Welcome to The Eastern Trail in Southern Maine
Southern Maine's Multi-Use Greenway
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
People on the Trail
We continue with our new feature on this site, which we call "People on the Trail." Our great photographer and trail use photo-journalist, Jim Bucar, has been taking photos for years showing how so many people use and enjoy the trail.
We are adding new shots to this collection on a regular basis. Keep checking back for new additions!!
Maine Voices: East Coast Greenway a true gem, and Maine could help it reach full potential
The goal is a 3,000-mile bike and walking trail safe from vehicles, but only a third of it is off-road so far.
BY DICK WOODBURY - SPECIAL TO THE PRESS HERALD (Dick Woodbury, a resident of Yarmouth, served 10 years in the Maine Legislature and is on the board of the East Coast Greenway Alliance). Posted August 21, 2018.
YARMOUTH — My biking adventure began in Calais, just this side of the St. Croix river from Canada. Calais is at the northern tip of the East Coast Greenway. From there, I biked the Greenway corridor through Machias, Ellsworth, Bangor, Waterville, Augusta, Lewiston, Brunswick, Portland, Saco, Biddeford, and Kittery; and on through New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and into Connecticut. My wife, Debbie, and son Sam joined me for much of this journey.
More News Coverage of John Andrews Memorial 5k race
The very successful (and fun!) 2nd Annual John R. Andrews Memorial 5k race showed up in the news again last week.
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