Coastal Mountains Land Trust Preserves

Coastal Mountains Land Trust owns several thousand acres of the mountainous region west of Penobscot Bay as permanent conservation land. These Preserves include many of the natural highlights of this area, and are managed to protect wildlife habitat and biodiversity, while providing a natural laboratory for environmental education and opportunities for low-impact outdoor recreation.

Please observe the following use restrictions on our Preserves:

All Preserves are open for low-impact public access during daylight hours
Wheeled vehicles and horses are not allowed due to trail damage
- Note: The Land Trust does maintain site specific trail agreements with various clubs to allow for limited snowmobile and mountain bike use of trails on our conservation lands. Please contact us for more information.
Camping and fires are not allowed
Hunting is permitted on all properties except the Fernald's Neck, Hodson, Harkness, McPheters, and Young's Neck Preserves.
Hunting of predators and trapping is forbidden
Removal of wildflowers and plants is not allowed
Dogs must be leashed at all times
- Note: Dogs are not permitted at all on the Fernald's Neck and Hodson Preserves
Commercial groups and groups larger than 12 must obtain Land Trust permission prior to use of our properties --- contact us
Certain preserves have specific restrictions- please consult signs at the preserve entrance for detail

Coastal Mountains Land Trust Preserves

Please note that while all of our preserves are open to the public, only those that have been determined to be well suited to broad public visitation and which have established trail systems include a Preserve Guide and a trail map in a downloadable PDF format (opens in Adobe Reader).

Bald Mountain
Beauchamp Point
Beech Hill
Ducktrap River
Echo Island
Fernald's Neck
Goodman
Harkness
Hatchet Mountain
Hodson
Long Cove Headwaters
Main Stream
McPheters
McLellan-Poor
Mount Percival
Murray-Webster
Newman
North Forest Preserve
Passagassawakeag Greenway:
- Belfast City Trail (not a Preserve)
- Head of Tide
- Knowlton-Swanson-Stephenson
- Stover
Ragged Mountain
Sides
Young's Neck