Trail Suggestions

Faces of Maine Trail Finder: Gary Janson

Maine Trail Finder isn’t just a great tool to help you plan your next Maine adventure. With a free user account, you can log which trails you’ve completed, upload photos, and track your mileage, creating a digital history of your trips. In this…

February 24, 2023

Trail Suggestions, Faces of MTF, Using MTF

Faces of Maine Trail Finder: Ilse Dunbar

Maine Trail Finder isn’t just a great tool to help you plan your next Maine adventure. With a free user account, you can log which trails you’ve completed, upload photos, and track your mileage, creating a digital history of your trips. In this…

February 17, 2023

Trail Suggestions, Faces of MTF, Using MTF

Faces of Maine Trail Finder: Charlie Franklin

Maine Trail Finder isn’t just a great tool to help you plan your next Maine adventure. With a free user account, you can log which trails you’ve completed, upload photos, and track your mileage, creating a digital history of your trips. In this…

February 10, 2023

Trail Suggestions, Faces of MTF, Using MTF

Enock's Adventures: Giant's Stairs

This is a guest post written by Enock Glidden, MTF Accessibility Ambassador, Public Speaker, Adaptive Athlete, and Adventurer. To learn more about Enock, please visit his website. This year I am hoping to get some group or one on one hikes together…

December 8, 2022

Trail Suggestions, Enock's Adventures, Recreate Responsibly, Maine's Midcoast & Islands

Enock's Adventures: Jay Area

This is a guest post written by Enock Glidden, MTF Accessibility Ambassador, Public Speaker, Adaptive Athlete, and Adventurer. To learn more about Enock, please visit his website. Hey fellow hikers! I have been wanting to check out some places in…

December 2, 2022

Trail Suggestions, Enock's Adventures, Accessibility, Maine's Lakes & Mountains

Enock's Adventures: Hawkes & Frazier Preserves

This is a guest post written by Enock Glidden, MTF Accessibility Ambassador, Public Speaker, Adaptive Athlete, and Adventurer. To learn more about Enock, please visit his website. This year I am hoping to get some group or one on one hikes together…

November 18, 2022

Trail Suggestions, Enock's Adventures, Accessibility, Greater Portland & Casco Bay

Enock's Adventures: Harpswell Revisited

This is a guest post written by Enock Glidden, MTF Accessibility Ambassador, Public Speaker, Adaptive Athlete, and Adventurer. To learn more about Enock, please visit his website. Hey fellow hikers, if you have been reading along with my posts, you…

November 4, 2022

Trail Suggestions, Enock's Adventures, Accessibility, Maine's Midcoast & Islands

Enock's Adventures: Penobscot River Trails

This is a guest post written by Enock Glidden, MTF Accessibility Ambassador, Public Speaker, Adaptive Athlete, and Adventurer. To learn more about Enock, please visit his website. Hey fellow hikers! My final stop on my first northern Maine tour was…

October 28, 2022

Trail Suggestions, Enock's Adventures, Accessibility, Maine Highlands

Enock's Adventures: Presque Isle Bike Path

This is a guest post written by Enock Glidden, MTF Accessibility Ambassador, Public Speaker, Adaptive Athlete, and Adventurer. To learn more about Enock, please visit his website. Hey fellow hikers! My next stop on the Northern Maine Tour was the…

September 27, 2022

Trail Suggestions, Enock's Adventures, Accessibility, Aroostook County

Enock's Adventures: Meduxnekeag River Trail

This is a guest post written by Enock Glidden, MTF Accessibility Ambassador, Public Speaker, Adaptive Athlete, and Adventurer. To learn more about Enock, please visit his website. Hey fellow hikers! I made it back from the first half of the Maine…

September 20, 2022

Trail Suggestions, Enock's Adventures, Accessibility, Aroostook County

Adventuring with Aggie: Cliff Trail

This is a guest post written by Molly Perry, Aggie's mom. Aggie is 4 years old and the youngest of 3 very active siblings. She is a full time wheelchair user who loves to go on adventures. Molly is a former professional figure skater turned stay at…

