Medomak Valley Land Trust currently maintains two walking trails at Burkett Mill, the Bog Rim trail and the Farnsworth Brook Trail. Both are marked with bright blue blazes and wooden arrows at trail junctions. A snowmobile trail also crosses the preserve.
The preserve contains a mosaic of different natural communities, most in various stages of regeneration. Upland forest remnants are dominated by Oak-Pine and White Pine-Mixed Conifer forest types. Low-lying areas support several wetland community types, including Spruce-Larch Wooded Bog, Mountain Holly-Alder Shrub Swamp, and Red Maple Fen and Swamp. The wetland types frequently blend into one another, and collectively cover about 25% of the preserve. Open granite ledges surround much of the bog, and these are dominated by huckleberry, sheep laurel, and an abundance of blueberries.
A portion of this trail follows along a snowmobile trail, which offers good cross-country skiing opportunities.
Please stay on the trail, carry out what you carry in, and keep your dogs leashed or under control at all times.
Visit the Midcoast Conservancy online for more information, or contact:
From Waldoboro Village: Head north on Main Street, and veer right onto Old Route One. In 2.6 miles, turn right onto Goshen Road. Stay on Goshen Road for 1.8 miles, and then where Goshen Road curves sharply left, continue straight onto the unpaved Burkett Mill Road. Parking for the preserve is located on the left 0.3 miles down the road.
From Thomaston: Travel south on US Route 1 for 8 miles. Turn left on Old Route One. In 0.5 miles, stay straight onto the Goshen Road. Continue on Goshen Road for 1.8 miles, and then where Goshen Road curves sharply left, continue straight onto the unpaved Burkett Mill Road. Parking for the preserve is located on the left 0.3 miles down the road.
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Trail was very wet after a rain with large, deep areas of standing water.