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Thorncrag Nature Sanctuary
Managed by Stanton Bird Club
437 acres2.3 mi of trail
No dogsMapped in OpenStreetMap
Outdoors · Lewiston
Lewiston, ME parks, trails & bike paths
About 3.1% of Lewiston is conserved land, roughly 701 acres. There are about 20 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Thorncrag Nature Sanctuary (2.3 mi), McMahon Field and Trails (1.8 mi), and David Rancourt River Preserve (0.8 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Lewiston, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Lewiston outdoors
Conserved land
3.1%
701 of 22,597 acres
Trails
20 mi
0.6 mi per sq mi · 5 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
23
18 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
6.7 mi
5.4 mi lanes · 1.3 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
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
McMahon Field and Trails
Park
59 acres1.8 mi of trail
MACMHON YELLOW TRAIL- UNPAVED PATHMACMHON GREEN TRAIL- UNPAVED PATHMACMHON CLASSROOM TRAIL- UNPAVED PATH
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
David Rancourt River Preserve
Nature preserve
14 acres0.8 mi of trail
RANCOURT PRESERVE UNPAVED
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Garcelon Bog Conservation Area
Managed by Androscoggin Land Trust
110 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
5
Simard-Payne Memorial Park
Park
8 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 23 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 23 parks & preserves
Thorncrag Nature Sanctuary437 acres · 2.3 mi of trail · Stanton Bird Club
McMahon Field and Trails59 acres · 1.8 mi of trail
David Rancourt River Preserve14 acres · 0.8 mi of trail
Garcelon Bog Conservation Area110 acres · 0.4 mi of trail · Androscoggin Land Trust
Simard-Payne Memorial Park8 acres · 0.4 mi of trail
Sunnyside Park8 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Kennedy Park8 acres · 0.1 mi of trail · City of Lewiston
Applesass Hill3 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Packard-Littlefield Farm Conservation45 acres · Androscoggin Land Trust
Randall Road Softball Complex39 acres
Who protects the land
701 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 226 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 5 of 34 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes5.4 mi
- Off-road bike paths1.3 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
- East Coast Greenway (ME Complementary route) (bike route)0.5 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis17
- Tracks13
- Basketball10
- Baseball10
- Softball4
- Football3
- Pickleball2
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Lewiston and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Lewiston'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 25-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.