Outdoors · Alton

Alton, ME parks, trails & bike paths

About 3% of Alton is conserved land, roughly 801 acres. There are about 9.8 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Hirundo Wildlife Refuge (3.6 mi).

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

At a glance

Alton outdoors

Conserved land
3%
801 of 27,050 acres
Trails
9.8 mi
0.2 mi per sq mi · 4 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
1
named on the map
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

Hirundo Wildlife Refuge

Managed by Hirundo Wildlife Refuge
553 acres3.6 mi of trail
Pushaw Stream TrailLady Slipper TrailField to Forest TrailThornplum TrailWabanaki Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trailhead Website
Who protects the land

801 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Land trusts & nonprofits
713 ac
Not recorded
88 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. Public access isn't recorded for 2 of 3 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
Next door

Alton and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Alton3%9.8 mi1
Old Town25.5%39.5 mi12
Hudson1.5%10.6 mi1
Bradford9.2%4.3 mi2
Lagrange4.8%11.5 mi1
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Alton'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 26.5-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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