1
Basin Pond Recreation Area
Nature preserve
192 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Monroe
Monroe, ME parks, trails & bike paths
About 2.8% of Monroe is conserved land, roughly 701 acres. There are about 6.7 miles of mapped trails.
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Monroe, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Monroe outdoors
Conserved land
2.8%
701 of 24,807 acres
Trails
6.7 mi
0.2 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
3
700 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
2.0 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 2.0 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
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
Northern Pond Preserve
Nature preserve
158 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Gesner Park
Park
15 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
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. 701 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 5 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 paths2.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Basketball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Monroe and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monroe | 2.8% | 6.7 mi | 3 |
| Frankfort | 12.3% | 6.7 mi | 6 |
| Swanville | 6.8% | 3.7 mi | 3 |
| Brooks | 3% | 3.2 mi | 2 |
| Winterport | 0% | 7.2 mi | 2 |
| Jackson | 1.7% | 10.9 mi | 2 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Monroe'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 25.4-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.