September 14, 2022

Trail Suggestions, Accessibility, Maine's Midcoast & Islands

Enock's Adventures: Debe Park River Walk and Philbrick Trail

This is a guest post written by Enock Glidden, MTF Accessibility Ambassador, Public Speaker, Adaptive Athlete, and Adventurer. To learn more about Enock, please visit his website. This year I am hoping to get some group or one on one hikes together…

September 12, 2022

Trail Suggestions, Enock's Adventures, Accessibility, The Kennebec Valley

Enock's Adventures: Mayberry Hill Preserve

This is a guest post written by Enock Glidden, MTF Accessibility Ambassador, Public Speaker, Adaptive Athlete, and Adventurer. To learn more about Enock, please visit his website. Hey fellow hikers! I got to hang out with my friends at Loon Echo…

September 6, 2022

Trail Suggestions, Enock's Adventures, Accessibility, Maine's Lakes & Mountains

Enock's Adventures: A Guided Hike at Wolfe's Neck Woods State Park

This is a guest post written by Enock Glidden, MTF Accessibility Ambassador, Public Speaker, Adaptive Athlete, and Adventurer. To learn more about Enock, please visit his website. This year I am hoping to organize group or one-on-one hikes . I would…

August 29, 2022

Trail Suggestions, Enock's Adventures, Accessibility, Kids & Teens, Maine's Midcoast & Islands

Enock's Adventures: Powder House Hill and Prescott Field

This is a guest post written by Enock Glidden, MTF Accessibility Ambassador, Public Speaker, Adaptive Athlete, and Adventurer. To learn more about Enock, please visit his website. Hey fellow hikers! I finally made a trip to Farmington to check out…

August 23, 2022

Trail Suggestions, Enock's Adventures, Accessibility, Maine's Lakes & Mountains

Enock's Adventures: Evergreen Cemetery and Hinckley Park

This is a guest post written by Enock Glidden, MTF Accessibility Ambassador, Public Speaker, Adaptive Athlete, and Adventurer. To learn more about Enock, please visit his website. This year I hope to get some group or one on one hikes together. I…

August 17, 2022

Trail Suggestions, Enock's Adventures, Accessibility, Greater Portland & Casco Bay

Enock's Adventures: Runaround Pond and West Side Trail

This is a guest post written by Enock Glidden, MTF Accessibility Ambassador, Public Speaker, Adaptive Athlete, and Adventurer. To learn more about Enock, please visit his website. Hey fellow hikers! I am going for a little contrast this time with a…

August 11, 2022

Trail Suggestions, Enock's Adventures, Accessibility, Greater Portland & Casco Bay

Enock's Adventures: Swift River Trail

This is a guest post written by Enock Glidden, MTF Accessibility Ambassador, Public Speaker, Adaptive Athlete, and Adventurer. To learn more about Enock, please visit his website. Hey fellow hikers! This is…

July 26, 2022

Trail Suggestions, Enock's Adventures, Accessibility, Maine's Lakes & Mountains

Off-road, On-trail: Maine's Best Bike Paths

If you want to get off the roads and onto paved or gravel bike paths, Maine has plenty of adventures to offer – and we’re not just talking about the famed carriage roads at Acadia National Park! Whether you’d like to cycle through the ocean…

July 21, 2022

Trail Suggestions, Aroostook County, Downeast & Acadia, Greater Portland & Casco Bay, The Kennebec Valley, Maine Beaches, Maine Highlands, Maine's Lakes & Mountains, Maine's Midcoast & Islands

Enock's Adventures: Holt Pond Preserve

This is a guest post written by Enock Glidden, MTF Accessibility Ambassador, Public Speaker, Adaptive Athlete, and Adventurer. To learn more about Enock, please visit his website. Hey fellow hikers! I stayed a bit closer to home and checked out Holt…

