Outdoors · Sidney

Sidney, ME parks, trails & bike paths

About 1.5% of Sidney is conserved land, roughly 439 acres. There are about 30 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Reynolds Forest (0.5 mi).

Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Sidney, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.

At a glance

Sidney outdoors

Conserved land
1.5%
439 of 28,928 acres
Trails
30 mi
0.7 mi per sq mi · 1 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
4
92 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

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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.
1

Reynolds Forest

Managed by Kennebec Land Trust
35 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
2

Ward Pond Woods

Managed by Maine Woodland Owners
54 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3

Sidney Recreation Fields

Park
39 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4

Messalonskee Lake Boat Access

Park
2 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects the land

439 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Regional agency
331 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits
98 ac
State fish & wildlife
6 ac
State parks
2 ac
Not recorded
331 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. Public access isn't recorded for 2 of 6 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

  • Tennis4
  • Volleyball1
  • Basketball1

Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.

Next door

Sidney and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Sidney1.5%29.9 mi4
Vassalboro3.5%37.1 mi7
Belgrade2.8%52.4 mi10
Augusta14.2%54.8 mi26
Oakland1.6%22.5 mi4
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Sidney'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 27.3-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.

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