Old Pond Railway Trail
Old Pond Railway Trail
Old Pond Railway Trail
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MockSwede
Brewer, Maine179 مساهمة
أكتوبر 2021
Started from Western End - eastbound, keep your eyes peeled as you Y off Rte. 1 onto Old Rte. 1; it comes up quickly on the right, but the sign is parallel to the road, so it's easy to miss! The short trail to the rail trail is a goat-trail - lots of lefts and rights. It's lightly traveled, so not always 'obvious' with foot traffic wear, so you need to look for blue marks on trees; there are no 'blue ribbons' left after their construction of this short access trail about 10 years ago. This bit takes less than 10 minutes, actually, you cross a wooden footbridge to access the rail cut and rail bed. Turn LEFT. This rail bed has been abandoned for over 60-80 years, based on the size of some of the trees in the old wooden sleepers, which are still there, above and just under the trail surface. The trail is not 'rail bed wide' - only single file with all the tree growth since abandonment. Cannot 'get off' the trail trail because it's smooth grade and straight with only gradual curves left or right. Because it is a rail trail, I will call this EASY. The only thing 'moderate' about this is stepping around tree roots and stepping along or between (depending on you leg length and gait) the rotting wooden sleepers. Because this is a railway grade, you can be higher or lower than the existing forest, which is a neat perspective; just like you are traveling in a train car, IMO. But, there are drainage ditches immediately to either side of the rail bed, so these can be breeding grounds for mosquitos, when filled with water, anywhere along its length, when it 'Is That Time of The Season. Walking east, you eventually come to the causeway where the rail trail crosses Old Pond, the only time you are not 'in the trees'. I stopped for a lunch here, sitting on the shore rocks, looking south over the clam flats, since it was low tide. There is a short iron bridge before walking back into the woods. You do come across an area of concrete on the right where side tracks existed, and, in fact, it's the only place where there is any iron left of the rails. This is not too far from the Eastern End, which terminates across from the Hancock Town Hall and the Village Triangle. The whole walk took me 1-1/2 hours, with stops for photography and talk with other hikers (only three people and one dog, total). I did not do the return, but, rather, hiked back along Rte. 1 to Old Rte. 1, which took only 50 minutes. I spent only about 10-15 on the busy part and enjoyed walking on 'An Old Maine State Road' on a nice fall day. There are two other in-and-out hikes accessed off of Old Rte. 1 - Old Pond and Carrying Place. Lastly, there are two old logging roads and two current residence roads which cut across the rail trail, so if you have any need to cut short your hike, you could take these and 'head toward the road noise' of Rt. 1 to 'orienteer' your way back onto either of those main roads and return to your vehicle.
كُتب بتاريخ 14 أكتوبر 2021
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directorfantasies
تامبا, فلوريدا1,287 مساهمة
أكتوبر 2020
My husband loves anything to do with trains so when I discovered this trail, I knew we had to do it. The trail extends from the Point Road to Old Route One, spanning a stunning tidal cove called Old Pond and overlooking Youngs Bay. The railway was originally built by Maine Central Railroad in the 1880s and carried visitors from as far as Philadelphia to Hancock, where they boarded ferries to reach the famous Gilded Age summer resorts on Mount Desert Island. It is a piece of forgotten history. It was a little hard to find. If you are given a street address on Point Road, ignore it. The eastern entrance to the trail head is located on Point Road across from the Hancock town hall. It has a very small parking lot (5 – 6 cars) & the sign is parallel to the road making it hard to see. This trail is popular with the locals. We saw people walking their dogs and a family doing a photo shoot on this beautiful fall day and knew this was going to be a great trail. This trail winds through cool green forests with some deciduous trees, which the day we hiked still had some nice fall color. My husband was ecstatic to see remnants of the old concrete train platform and old rail tracks disappearing into the forest. Numerous old wood railroad ties are every few feet across the trail. These rails also act to keep the trail for walkers, making it too bumpy for bicycles & too narrow for ATVs. Most of our hike we were alone. We walked as far as the old trestle bridge. This area is supposed to be good for bird watching, but we only saw a couple of seagulls. Once a family left, we were alone to enjoy the peaceful beauty of our surroundings. Since the sun was starting to set, we headed back to our car. We definitely plan to do the rest on a future visit. We might try the other access to the trail – a second parking lot at the western entrance to the trail, on Old Route 1, via Kilkenny Cove, a property acquired by Crabtree Neck Land Trust, Maine Coast Heritage Trust, and Frenchman Bay Conservancy.
كُتب بتاريخ 27 سبتمبر 2021
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