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Outdoors in Beals

More than half of Beals’ land is conserved: 53%

53% of Beals’ land is conserved, about 1,899 acres. The biggest trail networks: Great Wass Island Preserve (4.1 mi), Seaduck Point Preserve (1.1 mi). 42 acres are parks and preserves, 84 per 1,000 residents.

Conserved land
53%
1,899 acres · of 5.6 sq mi of land
Trails
8.0 mi
1.4 per sq mi of land
Park land
42 ac
84 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
8%
of residents within ½ mile
Highest peak
46 ft
Red Head
The map

Conserved land, trails & bike routes

Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.

123
Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk

Pick a walk

The longest trail network is Great Wass Island Preserve, with 4.1 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Great Wass Island Preserve

Managed by The Nature Conservancy
1,449 acres4.1 mi of trail
Little Cape Point TrailMud Hole Point Trail
Dogs usually not allowed
Directionsto the parking lot

Seaduck Point Preserve

Managed by Maine Coast Heritage Trust
173 acres1.1 mi of trail
Seaduck Point Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet

Beals Town Park

Park
42 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it

1,899 conserved acres

53% of Beals’ land. Water is left out: Beals has 5.6 square miles of land and 42.7 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Beals’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Land trusts & nonprofits3,662 ac
Regional agency37 ac
State fish & wildlife18 ac
State parks1 ac
Not recorded17 ac
Private Conservation · 3,115 acConservation Easement · 462 acState Conservation Area · 67 acUnknown Easement · 46 acPrivate Other or Unknown · 43 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 157 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 25 of 51 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Great Wass Island Preserve
Private Conservation
Land trusts & nonprofits2,890Unknown
Seaduck Point
Private Conservation
Land trusts & nonprofits173Restricted
Browney Island
Private Other or Unknown
Land trusts & nonprofits40Closed
Helliwell Park
State Conservation Area
Regional agency37Restricted
Crumple Island Preserve
Private Conservation
Land trusts & nonprofits26Unknown
GWI Archipelago, Crumple Island Preserve
Private Conservation
Land trusts & nonprofits24Closed
Alan E. Hutchinson Wildlife Management Area
State Conservation Area
State fish & wildlife18Closed
Inner (Little) Ram Island
State Conservation Area
Not recorded13Unknown
Egg Rock
Private Other or Unknown
Not recorded2Unknown
Island
State Other or Unknown
Not recorded2Unknown

2 smaller protected places aren’t shown.

Things to do

11 places to go in Beals

Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.

Peaks in Beals
Red Head46 ft elevation · In Great Wass Island Preserve
Directions
Trails & water

3 named trails

Named trails
Mud Hole Point Trail2.3 mi
Little Cape Point Trail2.1 mi
Seaduck Point Trail0.7 mi
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
1Baseball
1Basketball

Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.

When to get out

The best walking months in Beals: 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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)9.210.411.813.414.815.515.214.012.410.99.58.8
High (°F)293239516170767669574635
Rain (in)4.33.84.64.33.93.53.43.63.55.05.15.9

July is the driest month (3.4 in) and the warmest (highs of 76 °F). 5.9 inches fall in December, the wettest month. The climate in Beals →

Next door

Beals and its neighbors

Beals has the most mapped trails of the 3 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

Beals8.0 miAddison6.4 miJonesport6.0 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Beals— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Addison12%0.225%C
Jonesport8%0.2under 1under 1%C−

The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.

Questions about parks and trails in Beals

Where can I hike in Beals?

The longest trail networks: Great Wass Island Preserve, 4.1 miles; Seaduck Point Preserve, 1.1 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.

Are dogs allowed on Beals’ trails?

Great Wass Island Preserve and Seaduck Point Preserve don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Is there public land near Beals?

399 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Beals or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 42 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Beals 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 →