July 19, 2022

Trail Suggestions, Enock's Adventures, Accessibility, Maine's Lakes & Mountains

Enock's Adventures: A Trip to Falmouth

This is a guest post written by Enock Glidden, MTF Accessibility Ambassador, Public Speaker, Adaptive Athlete, and Adventurer. To learn more about Enock, please visit his website. Hey, fellow hikers this time we are going to have a teaching moment.…

July 11, 2022

Trail Suggestions, Enock's Adventures, Accessibility, Greater Portland & Casco Bay

Enock's Adventures: Hope Woods and Emmons Preserve

This is a guest post written by Enock Glidden, MTF Accessibility Ambassador, Public Speaker, Adaptive Athlete, and Adventurer. To learn more about Enock, please visit his website. Hey fellow hikers! This time I am in the Kennebunk/Kennebunkport area…

July 6, 2022

Trail Suggestions, Enock's Adventures, Accessibility, Maine Beaches

Enock's Adventures: Knight's Pond Preserve

This is a guest post written by Enock Glidden, MTF Accessibility Ambassador, Public Speaker, Adaptive Athlete, and Adventurer. To learn more about Enock, please visit his website. Hey fellow hikers! You might have seen me on…

June 27, 2022

Trail Suggestions, Enock's Adventures, Accessibility, Greater Portland & Casco Bay

Enock's Adventures: Harpswell Day One

This is a guest post written by Enock Glidden, MTF Accessibility Ambassador, Public Speaker, Adaptive Athlete, and Adventurer. To learn more about Enock, please visit his website. Hey, fellow hikers I almost don't want to tell you about hiking in…

June 14, 2022

Trail Suggestions, Enock's Adventures, Accessibility, Maine's Midcoast & Islands

Enock's Adventures: Maquoit Bay Conservation Land

This is a guest post written by Enock Glidden, MTF Accessibility Ambassador, Public Speaker, Adaptive Athlete, and Adventurer. To learn more about Enock, please visit his website. Hey fellow hikers you are…

June 1, 2022

Trail Suggestions, Enock's Adventures, Accessibility, Maine's Midcoast & Islands

Enock's Adventures: Kezar River Reserve & Fryeburg Town Forest

This is a guest post written by Enock Glidden, MTF Accessibility Ambassador, Public Speaker, Adaptive Athlete, and Adventurer. To learn more about Enock, please visit his website. Hey fellow hikers - I am back for another beautiful hiking season in…

May 25, 2022

Trail Suggestions, Enock's Adventures, Accessibility, Maine's Lakes & Mountains

From Sea to Rivers: It's Alewife Migration Time!

Songbirds get a lot of credit for their impressively long migrations, especially when their trills and descants enliven fields and forests in spring and make awakening in the morning ever more pleasant. However, Maine also hosts another lesser-known…

May 18, 2022

Trail Suggestions, Accessibility

Enock's Adventures: Cross Country Skiing

This is a guest post written by Enock Glidden, MTF Accessibility Ambassador, Public Speaker, Adaptive Athlete, and Adventurer. To learn more about Enock, please visit his website. It has been a rough winter for those of us in Maine that enjoy…

February 24, 2022

Trail Suggestions, Enock's Adventures, Accessibility, Winter Adventures, Maine's Lakes & Mountains

Enock's Adventures: Back Cove Trail

This is a guest post written by Enock Glidden, MTF Accessibility Ambassador, Public Speaker, Adaptive Athlete, and Adventurer. To learn more about Enock, please visit his website. It’s that time of year when we start getting ready for snow and all…

November 26, 2021

Trail Suggestions, Enock's Adventures, Accessibility, Greater Portland & Casco Bay

Enock's Adventures: Kennebec River Rail Trail

This is a guest post written by Enock Glidden, MTF Accessibility Ambassador, Public Speaker, Adaptive Athlete, and Adventurer. To learn more about Enock, please visit his website. I decided to stick with the theme from the last few weeks and do…

