Curtis Farm Preserve offers visitors off-road parking for vital shoreline access, quiet trails, a mix of forest types, and wide open space to fly a kite or watch migrating raptors. Two parking areas provide flat firm parking. A picnic area on Basin Cove on the south side of the road offers a highly accessible place for rest and relaxation. The smooth firm path to get there is 36” wide and 95-feet long, with no slopes or cross slopes. The picnic table is designed so that someone sitting in a wheelchair or on a rollator can pull right in. See Trail Access Information & Considerations below for more details on these access(ible) experiences. One can access the beach via a small set of stairs.
The trails on the north side of the road connect Curtis Cove and Harpswell Neck Road are approximately one foot wide with many large roots and rocks. Bog bridging crosses wet areas. These trails take visitors through field, forest and to coastal bays, with scenic views along the way. The Preserve includes nearly 2,000 feet of shoreline on both Curtis Cove and Basin Cove, gravel beaches, a freshwater pond, forested freshwater wetlands, and 15 acres of intertidal mud flats for shellfish and wildlife nursery areas. Running up the ridge from the shore of Curtis Cove, the habitat runs from fresh water wetlands to brushy shrub areas, a mix of softwood and hardwood forest, and a six-acre open field. On a clear day, the views across Middle Bay as far west as Mount Washington are impressive.
(Applies to path to picnic area on Basin Cove, south of road)
Trail conditions can change without warning. Trail last assessed: 9/15/2026.
VISITOR GUIDELINES
For additional information, visit the Harpswell Heritage Trust website, or contact:
Harpswell Heritage Land Trust1554 HARPSWELL NECK ROAD (UPLAND ACCESS)
From the intersection of ME-123 and Bath Road by Bowdoin College in Brunswick, follow ME-123 (Harpwell Neck Road) south for 11.4 miles. The parking lot is in a field on the right.
104 BASIN POINT ROAD (SHORE ACCESS)
Follow ME-123 south another 0.2 miles past the Harpwell Neck Road parking lot above, then turn right on Ash Point Road. Take the first right onto Basin Point Road and drive 0.5 miles to the parking lot on the right.
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