Outdoors · Freeport

Freeport, ME parks, trails & bike paths

About 11% of Freeport is conserved land, roughly 3,140 acres. There are about 52 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Wolfe's Neck Woods State Park (4.5 mi), Hedgehog Mountain (3.1 mi), and Florida Lake Preserve (3.1 mi).

Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Freeport, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.

At a glance

Freeport outdoors

Conserved land
11%
3,140 of 29,549 acres
Trails
52 mi
1.1 mi per sq mi · 37 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
40
357 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
5.5 mi
2.7 mi lanes · 0.3 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

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Places to walk

Parks & preserves with trails

Ranked by mapped trail miles. Directions go to the nearest marked trailhead or public parking.
1

Wolfe's Neck Woods State Park

Nature preserve
434 acres4.5 mi of trail
Harraseeket TrailWhite Pines TrailNorth Loop TrailOld Woods Road TrailPower Line Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot Website
2

Hedgehog Mountain

Managed by Freeport Conservation Trust
199 acres3.1 mi of trail
Keith LoopSummit TrailSenior Project TrailHedgehog TrailWentworth Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trailhead
3

Florida Lake Preserve

Managed by Freeport Conservation Trust
192 acres3.1 mi of trail
Lake Loop TrailNorth Loop TrailGreen Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4

Wolfe’s Neck Center

Nature preserve
386 acres3 mi of trail
Farm Loop TrailLittle River Loop TrailDiscovery Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5

Mast Landing Audubon Sanctuary

Managed by Audubon
157 acres2.9 mi of trail
Ridge TrailMill Stream TrailDeer Run TrailBench Loop TrailOrchard Trail
Dogs usually not allowedTypical for Audubon sanctuaries. Check posted rules
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6

Pettengill Farm

Managed by Freeport Historical Society
108 acres1.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet Website
7

Sayles Field

Managed by Freeport Conservation Trust
75 acres1.9 mi of trail
Sayles Field
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
8

Jackman Woods

Managed by Freeport Conservation Trust
165 acres1.6 mi of trail
Forest Ridge TrailAntoinette Jackman TrailBrimstone Hill Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 40 parks & preserves
  • Bliss Woods80 ac · 1.6 mi trail · Directions
  • Arnold Family Forest90 ac · 1.3 mi trail
  • Winslow Memorial Park70 ac · 1.3 mi trail · Directions
  • Moose Crossing62 ac · 1.3 mi trail
  • Calderwood Preserve49 ac · 1.2 mi trail
  • Pownal Road Fields39 ac · 1.2 mi trail · Directions
  • Tidebrook Preserve45 ac · 1.1 mi trail
  • Kelsey Brook51 ac · 1 mi trail
  • Quarry Woods35 ac · 1 mi trail
  • Harvey Brook40 ac · 0.9 mi trail · Directions
  • River's Edge45 ac · 0.8 mi trail
  • Powell Point Preserve34 ac · 0.7 mi trail
  • Mitchell Ledge Farm97 ac · 0.6 mi trail
  • Gibby's Trail41 ac · 0.6 mi trail · Directions
  • Chase Reserve27 ac · 0.5 mi trail · Directions
  • Whippoorwill Woods27 ac · 0.5 mi trail
  • Field Estuary Preserve21 ac · 0.5 mi trail
  • Simpson Woods20 ac · 0.5 mi trail · Directions
  • Hidden Pond Preserve54 ac · 0.4 mi trail
  • Hunter Road Fields38 ac · 0.4 mi trail · Directions
  • Brewer Woods21 ac · 0.4 mi trail
  • Walsh Preserve16 ac · 0.4 mi trail
  • Frost Gully Woods11 ac · 0.4 mi trail
  • Leon Gorman Park7 ac · 0.4 mi trail · Directions
  • Griffin Farm Easement53 ac · 0.2 mi trail
  • Cousins River Marsh153 ac · Directions
  • Webster Crossing Open Space65 ac
  • Maggie May Meadows15 ac
  • Maquoit Bay Preserve1 ac · Directions
  • Rachel's Cove1 ac
  • West Street Memorial Park1 ac · Directions
  • Memorial Park1 ac · Directions
Who protects the land

3,140 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Land trusts & nonprofits
2,860 ac
State parks
1,013 ac
Regional agency
656 ac
State conservation
306 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)
144 ac
Joint
128 ac
Private owners
39 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1,247 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 55 of 132 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 paths0.3 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes2.5 mi

Courts & fields

  • Baseball8
  • Soccer7
  • Tennis5
  • Basketball3
  • Volleyball2
  • Pickleball1
  • Football1

Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.

Next door

Freeport and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Freeport10.6%52.2 mi40
Yarmouth6.5%31.0 mi24
Brunswick12.2%76.4 mi36
Harpswell3.4%23.9 mi36
Pownal11.6%31.4 mi8
Durham2.8%3.9 mi4
Chebeague Island1.6%4.6 mi16
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Freeport'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 30.1-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.

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