1
Rolland F. Perry City Forest
Nature preserve
720 acres14.7 mi of trail
East / West LoopMoose TrailDeer TrailBear TrailWalden Parke Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Bangor
Bangor, ME parks, trails & bike paths
About 11% of Bangor is conserved land, roughly 2,406 acres. There are about 53 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Rolland F. Perry City Forest (14.7 mi), Walden-Parke Preserve (7.4 mi), and Central Penjajawoc Preserve (2.1 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Bangor, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Bangor outdoors
Conserved land
11%
2,406 of 21,994 acres
Trails
53 mi
1.5 mi per sq mi · 34 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
33
75 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
2.8 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 2.8 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
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.
2
Walden-Parke Preserve
Managed by Bangor Land Trust
499 acres7.4 mi of trail
Walden Parke TrailSnowmobile Bangor TrailMaple TrailVeazie Railroad
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Central Penjajawoc Preserve
Managed by Bangor Land Trust
267 acres2.1 mi of trail
White Pine LoopMilkweed TrailPenjajawoc Overlook Trail
No dogsMapped in OpenStreetMap
4
North Penjajawoc Forest
Managed by Bangor Land Trust
101 acres1.9 mi of trail
North Forest LoopRock Bridge TrailVeazie RailroadSnowmobile Bangor Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
5
Northeast Penjajawoc Preserve
Managed by Bangor Land Trust
83 acres1.5 mi of trail
Snowmobile Bangor Trail
Dog rules not recorded
6
Brown Woods
Managed by City of Bangor
25 acres0.7 mi of trail
Brown Woods Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
7
Essex Street Recreation Area
Park
87 acres0.6 mi of trail
Snowmobile Bangor Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
8
Hayford Park
Park
35 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 33 parks & preserves
- Kenduskeag Parkway9 ac · 0.4 mi trail · Directions
- Gateway Park5 ac · 0.4 mi trail · Directions
- Bass Park69 ac · 0.3 mi trail · Directions
- Cascade Park7 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Talbot Park4 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Coe Park2 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Fairmont Park3 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Broad Street Park1 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Saxl Park58 ac · Directions
- Prentiss Woods26 ac · Directions
- Union Street Recreation Area15 ac · Directions
- West Penjajawoc Grasslands12 ac
- Broadway Park11 ac · Directions
- Stillwater Park10 ac · Directions
- Kenduskeag Stream Park9 ac · Directions
- Chapin Park6 ac
- Waterfront Park5 ac · Directions
- Summit Park4 ac
- Garden Plots4 ac · Directions
- Williams Park3 ac · Directions
- Bangor Gardens Park3 ac
- Dakin Park3 ac · Directions
- Little City Park1 ac
- Davenport Park1 ac · Directions
- Pickering Square1 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
2,406 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. Public access isn't recorded for 25 of 64 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 paths2.8 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball16
- Tennis13
- Soccer7
- Pickleball5
- Football4
- Basketball4
- Beach volleyball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Bangor and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Bangor'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 22.4-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.