1
Pratt's Brook Park
Nature preserve
229 acres5.5 mi of trail
Bear TrailMoose TrailDeer TrailCoyote TrailChipmunk Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Yarmouth
Yarmouth, ME parks, trails & bike paths
About 6.5% of Yarmouth is conserved land, roughly 945 acres. There are about 31 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Pratt's Brook Park (5.5 mi), Frank Knight Forest (2.3 mi), and Cousins River Fields & Marsh (1.5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Yarmouth, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Yarmouth outdoors
Conserved land
6.5%
945 of 14,591 acres
Trails
31 mi
1.4 mi per sq mi · 16 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
24
104 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
3.4 mi
2.1 mi lanes · 1.3 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
Frank Knight Forest
Nature preserve
92 acres2.3 mi of trail
Broakside TrailHerbie Connector
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Cousins River Fields & Marsh
Managed by Maine Coast Heritage Trust
81 acres1.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Fels-Groves Farm Preserve
Nature preserve
54 acres1.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Spear Farm Estuary Preserve
Managed by Royal River Conservation Trust
46 acres1.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo Spear Farm Estuary Preserve Parking Lot
6
Riverfront Woods Preserve
Managed by Royal River Conservation Trust
54 acres1.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
7
Littlejohn Island Preserve
Managed by Royal River Conservation Trust
24 acres1 mi of trail
Dogs allowedMapped in OpenStreetMap
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
8
Yarmouth Open Space
Nature preserve
11 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 24 parks & preserves
- Sligo Road Property32 ac · 0.3 mi trail
- Sweetsir Farm Preserve31 ac · 0.3 mi trail
- McKearney Village Open Space29 ac · 0.3 mi trail · Directions
- Tinker Preserve15 ac · 0.3 mi trail
- Camp Soci6 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Boston Post Meadow6 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Royal River Park27 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- North Road Back Woods14 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- North Road Recreation Area8 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Lanes Island38 ac
- Maggie May Meadows10 ac
- Grist Mill Lane Field4 ac · Directions
- Plimouth Way Open Space4 ac
- Gooch's Island1 ac · Directions
- Factory Island1 ac · Directions
- Grist Mill Park1 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
945 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 109 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 25 of 59 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes2.1 mi
- Off-road bike paths1.3 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis14
- Soccer5
- Pickleball4
- Baseball3
- Softball2
- Basketball2
- Field hockey2
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Yarmouth and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yarmouth | 6.5% | 31.0 mi | 24 |
| Freeport | 10.6% | 52.2 mi | 40 |
| Cumberland | 9.3% | 35.9 mi | 21 |
| North Yarmouth | 12.6% | 25.3 mi | 30 |
| Chebeague Island | 1.6% | 4.6 mi | 16 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Yarmouth'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 23.1-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.