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2020 Annual Appeal Video:

Our Annual Appeal is under way – Your support is critical to the continued success and expansion of the Eastern Trail – Click here to Donate!

Welcome to the Eastern Trail

Southern Maine’s Multi-Use Greenway

Close the Gap

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Latest Trail news and developments including Safe Trail Use During Covid-19

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
January 12, 2021
Eastern Trail Alliance hosts full moon walk
January 5, 2021
NEXT EASTERN TRAIL FULL MOON WALK JANUARY 28
December 2, 2020
Bicycle Access Expanded on Downeaster Trains
December 2, 2020
EASTERN TRAIL STORE OPENS - NEW DESIGNS AVAILABLE!
November 26, 2020
Eastern Trail Annual Appeal 2020
November 9, 2020
Maine Rail-Trail Plan 2020-2030
September 16, 2020
The Maine Lighthouse Experience 2020 was a huge success!
August 12, 2020
ET Share the Trail Shirts - Back by popular demand!
July 14, 2020
Managing Maine’s Popular Trails: New Challenges
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Please patronize all these great businesses as a way of saying thanks for supporting the Eastern Trail!

  • AARP
  • Cape Arundel Cottage Preserve
  • Scott and Sunny Townsend
  • Bulldog Media
  • O’Reilly’s Cure
  • MEND
  • Biddeford Savings
  • Hannaford
  • Martin’s Point
  • Kennebunk Savings
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Only a Few Days Left for the ET Annual Appeal!

Your support is critical to the continued success and expansion of the Eastern Trail. Your contribution is tax-deductible if made before January 1.

Please donate by clicking here

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.