Multi-Use Trails

Read detailed description of trails:  Maine Multi-use Trails, Part One, Part Two, Part Three and Part Four

Find more trails at Mainetrailfinder.com and the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy’s TrailLink.com.

Heritage Trail (Fort Kent) – 15 miles

A scenic trail running from downtown Fort Kent through St. John Plantation and ending in St. Francis, this trail provides an excellent view of the St. John River.

Bangor & Aroostook Trail – 50 miles

This long trail meanders through diverse forests and wetlands and crosses numerous streams through Caribou, Washburn and Van Buren.

Southern Bangor and Aroostook Trail – 32 miles

A fantastic trail that weaves through numerous communities, crosses the Meduxnekeag River and runs adjacent to Prestile Stream.

Mapleton to Washburn Trail – 6 miles

This short trail runs through the farmland of Aroostook County,

Patten-Sherman Multi-Use Trail – 6 miles

This trail provides wonderful wildlife and wetland viewing opportunities as it passes through Crystal Bog.

Katahdin Iron Works Multi-Use Trail – 4.6 miles

This trail provides scenic views and fishing opportunities as it travels adjacent to the West Branch of the Pleasant River.

Medford-Lagrange Trail – 14 miles

Rural trail that travels through a diversity of natural areas, has access to Piscataquis River and has a hard-packed trail surface.

Four Seasons Adventure Trail ( Newport- Dover Foxcroft) – 29 miles

This trail travels south from Newport along Sebasticook Lake, Corundal Lake and Lake Wassookeag, providing exceptional views, water access and trail riding.

Bingham-Solon Trail – 9 miles

This trail has water frontage on the Kennebec River with scenic views and water access.

Down East Sunrise Trail (Washington Junction-Ayer Junction) – 85 miles

The multi-use trail has a gravel surface, well suited to mountain bikes and hybrids with front suspension.

Mountain Division Trail (South Windham to Otter Ponds in Standish) – 5.7-miles

The 10-foot-wide trail offers beautiful views of the Presumpscot River and access to Shaw Park in Gorham. Mountain bikers also may ride on an adjoining, more rugged section about five miles long from Route 202 in South Windham to Westbrook.   A five-mile section in Fryeburg is scheduled for construction in 2010.  Eventual plans call for the trail to go from the New Hampshire border to Portland.