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Trail Maps
Trail Descriptions: Benton-Winslow Rotary Trail | North Street Recreational Area Trail | South End Island Trail | Mill Island Park
Benton-Winslow Rotary Trail
Distance: 1.8 miles each way. 1.5 to 3 hours.
Status: Cleared and constructed in 2004, with final cover to be laid in 2005, with trail amenities, including signs, benches, fences, etc.
Description: This is a very level trail, along an old rail bed. It is handicapped accessible, and leads for 1.8 miles through beautiful hardwoods, with occasional views of the river, to a former bridge abutment. From there one can look up and down river for a mile each way. Expect to see turkeys, deer, ducks, beaver, turtles, and an occasional heron and bald eagle - this is a nature trail.
Parking: At Mill Island Park, then walk across road bridge. Or at Aquarium Store on Crummett Street (with permission).
Connections: For now, back the same way you came. In the future the trail will extend to Winslow to cross at the 2-cent bridge.
Maintained by: You or your group?
Special Thanks to: The Waterville Rotary Club, for which this is their Centennial Project. The State's Recreational Trails Fund. The Town of Benton. Paul Newman. Kennebec Messalonskee Trails members. For access to Melody Guptil and Chris Whipple, Len Poulin and Gladys Booker.
North Street Recreational Area Trail, Waterville
Distance: ½ mile (handicapped accessible), 1 mile, or 2 miles. 20 minutes to 1 hour.
Status: First part cleared and graded in 2004, to be paved in 2005. Extension to Edgemont Street cleared in 2004. North Street sidewalk widened in 2004/5.
Description: Follow the shoreline of Messalonskee Stream around the North Street Recreational Area. You can walk several loops, each one returning on the widened North Street sidewalk.
Parking: Anywhere along North Street.
Connections: The paved trail will be extended all the way to Edgemont Street, and from there linked through City Street to Head of Falls. To the north this trail will connect to another trail at the end of Quarry Road, and to the Colby College loop.
Maintained by: You or your group?
Special Thanks to: Waterville Sunrise Rotary Club for which this is their Centennial Project, City of Waterville, State Recreational Trail Fund, and for access Louise Bowker.
South End Island Trail, Waterville
Distance: 1 mile for the loop. 20 minutes to 1 hour.
Status: Pathway cleared in 2004.
Description: A rustic pathway through beautiful river bottom woodlands. This island is flooded in springtime. Natural log benches only.
Parking: Hathaway Parking Lot.
Connections: In the future this trail will continue to the stairs leading to Water Street. Future trails through the South End are being planned.
Maintained by: You or your group?
Special Thanks to: Mario Fossa who completed the trail clearing as an Eagle Scout Project, and for access to FPL, Inc.
Mill Island Park, Fairfield
Distance: ½ mile. 15 to 30 minutes.
Status: This trail was cleared and constructed in 2003. Soon public restrooms will be constructed.
Description: The trail follows the perimeter of the park, and features historical markers.
Parking: Just beyond the railroad overpass. This is the northern Head of Trails along the Kennebec.
Connections: This trail connects south through Fairfield streets, and across the bridge to Benton.
Special Thanks to: Town of Fairfield, State's Recreational Trail Fund, and Pike Industries.
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