Taft Point Preserve consists of 68 acres of woodlands and 0.5 miles of coastal frontage with spectacular views of the Acadia Mountains, Stave Island, Calf Island, Schieffelen Point and Schoodic Mountain. Eider ducks raft up on the rocks just offshore and shorebirds work the rack line of the extensive rockweed colony along the shore. A well-maintained access road runs about 1,500 feet to a six car gravel parking area with a 0.5-mile loop trail running down to Jones Cove from across the parking lot and a 0.75-mile loop trail running to Flanders Bay on the same side as the parking lot. A side-trail off the Jones Cove loop provides access to the waterfront.
Please be respectful of abutting property owners by staying off the private land on the beach between the trails, and by not proceeding past the parking area on the road.
Please note that dogs must be leashed or under voice control at all times.
Visit Frenchman Bay Conservancy's website for more information and a printable map.
For more information and a printable preserve map, please visit Frenchman Bay Conservancy's website.
From the North or the South on US-1: turn on to ME-186 to Gouldsboro at the (brown) Acadia National Park/Schoodic Section entrance sign. Turn right onto Taft Point Road after 1.1 miles. Go 0.4 miles and turn right at the FBC Taft Point Preserve sign. Follow the access road to a parking lot of the left.
This trail passes near private property. Please respect the landowner and protect future access by staying on the marked trail and following all rules.
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