1
Salt Bay Farm
Managed by Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust
112 acres3 mi of trail
Bayside TrailHilltop ShortcutFox Run TrailBlackstone Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Damariscotta
Damariscotta, ME parks, trails & bike paths
About 6.2% of Damariscotta is conserved land, roughly 582 acres. There are about 7.0 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Salt Bay Farm (3 mi), Castner Brook Community Forest (1.2 mi), and Round Top Farm (0.9 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Damariscotta, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Damariscotta outdoors
Conserved land
6.2%
582 of 9,356 acres
Trails
7.0 mi
0.5 mi per sq mi · 7 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
12
266 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
Castner Brook Community Forest
Managed by Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust
89 acres1.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Round Top Farm
Managed by Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust
26 acres0.9 mi of trail
Rhoda and Lee Cohen River Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Doyle Preserve
Managed by Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust
25 acres0.6 mi of trail
Blue TrailWhite Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
5
Whaleback Shell Midden State Historic Site
Managed by Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands
10 acres0.4 mi of trail
Rhoda and Lee Cohen River Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 12 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 12 parks & preserves
Salt Bay Farm112 acres · 3 mi of trail · Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust
Castner Brook Community Forest89 acres · 1.2 mi of trail · Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust
Round Top Farm26 acres · 0.9 mi of trail · Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust
Doyle Preserve25 acres · 0.6 mi of trail · Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust
Whaleback Shell Midden State Historic Site10 acres · 0.4 mi of trail · Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands
Pete Noyes Preserve6 acres · 0.2 mi of trail · Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust
Paradise Pond Preserve58 acres · Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust
Chapman Field & Forest37 acres · Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust
Sherman Lake Wildlife Management Area15 acres · Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife
Huston Landing10 acres · Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust
Who protects the land
582 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 158 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 23 of 43 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
- Tennis3
- Baseball3
- Softball1
- Football1
- Soccer1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Damariscotta and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Damariscotta'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.