1
Meadowbrook Forest
Managed by Blue Hill Heritage Trust
1,680 acres7.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors · Ellsworth
Ellsworth, ME parks, trails & bike paths
About 8.8% of Ellsworth is conserved land, roughly 5,266 acres. There are about 31 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Meadowbrook Forest (7.4 mi), Branch Lake Public Forest (2.2 mi), and Green Lake National Fish Hatchery (1.5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Ellsworth, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Ellsworth outdoors
Conserved land
8.8%
5,266 of 59,736 acres
Trails
31 mi
0.3 mi per sq mi · 14 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
13
608 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
2.9 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 2.9 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
Branch Lake Public Forest
Managed by Frenchman Bay Conservancy
241 acres2.2 mi of trail
Lake LoopPine TrailMarsh Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Green Lake National Fish Hatchery
Park
120 acres1.5 mi of trail
HastingTrail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Jordan Homestead Preserve
Managed by Frenchman Bay Conservancy
33 acres0.8 mi of trail
Jordan Homestead Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
5
Knowlton Park
Park
6 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Indian Point Preserve
Managed by Frenchman Bay Conservancy
12 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 13 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 13 parks & preserves
Meadowbrook Forest1,680 acres · 7.4 mi of trail · Blue Hill Heritage Trust
Branch Lake Public Forest241 acres · 2.2 mi of trail · Frenchman Bay Conservancy
Green Lake National Fish Hatchery120 acres · 1.5 mi of trail
Jordan Homestead Preserve33 acres · 0.8 mi of trail · Frenchman Bay Conservancy
Knowlton Park6 acres · 0.5 mi of trail
Indian Point Preserve12 acres · 0.4 mi of trail · Frenchman Bay Conservancy
Ellsworth Harbor Park and Marina6 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Branch Lake State Park1,318 acres
Woodlawn183 acres · Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations
Birdsacre Sanctuary176 acres
Who protects the land
5,266 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1,026 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 16 of 39 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 paths2.9 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis7
- Baseball5
- Pickleball2
- Soccer2
- Basketball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Ellsworth and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Ellsworth'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 41.7-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.