Outdoors · Somerville

Somerville, ME parks, trails & bike paths

About 5.3% of Somerville is conserved land, roughly 773 acres. There are about 5.0 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in West Branch Preserve (2.9 mi).

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

At a glance

Somerville outdoors

Conserved land
5.3%
773 of 14,505 acres
Trails
5.0 mi
0.2 mi per sq mi · 3 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
4
named on the map
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

West Branch Preserve

Managed by Midcoast Conservancy
289 acres2.9 mi of trail
Katie's Way EastLean-to LoopKatie's Way WestTracy's Mill Loop
Dogs allowedMapped in OpenStreetMap
DirectionsTo West Bank Preserve
2

EarthSong Sanctuary

Managed by Midcoast Conservancy
503 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3

Cecil & Virginia Bramm Memorial Forest

Managed by Maine Woodland Owners
238 acres0.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4

Palermo Preserve

Managed by Midcoast Conservancy
22 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects the land

773 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Land trusts & nonprofits
974 ac
Not recorded
289 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 203 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 6 of 11 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
Nearby

Somerville and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Somerville5.3%5.0 mi4
Windsor8.8%3.5 mi6
Jefferson4.5%28.8 mi10
Washington2.1%1.0 mi2
Palermo1.1%5.1 mi5
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Somerville'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-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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