Join Us - National Trails Day Guided Hike and bike

National Trails Day is coming up on Saturday, June 1st! To celebrate, FLT is teaming up with GPNEMBA to host a guided hike and mountain bike ride on a portion of the Cross Falmouth Trail, an 11.5 mile trail that goes from River Point Conservation Area all the way through North Falmouth Community Forest (and beyond into Windham).

We'll meet at River Point Conservation Area at 9am to kick off the event. Choose between a guided hike and a guided mountain bike ride for your morning adventure. The hiking group will go all the way to the parking lot of Hadlock Community Forest for a 7 mile adventure.  A shuttle will then take hikers back to the start so everyone can do a fun point-to-point hike. GPNEMBA will lead a medium-paced no-drop 7-8 mile roundtrip ride, as well as a faster-paced (but no-drop) ride of 12-14 miles roundtrip out to Hadlock Community Forest and back. 

Land Trusts Protect Twice as Much Land in Maine as State Parks and Public Lands Do

Maine’s nonprofit land trusts collectively conserve more than 12% of the state, providing over 2.34 million acres of publicly accessible land, more than 1000 miles of recreational trails, critical wildlife habitat, managed forests, and working waterfronts and farms.

FLT is proud to contribute to these efforts through 40+ years of protecting forests, farms, fields, and waterways in Falmouth. Watch this mini-doc to learn more about our work!

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