November 19, 2021

Trail Suggestions, Enock's Adventures, Accessibility, The Kennebec Valley

Enock's Adventures: Two Trails in Norway

This is a guest post written by Enock Glidden, MTF Accessibility Ambassador, Public Speaker, Adaptive Athlete, and Adventurer. To learn more about Enock, please visit his website. Now that the days are getting shorter I am keeping my hiking…

November 12, 2021

Trail Suggestions, Enock's Adventures, Accessibility, Maine's Lakes & Mountains

Enock's Adventures: Lewiston, Day Two

This is a guest post written by Enock Glidden, MTF Accessibility Ambassador, Public Speaker, Adaptive Athlete, and Adventurer. To learn more about Enock, please visit his website. After my adventure last weekend in the Lewiston/Auburn area, I…

November 5, 2021

Trail Suggestions, Enock's Adventures, Accessibility, Maine's Lakes & Mountains

Enock's Adventures: A Trip to Lewiston

This is a guest post written by Enock Glidden, MTF Accessibility Ambassador, Public Speaker, Adaptive Athlete, and Adventurer. To learn more about Enock, please visit his website. As I was on my way to Lewiston to check out a couple of the many…

October 29, 2021

Trail Suggestions, Enock's Adventures, Accessibility, Maine's Lakes & Mountains

Enock's Adventures: Downeast Day Three

This is a guest post written by Enock Glidden, MTF Accessibility Ambassador, Public Speaker, Adaptive Athlete, and Adventurer. To learn more about Enock, please visit his website. On the third and final day of our trip, we wanted to head home…

October 26, 2021

Trail Suggestions, Enock's Adventures, Accessibility, Downeast & Acadia

Enock's Adventures: Downeast Day Two

This is a guest post written by Enock Glidden, MTF Accessibility Ambassador, Public Speaker, Adaptive Athlete, and Adventurer. To learn more about Enock, please visit his website.Quoddy Head State Park…

October 15, 2021

Trail Suggestions, Enock's Adventures, Accessibility, Downeast & Acadia

Enock's Adventures: Heading Downeast

This is a guest post written by Enock Glidden, MTF Accessibility Ambassador, Public Speaker, Adaptive Athlete and Adventurer. To learn more about Enock, please visit his website. Downeast Maine is one part of the state I have explored very little.…

October 7, 2021

Trail Suggestions, Enock's Adventures, Accessibility, Downeast & Acadia

Enock's Adventures: Bethel Pathway and Valentine Farm

This is a guest post written by Enock Glidden, MTF Accessibility Ambassador, Public Speaker, Adaptive Athlete and Adventurer. To learn more about Enock, please visit his website. September 25th was National Public Lands Day. Sandy and I decided to…

October 1, 2021

Trail Suggestions, Enock's Adventures, Accessibility, Maine's Lakes & Mountains

Enock's Adventures: Weston Woods and Waters

This is a guest post written by Enock Glidden, MTF Accessibility Ambassador, Public Speaker, Adaptive Athlete and Adventurer. To learn more about Enock, please visit his website. If you have been following my posts on Maine Trail Finder, you may…

September 23, 2021

Trail Suggestions, Enock's Adventures, Accessibility, The Kennebec Valley

Enock's Adventures: Alewive Woods Preserve

I recently was on Facebook and got a friend request from Steve Minich from WMTW 8 news. I first thought that it was very odd. I have never met him. Why would he be adding me? I saw a few of my friends were on his friends list. I figured it must be…

September 17, 2021

Trail Suggestions, Enock's Adventures, Accessibility, Maine Beaches

Enock's Adventures: Rangeley Area

This is a guest post written by Enock Glidden, MTF Accessibility Ambassador, Public Speaker, Adaptive Athlete and Adventurer. To learn more about Enock, please visit his website. While perusing Maine Trail Finder looking for easy trails, I noticed…

September 13, 2021

Trail Suggestions, Enock's Adventures, Accessibility, Maine's Lakes & Mountains

Enock's Adventures: Robinson Woods Preserve

This is a guest post written by Enock Glidden, MTF Accessibility Ambassador, Public Speaker, Adaptive Athlete and Adventurer. To learn more about Enock, please visit his website. With the impending arrival of tropical storm Henri, Sandy and I…

