Things to do:
Beaches
Winslow Memorial Park - a tidal beach
Sandy Beach - a 495-foot-wide beach area with tidal access, reached by steps down a steep slope. Located at the corner of Sandy Beach Road and Cliff Avenue.
Biking: Ride the 9-mile loop from town to Wolfe’s Neck Woods State Park and back, or one of the several other road loops in Freeport. Check out the Map and Descriptions: https://www.exploremaine.org/bike/portland/freeport-brunswick.shtml
Boat Tours: Captain Peter Milholland, principal owner of Seacoast Tours of Freeport, is an experienced, professional mariner and marine educator with over twenty-five years of expertise. Seacoast Tours of Freeport is a great way for visitors to directly experience the spectacular beauty and wonders of Casco Bay.
The Desert of Maine The Desert of Maine is weirdly 20 acres of rolling sand dunes in the middle of a lush forest. With a rich history going back to the 1800’s, the desert has been an iconic tourist destination in Maine for nearly 100 years.
Hiking / Walking Trails
Hedgehog Mountain is a wooded trail preserve off the Pownal Road
Hidden Pond is a preserve off Grant Road
The North Freeport trail map details trails on both Hidden Pond and around town property off Wardtown Road at the old Florida Lake location
Quarry Woods is off the Lower Mast Landing Road (property description).
Soule Park is a small piece of land behind the French School in South Freeport Village.
The non-profit Freeport Conservation Trust website offers maps, descriptions, and background information on their lands and trails, including the following:
East Freeport: Brimstone Hill Trail, Antoinette Jackman Trail, Kelsey Brook Trail, Bessie’s Trail, Calderwood Trails
Freeport Center: Leon Gorman Park, Mill Stream Landing, Audubon Mast Landing Sanctuary, Pettengill Farm, Tidebrook
South Freeport Trail Map: Bliss Woods Trail, Stonewood Trail, Sayles Field, Ridge Trail
Cousins River: Cousins River Trail, Powell Point Trail
Wolfe's Neck Woods State Park is a five-minute drive from the center of town. Given to the State by Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence M.C. Smith of Freeport in 1969, this area of more than 200 acres contains varied ecosystems, including white pine and hemlock forests, a salt marsh estuary, and the rocky shorelines on Casco Bay and the Harraseeket River.
