yes - Lake Auburn Community Center Trails, AUBURN sights and attractions: accessible trails, fields, lakes
pets: yes - Lewiston-Auburn Riverwalk Trail, LEWISTON AND AUBURN sights and attractions: accessible trails, parks, paved trails, rivers
pets: yes - McGaffey Mountain's “A” Trail, “B” Trail, Homestead Trail, Long Pond Trail, ROME sights and attractions: accessible trails, swimming spots, views
pets: yes - Mill Park, AUGUSTA sights and attractions: parks, paved trails, rivers
pets: yes - Minot Community Trails, MINOT sights and attractions: accessible trails, streams
pets: yes - North Street Community Trail, WATERVILLE sights and attractions: accessible trails, streams
pets: yes - Pettingill Park Trail and Union Street Greenway, AUBURN sights and attractions: accessible trails, fields, parks, paved trails, ponds
pets: yes - Range Pond State Park, POLAND sights and attractions: accessible trails, lakes, parks, sandy beaches
pets: yes - Readfield Fairgrounds Trail, READFIELD sights and attractions: accessible trails, fields, lakes, paved trails
pets: yes - Riverside Greenway, LEWISTON sights and attractions: accessible trails, cemeteries, paved trails, rivers
pets: yes - Rotary Centennial and Peter Garrett Trails, BENTON/WINSLOW sights and attractions: accessible trails, parks, rivers
pets: yes - Winslow Community Trails, WINSLOW sights and attractions: accessible trails, urban trails
pets: yes
NORTHERN MAINE (PENOBSCOT, PISCATAQUIS AND AROOSTOOK COUNTIES)
- Brewer Riverwalk, BREWER sights and attractions: accessible trails, parks, paved trails, rivers, urban trails
pets: yes - Essex Woods, BANGOR sights and attractions: accessible trails, wetlands
pets: yes - Lincoln Community Walking and Fitness Trail, LINCOLN sights and attractions: accessible trails
pets: yes - Lumbermen's Trail, PATTEN sights and attractions: accessible trails
pets: yes - Manson Park, PITTSFIELD sights and attractions: accessible trails, parks, paved trails, rivers
pets: yes - Maple Street Park, BREWER sights and attractions: accessible trails, gardens, parks, paved trails
pets: yes - Mike Michaud Walking and Biking Trail, MILLINOCKET sights and attractions: accessible trails, streams, urban trails
pets: yes - Recreation Trail, HERMON sights and attractions: accessible trails
pets: yes - Riverside Boardwalk, CORINNA sights and attractions: accessible trails, rivers
pets: yes - Turtle Head Park, HAMPDEN sights and attractions: accessible trails, parks, paved trails, rivers
pets: yes