September 1, 2021

Trail Suggestions, Enock's Adventures, Accessibility, Greater Portland & Casco Bay

Enock's Adventures: Pleasant Hill Preserve

This is a guest post written by Enock Glidden, MTF Accessibility Ambassador, Public Speaker, Adaptive Athlete and Adventurer. To learn more about Enock, please visit his website. This week I had been thinking a lot about trying out some designated…

August 24, 2021

Trail Suggestions, Enock's Adventures, Accessibility, Greater Portland & Casco Bay

Enock's Adventures: Cornwall Nature Preserve

This is a guest post written by Enock Glidden, MTF Accessibility Ambassador, Public Speaker, Adaptive Athlete and Adventurer. To learn more about Enock, please visit his website. For some reason I always choose adventures that take hours of…

August 6, 2021

Trail Suggestions, Enock's Adventures, Accessibility, Maine's Lakes & Mountains

Enock's Adventures: Pondicherry Park

This is a guest post written by Enock Glidden, MTF Accessibility Ambassador, Public Speaker, Adaptive Athlete and Adventurer. To learn more about Enock, please visit his website. After heading to the coast last time, this time we decided to try…

July 29, 2021

Trail Suggestions, Enock's Adventures, Accessibility, Maine's Lakes & Mountains

Enock's Adventures: Oak Point Farm

This is a guest post written by Enock Glidden, Public Speaker, Adaptive Athlete and Adventurer. To learn more about Enock, please visit his website. After a friend told me about the awesome new accessible adventures feature on Maine Trail Finder,…

July 15, 2021

Trail Suggestions, Enock's Adventures, Accessibility, Maine's Midcoast & Islands

Wildlife in Winter

In the silence of the winter woods, surrounded by swirling snowflakes and the crisp air, it can feel as though you are all alone -- until you look and listen a little more closely. Flocks of birds chitter through the forest canopy and tracks on snow…

February 26, 2020

Trail Suggestions, Winter Adventures, Recreate Responsibly

Take a Walk!

Why Walk? There’s no doubt about it, walking is good for you! Good for the body, good for the soul. For Your BodyYou don't have to run marathons or scale soaring mountain peaks to benefit from physical activity. Dr. Mike Evans explains in his…

February 12, 2020

Trail Suggestions, Recreate Responsibly

Winter Fun with Kids: Trail Tips and Tricks

Getting outside in the winter with the whole family can be a bit daunting – keeping track of everyone’s layers, mittens and gloves alone seems like it requires an organizational mastermind. Once out in the snowy landscape, however, the magic of…

January 29, 2020

Trail Suggestions, Winter Adventures, Recreate Responsibly, Kids & Teens, Aroostook County, Greater Portland & Casco Bay, The Kennebec Valley, Maine Highlands, Maine's Lakes & Mountains

The County: A Cross-Country Ski Paradise

Early snow blanketing much of Maine can only mean one thing -- it is time to strap on the skinny skis and hit the trails! There are wonderful cross country ski trails across the state, but if you are looking for consistently fantastic conditions…

December 4, 2019

Trail Suggestions, Winter Adventures, Aroostook County

Above the Trees - 5 Maine Fire Tower Hikes

View from Deboullie Mountain, Photo credit: Bill Geller Trees are pretty important in Maine - so much so that our nickname is the “Pine Tree State” and our first flag featured a star and a tree. Trees are so important that in the early 20th…

November 5, 2019

Trail Suggestions, Aroostook County, The Kennebec Valley, Maine Highlands, Maine's Lakes & Mountains

Three Haunted Hikes for Halloween

It’s eerie season out in the Maine woods. The wind whistling through the leafless trees tends toward a haunting howl as the sun sets in the early evening. Sudden noises in the quiet woods cause hikers and bikers alike to beware - falling stick or…

October 30, 2019

Trail Suggestions, Just for Fun, Greater Portland & Casco Bay, The Kennebec Valley

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