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Dwight B. Demeritt Forest
Managed by Orono Land Trust
1,074 acres10.4 mi of trail
Black TrailRed TrailWhite TrailBlue TrailGreen Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Old
Old, ME parks, trails & bike paths
About 26% of Old is conserved land, roughly 6,999 acres. There are about 40 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Dwight B. Demeritt Forest (10.4 mi), Hirundo Wildlife Refuge (3.1 mi), and Caribou Bog WMA (0.9 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Old, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Old outdoors
Conserved land
26%
6,999 of 27,487 acres
Trails
40 mi
0.9 mi per sq mi · 28 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
12
937 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
5.4 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 5.4 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
Hirundo Wildlife Refuge
Managed by Hirundo Wildlife Refuge
1,614 acres3.1 mi of trail
Hemlock TrailBeech TrailTrappers TrailNeedle and Leaf TrailKids Trail
Dog rules not recorded
3
Caribou Bog Wildlife Management Area
Managed by Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
1,678 acres0.9 mi of trail
Kirkland Connector
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Smith Farm
Managed by University of Maine
134 acres0.7 mi of trail
Kirkland Connector
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
5
Brent Halsey Educational Forest
Managed by Orono Land Trust
9 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 12 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 12 parks & preserves
Dwight B. Demeritt Forest1,074 acres · 10.4 mi of trail · Orono Land Trust
Hirundo Wildlife Refuge1,614 acres · 3.1 mi of trail · Hirundo Wildlife Refuge
Caribou Bog Wildlife Management Area1,678 acres · 0.9 mi of trail · Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
Smith Farm134 acres · 0.7 mi of trail · University of Maine
Brent Halsey Educational Forest9 acres · 0.5 mi of trail · Orono Land Trust
Binnette Park2 acres · 0.2 mi of trail · City of Old Town
Spencer Park1 acres · 0.2 mi of trail · City of Old Town
Sewall Park26 acres · City of Old Town
Fourth Street Park3 acres
Perkins Avenue Park1 acres
Who protects the land
6,999 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 28 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 14 of 34 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 paths5.4 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball9
- Tennis6
- Basketball5
- Soccer4
- Field hockey1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Old and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Old'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 25.9-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.