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Bald Ledge Summit
Nature preserve
195 acres0.8 mi of trail
Bald Ledge Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors · Porter
Porter, ME parks, trails & bike paths
About 1.4% of Porter is conserved land, roughly 286 acres. There are about 33 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Bald Ledge Summit (0.8 mi) and Devil's Den (0.7 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Porter, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Porter outdoors
Conserved land
1.4%
286 of 20,899 acres
Trails
33 mi
1 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
11
164 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
Devil's Den
Nature preserve
45 acres0.7 mi of trail
Devils Den Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Bald Ledge Preserve
Nature preserve
24 acres0.3 mi of trail
Bald Ledge Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Giovanella Family Forest
Nature preserve
163 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 11 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 11 parks & preserves
Bald Ledge Summit195 acres · 0.8 mi of trail
Devil's Den45 acres · 0.7 mi of trail
Bald Ledge Preserve24 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Great Porter Heath128 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Giovanella Family Forest163 acres
Heron's Haven & Blueberry Hill85 acres
Fox Brook65 acres
Bickford Pond60 acres
Norm Nelson Forest50 acres
Conservation Land26 acres
Who protects the land
286 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 249 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 5 of 9 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
- Soccer1
- Baseball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Porter and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Porter | 1.4% | 32.9 mi | 11 |
| Parsonsfield | 23.4% | 49.5 mi | 1 |
| Hiram | 6.7% | 41.3 mi | 9 |
| Freedom | 20% | 50.7 mi | 7 |
| Brownfield | 12.7% | 26.5 mi | 5 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Porter'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 20.3-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.