1
North Falmouth Community Forest
Nature preserve
426 acres6.9 mi of trail
Outback TrailWhite TrailSnowmobile Falmouth TrailEpiphany TrailPoplar Ridge Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Falmouth
Falmouth, ME parks, trails & bike paths
About 14% of Falmouth is conserved land, roughly 3,195 acres. There are about 104 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in North Falmouth Community Forest (6.9 mi), Blackstrap Hill Preserve (6.2 mi), and Hadlock Community Forest (4.8 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Falmouth, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Falmouth outdoors
Conserved land
14%
3,195 of 23,102 acres
Trails
104 mi
2.9 mi per sq mi · 56 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
49
250 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
3.1 mi
2.7 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
Blackstrap Hill Preserve
Nature preserve
334 acres6.2 mi of trail
Red TrailGreenline TrailWhite LoopFalmouth SnoVoyagersSnowmobile Falmouth Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Hadlock Community Forest
Nature preserve
308 acres4.8 mi of trail
Perimeter TrailFalmouth Sno-VoyagersHobbs Brook TrailHighland TrailCross Falmouth Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Blackstrap Hill Community Forest
Nature preserve
209 acres4.5 mi of trail
River TrailHappy Cats TrailRocky Ridge TrailHayfield TrailUpdraft Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
5
Woods Road Preserve
Nature preserve
227 acres4.2 mi of trail
Raggedy Run TrailTurkey TrailSerenity Ridge TrailMoose Maple TrailLadyslipper Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Falmouth Community Park
Park
165 acres4.1 mi of trail
Cross Falmouth TrailRed TrailYellow TrailGreen Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
Falmouth Nature Preserve
Nature preserve
88 acres3 mi of trail
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Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
8
Gilsland Farm Audubon Center
Nature preserve
67 acres2.4 mi of trail
North Meadow TrailWest Meadow Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo Gilsland Farm Road
All 49 parks & preserves
- Mackworth Island State Park86 ac · 2.1 mi trail · Directions
- River Point Conservation Area78 ac · 1.8 mi trail · Directions
- Ridgewood Preserve84 ac · 1.7 mi trail
- Pine Grove Preserve33 ac · 1.7 mi trail · Directions
- McCrann Preserve79 ac · 1.2 mi trail · Directions
- Underwood Springs Preserve50 ac · 1.1 mi trail · Directions
- Pleasant Hill Woods Preserve25 ac · 1.1 mi trail
- Suckfish Brook Conservation Area139 ac · 1 mi trail · Directions
- Hardy Road Conservation Area66 ac · 0.8 mi trail · Directions
- Stone Ridge Open Space47 ac · 0.8 mi trail
- Tidewater Farm Preserve41 ac · 0.8 mi trail · Directions
- Hurricane Valley Farm88 ac · 0.7 mi trail · Directions
- Morrill-Stillings Bird Preserve26 ac · 0.7 mi trail
- Falmouth Town Forest22 ac · 0.6 mi trail
- Underwood School Park12 ac · 0.6 mi trail · Directions
- Presumpscot River Preserve20 ac · 0.5 mi trail · Directions
- Woodman Preserve7 ac · 0.5 mi trail · Directions
- Clapboard Island15 ac · 0.4 mi trail
- Ledges Preserve13 ac · 0.4 mi trail · Directions
- Falmouth Conservation Corridor I24 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Carr Preserve15 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Walton Park4 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Falmouth Legion Complex13 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Highland Lake Boat Launch6 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Hadlock Community Forest 34 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Central Falmouth Conservation Corridor4 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Blackstrap Canoe Launch3 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- East Branch Conservation Area60 ac
- McLaughlin Preserve40 ac · Directions
- Longwoods Road Forest32 ac
- Stormy Brook21 ac
- Falmouth Crossing Open Space17 ac · Directions
- Brickyard Point16 ac
- High Meadows Conservation Area15 ac
- Village Park14 ac · Directions
- Berle Mill Pond10 ac
- Twin Ponds Open Space5 ac
- Huston School Park4 ac · Directions
- Oak Nuts Park2 ac · Directions
- Grave School Park2 ac
- Wayne and Halvor Merrill Forest1 ac
Who protects the land
3,195 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 764 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 81 of 162 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes2.7 mi
- Off-road bike paths0.4 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis33
- Baseball9
- Field hockey7
- Soccer6
- Basketball5
- Pickleball5
- Multi-sport4
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Falmouth and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Falmouth | 13.8% | 104.4 mi | 49 |
| Portland | 4.6% | 68.6 mi | 67 |
| Westbrook | 4.6% | 32.7 mi | 17 |
| Cumberland | 9.3% | 35.9 mi | 21 |
| Long Island | 0.7% | 4.8 mi | 8 |
| Windham | 4.3% | 32.8 mi | 15 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Falmouth'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 29.7-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.