1
Forbes Pond Preserve
Managed by Maine Coast Heritage Trust
989 acres3 mi of trail
Forbes Pond TrailForbes Pond Preserve
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors · Gouldsboro
Gouldsboro, ME parks, trails & bike paths
About 9.9% of Gouldsboro is conserved land, roughly 6,209 acres. There are about 20 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Forbes Pond Preserve (3 mi), Day Ridges Preserve (3 mi), and Acadia National Park (1.7 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Gouldsboro, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Gouldsboro outdoors
Conserved land
9.9%
6,209 of 62,955 acres
Trails
20 mi
0.2 mi per sq mi · 12 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
11
3,845 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
0.5 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.5 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
Day Ridges Preserve
Managed by Frenchman Bay Conservancy
300 acres3 mi of trail
White TrailBlue Trail
Dog rules not recorded
3
Acadia National Park
Managed by National Park Service
323 acres1.7 mi of trail
Bar Island TrailGlacial Rock Trail
Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Taft Point Preserve
Managed by Frenchman Bay Conservancy
74 acres1.4 mi of trail
Flander's Bay TrailTaft Point Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
5
Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge
Managed by United States Fish and Wildlife Service
815 acres1 mi of trail
Salt Marsh Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trailhead
6
Corea Heath Preserve
Managed by USFW
599 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
Schoodic Forest
Managed by Maine Coast Heritage Trust
147 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 11 parks & preserves
- Frances B. Wood Preserve422 ac · Directions
- Stave Island Preserve123 ac
- Jones Pond Recreation Area15 ac · Directions
- Gouldsboro Town Park1 ac
Who protects the land
6,209 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1,546 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 34 of 68 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 paths0.5 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball4
- Tennis2
- Basketball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Gouldsboro and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gouldsboro | 9.9% | 19.6 mi | 11 |
| Steuben | 6.4% | 12.2 mi | 3 |
| Winter Harbor | 15.4% | 16.4 mi | 6 |
| Bar Harbor | 37.6% | 83.9 mi | 14 |
| Sorrento | 3.6% | 0.5 mi | 1 |
| Sullivan | 15% | 16.3 mi | 8 |
| Hancock | 13.9% | 21.2 mi | 12 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Gouldsboro'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 50.8-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.