1
Witherle Woods
Managed by Maine Coast Heritage Trust
178 acres4.1 mi of trail
Indian Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Castine
Castine, ME parks, trails & bike paths
About 7.2% of Castine is conserved land, roughly 915 acres. There are about 14 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Witherle Woods (4.1 mi), Holbrook Island Sanctuary State Park (2.1 mi), and Rene Henderson Natural Area (1.5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Castine, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Castine outdoors
Conserved land
7.2%
915 of 12,725 acres
Trails
14 mi
0.7 mi per sq mi · 11 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
13
672 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
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
Holbrook Island Sanctuary State Park
Managed by Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands
109 acres2.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Rene Henderson Natural Area
Managed by Maine Coast Heritage Trust
109 acres1.5 mi of trail
Rene Henderson Natural Area Loop
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Hatch Cove Preserve
Managed by Blue Hill Heritage Trust
36 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Greenbie Natural Area
Managed by Blue Hill Heritage Trust
74 acres0.7 mi of trail
Greenbie Natural Area Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
6
Starr and Virginia Lampson Preserve
Managed by Maine Coast Heritage Trust
22 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
Fort George State Park
Park
7 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 13 parks & preserves
- Ram Island9 ac
- Battle Avenue Fields4 ac · Directions
- Fort Madison3 ac
- Lower Negro Island3 ac
- Fort Griffith1 ac
- Castine Town Common1 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
915 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 283 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 16 of 45 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
- Tennis4
- Football2
- Soccer2
- Baseball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Castine and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Castine | 7.2% | 13.7 mi | 13 |
| Brooksville | 10.3% | 15.0 mi | 10 |
| Penobscot | 6.4% | 7.4 mi | 6 |
| Islesboro | 0.8% | 8.8 mi | 14 |
| Stockton Springs | 5.6% | 7.6 mi | 8 |
| Searsport | 5.7% | 13.6 mi | 7 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Castine'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.