1
Monroe Island Preserve
Managed by Maine Coast Heritage Trust
222 acres2.2 mi of trail
Monroe Trails
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors · Owls Head
Owls Head, ME parks, trails & bike paths
About 6.7% of Owls Head is conserved land, roughly 834 acres. There are about 5.9 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Monroe Island Preserve (2.2 mi), Ash Point Preserve (1 mi), and Plaisted Preserve (0.6 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Owls Head, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Owls Head outdoors
Conserved land
6.7%
834 of 12,470 acres
Trails
5.9 mi
0.3 mi per sq mi · 4 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
9
563 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
Ash Point Preserve
Managed by Georges River Land Trust
34 acres1 mi of trail
Muscle Ridge TrailGranite Point TrailHermit Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Plaisted Preserve
Managed by Georges River Land Trust
17 acres0.6 mi of trail
Plaisted Preserve trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Owls Head State Park
Park
17 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
All 9 parks & preserves
Monroe Island Preserve222 acres · 2.2 mi of trail · Maine Coast Heritage Trust
Ash Point Preserve34 acres · 1 mi of trail · Georges River Land Trust
Plaisted Preserve17 acres · 0.6 mi of trail · Georges River Land Trust
Owls Head State Park17 acres · 0.4 mi of trail
Richard Carver Harbor Park4 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
R. Waldo Tyler (Weskeag Marsh) Wildlife Management Area107 acres · Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
Sheep Island Preserve62 acres · Maine Coast Heritage Trust
Birch Point State Park60 acres · Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands
Ash Island Preserve52 acres · Maine Coast Heritage Trust
Who protects the land
834 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 304 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 22 of 45 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
- Basketball3
- Tennis2
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Owls Head and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owls Head | 6.7% | 5.9 mi | 9 |
| South Thomaston | 10% | 3.5 mi | 4 |
| North Haven | 2.4% | 22.0 mi | 8 |
| Rockland | 12.1% | 10.9 mi | 17 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Owls Head'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 21.6-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.