Farm Brook Trails

Farm Brook Trails offers beautiful wooded trails for snowshoeing and hiking with views of Canada not too far away.
Trail Activity
Walking Hiking Snowshoeing Cross-country-skiing
Length
5.40 miles, Network
Difficulty
Easy, Moderate
Town
Madawaska
Surface
Dirt/Forest Floor, Rock/Ledge, Grass, Boardwalk/Bog Bridging
Pets
Permitted
Fees
No

Description

Farm Brook Trails offers 5.4 miles of looping wooded paths with international vistas and quiet solitude. There are rest benches along the trails including an Adirondack shelter with picnic tables, an information kiosk, and a fireplace for cooking in winter. Some of the old farm tools are displayed here along with a history of the old dairy farm.

The Yellow Trail from the trailhead will bring you to a small bridge after which one may choose to take a left onto the Rock Pile Trail or a right onto the Felix Trail or stay on the Yellow Trail. Any of these brings you to the Adirondack Shelter which is the start of the upper trails in the system.  The trails are designed with crossover connector trails so a person is able to return back at any time for a shorter loop hike. The trail intersections have location maps and other information in the winter. All trails may be used in the summer but signage is reduced beyond the Red Trail shelter although they are flagged and are not difficult to follow.  

  • Lavoie Avenue Trailhead to Adirondack Shelter (0.6 miles)
  • Loop A- Yellow, Red, Green Trails (0.3 miles)
  • Loop B- Yellow, Orange, Green Trails (0.7 miles)
  • Loop C- Yellow and Green Trails (1.3 miles)
  • Loop D- Yellow, Dave's, Green Trails (1.8 miles)
  • Loop-E  Yellow, Dave's, Moose Valley, Green Trails (2.2 miles)

Read about Accessibility Ambassador Enock Gildden's visit to Farm Brook Trails in MTF Stories!

Other Information

The Blue Trail may be accessed from upper 11th Avenue just up the hill from the Madawaska Elementary School. There is a small parking area on the right. Dave's Trail may be accessed from Frontier Lane with on street parking for those wishing to hike the farther trails only.

Dogs are welcomed at Farm Brook Trails off leash provided they are under the control of the owner.

Trail Manager

All trails are constructed in partnership with multiple landowners. Farm Brook Trails does not operate as an organized club and there are no user fees involved with the use of these trails. For more information, please contact:

Farm Brook Trails

Farm Brook Trails
Madawaska, Maine
dianedonlavoie@gmail.com

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Trail Tips

Travel and Camp on Durable Surfaces
Walk single file in the middle of the trail. Wear the right shoes and enjoy the mud – you're in the great outdoors!
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Trailhead Information

From US-1 on Main Street in Madawaska, go up 25th Avenue for 0.3 miles then turn left onto Highland Street for 300 feet, then turn right onto Lavoie Avenue and continue 0.3 miles to the end of the street to a parking area on the right. The trail begins at the gate.

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deboullie don
November 06, 2019
Due to recent logging activity, sections of the Moose Valley Trail and Dave’s Trail have been rerouted. The Moose Valley trail no longer connects to the Hillside Trail and now starts or finishes at the junction of the Red and Green trails. On Dave’s Trail, the second half from Frontier Lane is also rerouted. Yellow marking ribbon has been installed on these changes and signage will be installed soon. Don
deboullie don
February 27, 2019
Check out Farm Brook Trails on Facebook for additional information and pictures.
rubysontheroad
February 25, 2019
The best snow shoe trails in the Valley!!!
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