Brown Memorial Forest
Managed by Maine Woodland Owners
437 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0BOutdoors
Outdoors in Baileyville
41% of Baileyville’s land is conserved: 9,793 acres
8 acres are parks and preserves, 6.1 per 1,000 residents. 13 miles of mapped trail cross Baileyville, 0.3 per square mile of land. 59% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 62% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
41%
9,793 acres · of 37.3 sq mi of land
Trails
13 mi
0.3 per sq mi of land
Park land
8 ac
6.1 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
59%
of residents within ½ mile
Highest peak
581 ft
Rye Hill
Lakes & rivers
7
4 boat launches
What kind of outdoors town is Baileyville?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Baileyville have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Baileyville is ahead of 62% of U.S. towns. Conserved land holds the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
B
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Baileyville’s overall grade.
Conserved land41% of the land · typical ME town 6% · U.S. 4%A+Trails0.3 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (13 mi) · ME 0.7 · U.S. 0.4B−Park land6.1 acres of park per 1,000 residents (8 acres) · ME 15 · U.S. 13CParks close to home59% of residents within a half mile of a park · ME 30% · U.S. 72%B−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 62%
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Water is 11% of Baileyville’s area (5 of 42 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 37%.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C+ to B+. Trails and many small parks come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by volunteers, so coverage varies from town to town; the half mile is a straight line from each census block, so a river or highway in the way isn’t counted against it.
PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →
The map
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
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Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Councilors Field
Park
5 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge: Bering Unit
Managed by United States Fish and Wildlife Service
3 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Glidden Athletic Field
Park
2 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 5 parks & preserves
Brown Memorial Forest437 acres · Maine Woodland Owners
Councilors Field5 acres
Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge: Bering Unit3 acres · United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Glidden Athletic Field2 acres
Houlton Avenue Courts1 acres
Who protects it
9,793 conserved acres
41% of Baileyville’s land. Water is left out: Baileyville has 37.3 square miles of land and 4.8 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Baileyville’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Land trusts & nonprofits9,775 ac
Joint9,338 ac
State fish & wildlife13 ac
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service7 ac
Unknown Easement · 9,338 acConservation Easement · 9,338 acPrivate Other or Unknown · 437 acState Conservation Area · 12 acNational Wildlife Refuge · 7 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 9,339 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 1 of 11 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brown Memorial Forest Private Other or Unknown | Land trusts & nonprofits | 437 | Restricted |
| St. Croix River State Conservation Area | State fish & wildlife | 12 | Closed |
| Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge National Wildlife Refuge | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | 7 | Restricted |
| Grand Falls Flowage State Other or Unknown | State fish & wildlife | 1 | Closed |
Things to do
9 places to go in Baileyville
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Boat launches in Baileyville
4 boat launches without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Peaks in Baileyville
Rye Hill581 ft elevation
DirectionsChapman Mountain489 ft elevation · In Brown Memorial Forest
DirectionsRobb Hill479 ft elevation
DirectionsFarrar Hill420 ft elevation
DirectionsStaples Mountain407 ft elevation
DirectionsTrails & water
7 lakes & rivers
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Biking & sports
0.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Courts & fields
3Pickleball
1Baseball
1Basketball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The best walking months in Baileyville: May to September
NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals for the town and the daylight at its latitude. Outlined months have long days, highs of 59 to 86 °F and little rain for the place.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 9.1 | 10.3 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.8 | 15.6 | 15.3 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 10.9 | 9.5 | 8.8 |
| High (°F) | 28 | 31 | 39 | 51 | 64 | 73 | 79 | 78 | 70 | 57 | 45 | 34 |
| Rain (in) | 3.9 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 4.8 |
February is the driest month (3.1 in) and July the warmest (highs of 79 °F). 5.0 inches fall in October, the wettest month. The climate in Baileyville →
Next door
Baileyville and its neighbors
Tap a town to see its outdoors.
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baileyville | 41% | 0.3 | 6 | 59% | B |
| Baring plantation | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
| Woodland | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
| Princeton | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
| Alexander | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Baileyville
How much of Baileyville is conserved land?
41% of its land, against a typical 6% for a Maine town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.
Are dogs allowed on Baileyville’s trails?
Brown Memorial Forest and Councilors Field don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Baileyville?
1,502 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Baileyville or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 8 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Baileyville have?
Ahead of 62% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade. The grade combines the share of land that is conserved, miles of mapped trail per square mile of land, park acres per 1,000 residents and the share of residents within a half mile of a park. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
Trail talk
Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Baileyville neighbors.
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Sources
Where this page comes from
Conserved and public land: USGS Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US), service updated July 2026. Parks, trails, playgrounds, beaches and other places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), map data as of 2026-10-28. Land and water area: Census 2025 Gazetteer. Residents near a park: 2020 Census blocks. National Register: National Park Service. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →