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Welcome to the Eastern Trail

Southern Maine’s Multi-Use Greenway

Close the Gap

Learn More about this Trail Building Effort

Blazing the Trail South

Learn More/Donate to this Trail Building Effort

Over the River

Learn More/Donate to this Trail Building Effort

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Be an active part of our effort to build, enjoy, and sustain this wonderful resource.

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Trail Guide, Maps, Parking & more

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Rides, Races, Full Moon Walks and Much More!

The Eastern Trail is both a trail and a vision.

The Eastern Trail has 22 off-road miles from Bug Light (in South Portland) to Kennebunk, as well as a scenic on-road route that mostly follows quiet country roads. Experienced bike riders and hikers can enjoy a beautiful journey from South Portland’s Bug Light Park on Casco Bay (near Portland) to Kittery’s Piscataqua River.

The vision to create the Eastern Trail started in the early 1990’s, led by John Andrews and several others. More on that early history here.

Today, to complete this vision, we are aggressively developing plans and funds to both close a critical 1.6-mile gap between South Portland and Scarborough and then add 19 miles between Kennebunk and South Berwick.

Your support will help us get there.

LATEST NEWS
LATEST NEWS
May 24, 2022
Plans begin to move trail system entirely off-road
May 21, 2022
Celebrating New Funding to Expand the Eastern Trail
May 16, 2022
June 14 Full Moon Walk on the Eastern Trail
May 15, 2022
John Andrews Memorial 5k Walk/Run - June 4
April 28, 2022
Eastern Trail Alliance closing in on closing gap between Scarborough, South Portland
April 28, 2022
Cameras capture 60 wildlife species in Eastern Trail gap
April 3, 2022
Eastern Trail Set to Expand Thanks to New Federal Funding
March 26, 2022
Eastern Trail extension from Kennebunk to North Berwick moves closer with federal funds
February 1, 2022
Registration Open for the 2022 Maine Lighthouse Ride
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Our Sponsors

Please patronize all these great businesses as a way of saying thanks for supporting the Eastern Trail!

  • Martin’s Point
  • Kennebunk Savings
  • WMTW ABC
  • AARP
  • Cape Arundel Cottage Preserve
  • Scott and Sunny Townsend
  • O’Reilly’s Cure
  • MEND
  • Biddeford Savings
  • Hannaford
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TRAIL CLOSURE IN ARUNDEL/BIDDEFORD OCT. 27-29

A section of the Eastern Trail between between Bass Lane in Arundel and West Cole Road in Biddeford (the Southern Maine Medical Center) will be closed Oct 27 through Oct 29.

Please see the attached detour map (pdf) to get around the closure. Please respect the closure to ensure safety and get the section back open as soon as possible.