Outdoors · Alfred

Alfred, ME parks, trails & bike paths

About 13% of Alfred is conserved land, roughly 2,261 acres. There are about 18 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Shaker Woods Reserve (1.1 mi).

Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Alfred, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.

At a glance

Alfred outdoors

Conserved land
13%
2,261 of 17,748 acres
Trails
18 mi
0.7 mi per sq mi · 6 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
4
724 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
0.0 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.0 mi off-road paths

Conserved land is a share of the whole town area. Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.

Map

Conserved land, trails & bike routes

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Tap a number or a place below to zoom in© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk

Parks & preserves with trails

Ranked by mapped trail miles. Directions go to the nearest marked trailhead or public parking.
1

Shaker Woods Reserve

Nature preserve
37 acres1.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
2

Sousa Family Preserve

Nature preserve
367 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3

Harvest Circle Reserve

Nature preserve
19 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4

Ricker Field

Nature preserve
13 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects the land

2,261 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
U.S. Forest Service
1,812 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits
644 ac
Regional agency
38 ac
Not recorded
40 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 160 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 4 of 9 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.

Biking & sports

Bike routes, courts & fields

  • Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
  • Off-road bike paths0.0 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi

Courts & fields

  • Baseball3
  • Tennis2
  • Basketball1
  • Multi-sport1

Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.

Next door

Alfred and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Alfred12.7%18.2 mi4
Sanford9.6%66.7 mi31
Waterboro6.8%52.7 mi10
Lyman7.8%38.6 mi2
Shapleigh21.8%34.5 mi10
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Alfred's trails yet. Muddy, icy, a bridge out, where to park: a quick post helps the next person.

Sources: trails, parks, preserves, courts and bike lanes © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), map data as of 2026-09-28. Conserved land: USGS Gap Analysis Project, Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US). Measured against the Census town boundary.

How we measure"Trails" are OpenStreetMap paths, bridleways, public tracks and unpaved footways, plus footways inside a park or preserve or on a named trail route. Sidewalks are left out. Areas are counted on a 29.7-meter grid, so overlapping parcels count once. "Conserved" includes conservation easements, which protect land from development but are usually private property. Trailheads are the nearest marked trailhead, public parking lot or information board within about 150 meters of a preserve. Dog rules come from OpenStreetMap when someone has tagged them; otherwise we show what's typical for the land manager, or say the rules aren't recorded.

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