Scarborough, ME parks, trails & bike paths
About 13% of Scarborough is conserved land, roughly 6,003 acres. There are about 48 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Fuller Farm Preserve (3.7 mi), Pleasant Hill Preserve (2.3 mi), and Broadturn Farm (2.2 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Scarborough, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
Scarborough outdoors
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.
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
Parks & preserves with trails
Pleasant Hill Preserve
Broadturn Farm
Scarborough Marsh Wildlife Management Area
Elaine Stimson Warren Woods
Albert G. Sewell Woods
Libby River Farm Preserve
Scarborough River Wildlife Sanctuary
All 24 parks & preserves
- Willey Recreation Area22 ac · 0.5 mi trail · Directions
- Blue Point Preserve13 ac · 0.5 mi trail
- Hemlock Grove Preserve17 ac · 0.4 mi trail
- Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge455 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Scarborough Beach State Park75 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Frontrunner Park3 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Hunnewell Hill60 ac
- Woodspell Road Open Space33 ac
- Pin Tail Point27 ac
- Memorial Park19 ac · Directions
- Mill Brook Reforestation Area18 ac · Directions
- Blue Heron Preserve10 ac · Directions
- Cumberland Way7 ac · Directions
- Libby Parcel2 ac
- Wedgewood Parcel1 ac
- Snowberry Ocean View Park1 ac · Directions
6,003 conserved acres
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 527 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 79 of 228 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
- Off-road bike paths5.9 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis27
- Baseball14
- Multi-sport9
- Basketball6
- Equestrian5
- Soccer3
- Pickleball3
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Scarborough and its neighbors
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scarborough | 13.4% | 48.0 mi | 24 |
| Cape Elizabeth | 6% | 57.3 mi | 25 |
| Gorham | 2.6% | 87.5 mi | 22 |
| Saco | 9.6% | 27.1 mi | 24 |
| Old Orchard Beach | 4.7% | 15.8 mi | 7 |
| Westbrook | 4.6% | 32.7 mi | 17 |
| South Portland | 2.5% | 15.9 mi | 22 |
Conditions & tips from neighbors
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 45.5-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.