Outdoors · Islesboro

Islesboro, ME parks, trails & bike paths

There are about 8.8 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Warren Island State Park (1.4 mi), Herbert Preserve (1.2 mi), and Turtle Head Preserve (0.9 mi).

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

At a glance

Islesboro outdoors

Conserved land
0.8%
386 of 51,216 acres
Trails
8.8 mi
0.1 mi per sq mi · 2 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
14
named on the map
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

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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.
1

Warren Island State Park

Managed by Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands
72 acres1.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
2

Herbert Preserve

Managed by Islesboro Islands Trust
40 acres1.2 mi of trail
Western TrailEastern Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3

Turtle Head Preserve

Managed by Islesboro Islands Trust
25 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo Turtle Head Preserve Parking
4

Hutchins Marsh Preserve

Managed by Islesboro Islands Trust
26 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
5

Hutchins Island Preserve

Managed by Islesboro Islands Trust
17 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dev Hamlin Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 14 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 14 parks & preserves
Warren Island State Park72 acres · 1.4 mi of trail · Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands
Herbert Preserve40 acres · 1.2 mi of trail · Islesboro Islands Trust
Turtle Head Preserve25 acres · 0.9 mi of trail · Islesboro Islands Trust
Hutchins Marsh Preserve26 acres · 0.7 mi of trail · Islesboro Islands Trust
Hutchins Island Preserve17 acres · 0.5 mi of trail · Islesboro Islands Trust
Broad Point Preserve52 acres · Islesboro Islands Trust
Blueberry Hill Preserve40 acres · Islesboro Islands Trust
Mark Island Preserve36 acres · The Nature Conservancy
Spruce Island Preserve28 acres · Islesboro Islands Trust
Alan E. Hutchinson Wildlife Management Area22 acres · Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife
Who protects the land

386 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Land trusts & nonprofits
503 ac
State parks
99 ac
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
90 ac
State fish & wildlife
50 ac
Regional agency
9 ac
Not recorded
1 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 155 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 11 of 30 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

  • Basketball1

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

Nearby

Islesboro and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Islesboro0.8%8.8 mi14
Northport8.2%7.2 mi10
Deer Isle2%21.4 mi24
Brooksville10.3%15.0 mi10
Castine7.2%13.7 mi13
Searsport5.7%13.6 mi7
Lincolnville23.3%32.2 mi10
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Islesboro'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 39.6-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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