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Hanson Farm
Nature preserve
211 acres3.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Sanford
Sanford, ME parks, trails & bike paths
About 9.6% of Sanford is conserved land, roughly 2,983 acres. There are about 67 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Hanson Farm (3.3 mi), McKeon Environmental Reserve (2.6 mi), and Hall Environmental Reserve (1.3 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Sanford, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Sanford outdoors
Conserved land
9.6%
2,983 of 31,001 acres
Trails
67 mi
1.4 mi per sq mi · 17 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
31
134 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
McKeon Environmental Reserve
Nature preserve
111 acres2.6 mi of trail
Center TrailFen TrailMeadow TrailEast TrailOutcrop Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trailhead
3
Hall Environmental Reserve
Managed by Mousam Way Land Trust
114 acres1.3 mi of trail
Hazen's TrailVigue Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trailhead
4
Mousam Way Trails
Nature preserve
31 acres0.7 mi of trail
Mousam Way North Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo Mousam Way North Trail Parking
5
Lowd Environmental Reserve
Nature preserve
14 acres0.7 mi of trail
Main Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
6
Town Farm Easement
Nature preserve
110 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
Great Works Reserve
Nature preserve
27 acres0.4 mi of trail
George Sweet Ecology Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
8
Industrial Development Corporation Reserve
Nature preserve
25 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 31 parks & preserves
- Springvale Recreation Area7 ac · 0.3 mi trail · Directions
- Star Landing8 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Soldiers and Sailors Park5 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Webster Environmental Reserve6 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Central Park1 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Kennebunk Plains Wildlife Management Area196 ac
- Libby Cedar Reserve196 ac
- Murray Easement107 ac
- Central Maine Power Reserve73 ac
- Harvey Butler Rhododendron Sanctuary56 ac
- Lower Mousam Wetlands33 ac
- Picture Pond Reserve31 ac
- Browning Family Reserve26 ac
- Fawcett-Goodwin Reserve17 ac
- Airport Fields7 ac · Directions
- Holdsworth Park6 ac · Directions
- Fenderson Wildlife Commons5 ac
- Benton Park4 ac · Directions
- Witham Street Fields4 ac · Directions
- Carpentier Park3 ac · Directions
- Springvale Park2 ac · Directions
- Mousam Way Park1 ac · Directions
- Gateway Park1 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
2,983 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 426 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 21 of 64 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
- Baseball12
- Tennis12
- Basketball6
- Equestrian6
- Multi-sport3
- Football2
- Golf2
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Sanford and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanford | 9.6% | 66.7 mi | 31 |
| Alfred | 12.7% | 18.2 mi | 4 |
| North Berwick | 4.9% | 13.5 mi | 5 |
| Lebanon | 3.1% | 25.1 mi | 5 |
| Shapleigh | 21.8% | 34.5 mi | 10 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Sanford'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 35.9-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.