1
Head of Tide Preserve
Managed by Coastal Mountains Land Trust
91 acres1.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors · Belfast
Belfast, ME parks, trails & bike paths
About 3.7% of Belfast is conserved land, roughly 913 acres. There are about 17 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Head of Tide Preserve (1.7 mi) and Stover Preserve (0.7 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Belfast, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Belfast outdoors
Conserved land
3.7%
913 of 24,389 acres
Trails
17 mi
0.5 mi per sq mi · 7 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
14
131 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
4.0 mi
3.4 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
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
Stover Preserve
Managed by Coastal Mountains Land Trust
45 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Stephenson Preserve
Managed by Coastal Mountains Land Trust
8 acres0.3 mi of trail
Passagassawakeag Greenway
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Littlefield Preserve
Managed by Coastal Mountains Land Trust
31 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 14 parks & preserves
- Belfast City Park19 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Walsh Field21 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Belfast Common4 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Sportsman's Park21 ac
- Pendleton Park20 ac
- Steamboat Landing Park3 ac · Directions
- Kirby Lake3 ac
- Hurd's Pond Wildlife Management Area1 ac
- Heritage Park1 ac · Directions
- Wales Park1 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
913 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 16 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 15 of 32 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes3.4 mi
- Off-road bike paths0.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.6 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball5
- Tracks5
- Pickleball4
- Tennis3
- Soccer3
- Basketball2
- Field hockey2
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Belfast and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Belfast'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 26.7-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.