1
Lilly Pond Community Forest
Managed by Kennebec Estuary Land Trust
245 acres7.8 mi of trail
Marsh View TrailG3Swift LoopGrandpa's TrailLedgeview Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Bath
Bath, ME parks, trails & bike paths
About 11% of Bath is conserved land, roughly 955 acres. There are about 33 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Lilly Pond Community Forest (7.8 mi), Thorne Head Preserve (3.5 mi), and Butler Head Preserve (3.3 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Bath, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Bath outdoors
Conserved land
11%
955 of 8,405 acres
Trails
33 mi
2.5 mi per sq mi · 18 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
18
108 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
1.4 mi
0.6 mi lanes · 0.4 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
Thorne Head Preserve
Managed by Kennebec Estuary Land Trust
93 acres3.5 mi of trail
Whiskeag TrailRidgerunner TrailOverlook TrailMushroom Cap TrailNarrows Trails
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Butler Head Preserve
Managed by City of Bath
135 acres3.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Sewall Woods Preserve
Managed by Kennebec Estuary Land Trust
96 acres1.2 mi of trail
Whiskeag Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Maine Maritime Museum Park
Park
16 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
6
South End Park
Park
10 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 18 parks & preserves
- Whiskeag Creek Preserve35 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- KELT Easement22 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Library Park4 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Losier-Rogers Family Preserve28 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Lambert Park8 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Bridge Park1 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Linwood E. Temple Waterfront Park1 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Kennebec River Estuary Wildlife Management Area91 ac
- Whiskeag Field10 ac · Directions
- Whiskeag Creek Wetlands7 ac
- South End Boat Launch4 ac
- Goddards Pond2 ac
Who protects the land
955 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 27 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 16 of 40 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.6 mi
- Off-road bike paths0.4 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.4 mi
Courts & fields
- Tracks9
- Tennis4
- Baseball4
- Football3
- Lacrosse3
- Soccer3
- Softball3
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Bath and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Bath'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 20-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.