The Clifford Park is an urban trail system located near downtown Biddeford. Hiking or walking the length of the black trail loop is just over 1.5 miles. There is an extensive number of cross-trails and care should be taken to follow the correct path.
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Ferry Beach State Park; Copyright © Eric Holsinger
Ferry Beach State Park is a recreational gem in the Saco area. It is a well maintained state park with wide, flat, groomed trails through oak and pine forest and a tupelo swamp, around a pond and with access to the beach.
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The Sylvan Trail is a 1.6 mile loop hike in Saco, ME. The trail passes through deciduous and evergreen forest – there are lots of oak trees – and skirts the edge of a farm field.
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Mackworth Island perimeter hiking trail is highly accessible and offers excellent views of Casco Bay’s islands and Portland’s Eastern Promenade. This is an easy hiking trail suitable for children, strollers and leashed dogs. Access to the shore is steep and difficult in most places, but fishing, beach combing and bird watching for pipers and other shore birds is also popular.
The trail is 1.25 mi long and circles the perimeter of this 100 acre island, connected to Falmouth by the Andrew’s Avenue causeway, near Martin’s Point in Falmouth. There is a small parking lot and the area is maintained by the Maine Department of Conservation. There is no waiting on the island for a parking space to open.
A popular activity is fairy house building. There is a designated place on the island, called Fairy Village, where visitors are allowed to build structures with materials found on the island. Please respect the island and only build in the designated area, with natural materials – nothing alive, of course. There is plenty of material to use from fallen pines, seashells and stones. Even if you don’t build, walking through Fairy Village is worth a stop.
If you have a Maine State Parks passport, be sure to bring it – there is a passport stamp box near the parking lot.
If you have EveryTrail (affiliate link) on your iPhone or Android, here is a link to my Mackworth Island track.
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East Point Sanctuary
Maine has not been getting much snow lately, which stinks for snowshoeing, skiing and riding. Where we used to have snow on trails, now we have packed snow and ice pockets. If you have some form of ice cleat, you can still get out and enjoy yourself.
East Point Sanctuary
I took my old pair of HT Enterprises Sure Grip Safety Treads
HT Enterprises Snow Treads
It was overcast and blustery with a some spitting snow flying around but with the right clothes and some traction, I was able to have a great time and take some photographs.
I also tried out a new app for my iPhone: EveryTrail. This app allows you to track your hike or trip and take photos along the way. Then you can upload it to share online. Here is the link to my EveryTrail track from East Point Sanctuary.
EveryTrail is a free download in the App Store, try it out.
