Walking & hiking is an exercise in natural beauty in Greater Portland & Casco Bay

Maine Audubon Society

20 Gilsland Farm Road Falmouth, ME 04105 Phone: 207-781-2330

This natural preserve offers visitors the opportunity to observe birds and animals, mostly in fields. The walking trails also serve as cross-country ski trails in the winter.

Two Lights State Park

Cape Elizabeth, ME Phone: 207-799-5871

This park features picnic areas and a walking path, from which views of two lighthouses and the water beyond can be enjoyed.

Wolf's Neck Woods State Park

Freeport, ME Phone: 207-865-4465

Features hiking trails, fishing and picnic areas. Five minutes from downtown Freeport, the park has climax white pine and hemlock forests, a salt marsh estuary, and rocky shorelines on Casco Bay and the Harraseeket River. Open April to October. A fee is charged.