1
Machias River Preserve
Managed by Downeast Coastal Conservancy
359 acres2.4 mi of trail
Heritage TrailMunson Pitch Trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Machias
Machias, ME parks, trails & bike paths
About 6.3% of Machias is conserved land, roughly 597 acres. There are about 6.9 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Machias River Preserve (2.4 mi), Middle River Park (2.1 mi), and Meserve Head Preserve (0.5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Machias, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Machias outdoors
Conserved land
6.3%
597 of 9,408 acres
Trails
6.9 mi
0.5 mi per sq mi · 5 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
5
296 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
3.6 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 3.6 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
Middle River Park
Managed by Downeast Coastal Conservancy
109 acres2.1 mi of trail
Second Woods TrailBlue TrailRed TrailOrange TrailBerm Trail
Dog rules not recorded
3
Meserve Head Preserve
Managed by Maine Coast Heritage Trust
71 acres0.5 mi of trail
Meserve Head Trail
Dog rules not recorded
4
Machias Park
Park
3 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Who protects the land
597 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. Public access isn't recorded for 1 of 6 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 paths3.6 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball2
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Machias and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Machias | 6.3% | 6.9 mi | 5 |
| Machiasport | 6.5% | 8.4 mi | 8 |
| Marshfield | 0.2% | 23.6 mi | 1 |
| Whitneyville | 5.9% | 13.7 mi | 1 |
| Roque Bluffs | 4% | 5.1 mi | 4 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Machias'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 20-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.