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Dodge Point Preserve
Nature preserve
505 acres6.1 mi of trail
Ravine TrailShore TrailTimber TrailRiver Link
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo Dodge Point Preserve Parking Lot
Outdoors · Newcastle
Newcastle, ME parks, trails & bike paths
About 16% of Newcastle is conserved land, roughly 3,231 acres. There are about 19 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Dodge Point Preserve (6.1 mi), Griggs Preserve (1.5 mi), and Baker Forest (0.7 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Newcastle, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Newcastle outdoors
Conserved land
16%
3,231 of 20,706 acres
Trails
19 mi
0.6 mi per sq mi · 11 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
20
1,689 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
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
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
Griggs Preserve
Managed by Midcoast Conservancy
56 acres1.5 mi of trail
White Shad RunBlue Heron LegRed Salmon Loop
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Baker Forest
Managed by Damariscotta River Association
149 acres0.7 mi of trail
Blue LoopOrange LoopUnmaintained Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Sherman Lake Wildlife Management Area
Managed by Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
105 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
5
Mills Overlook Preserve
Managed by Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust
16 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 20 parks & preserves
- Davidson Preserve93 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Rocky Ridge Preserve4 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Tipping Rock Preserve112 ac
- Reverend Joseph Barth Memorial Demonstration and Experimental Forest90 ac
- Glidden Point Preserve85 ac
- Bass Falls Preserve80 ac
- Marsh River Preserve70 ac
- Schaller Preserve64 ac
- Marsh River Bog58 ac
- Aranyani Santuary41 ac
- Coggeshall Preserve31 ac
- F. Cunningham Preserve26 ac
- O'Brien Preserve23 ac
- Sherman Lake Picnic Area17 ac
- Bird Playground10 ac
Who protects the land
3,231 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1,423 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 44 of 102 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
- Tennis5
- Baseball1
- Softball1
- Basketball1
- Soccer1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Newcastle and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newcastle | 15.6% | 19.1 mi | 20 |
| Alna | 13.8% | 6.2 mi | 4 |
| Damariscotta | 6.2% | 7.0 mi | 12 |
| Nobleboro | 3.8% | 0.4 mi | 2 |
| Wiscasset | 7.8% | 12.0 mi | 8 |
| South Bristol | 5.5% | 12.6 mi | 12 |
| Edgecomb | 13.1% | 16.8 mi | 17 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Newcastle'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 24.4-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.