Lt. Gordon Manuel Wildlife Management Area
Managed by Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
2,606 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: wbaron · CC BY-SA 3.0COutdoors
Outdoors in Hodgdon
10% of Hodgdon’s land is conserved: 2,610 acres
The biggest trail networks: Lt. Gordon Manuel Wildlife Management Area (0.9 mi). 1% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 8.7 miles of mapped trail cross Hodgdon, 0.2 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 25% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
10%
2,610 acres · of 39.8 sq mi of land
Trails
8.7 mi
0.2 per sq mi of land
Near a park
1%
of residents within ½ mile
Highest peak
850 ft
Westford Hill
Lakes & rivers
3
What kind of outdoors town is Hodgdon?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Hodgdon have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Hodgdon is ahead of 25% of U.S. towns. Conserved land holds the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
C
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Hodgdon’s overall grade.
Conserved land10% of the land · typical ME town 6% · U.S. 4%A−Trails0.2 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (9 mi) · ME 0.7 · U.S. 0.4C+Park land0.0 acres of park per 1,000 residents (0 acres) · ME 15 · U.S. 13DParks close to home1% of residents within a half mile of a park · ME 30% · U.S. 72%D
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 25%
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How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from D to C+. 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
Pick a walk
The longest trail network is Lt. Gordon Manuel WMA, with 0.9 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Who protects it
2,610 conserved acres
10% of Hodgdon’s land. Who manages Hodgdon’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State fish & wildlife2,606 ac
Not recorded822 ac
State Conservation Area · 3,429 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. Public access isn’t recorded for 9 of 28 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lt. Gordon Manuel Wildlife Management Area State Conservation Area | State fish & wildlife | 3,429 | Closed |
Things to do
4 places to go in Hodgdon
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Hodgdon
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
Peaks in Hodgdon
Westford Hill850 ft elevation
DirectionsHenderson Hill774 ft elevation
DirectionsDaggett Hill630 ft elevation
DirectionsTrails & water
3 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
3Baseball
2Soccer
1Basketball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The best walking months in Hodgdon: 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) | 9.0 | 10.3 | 11.8 | 13.5 | 14.9 | 15.7 | 15.4 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.4 | 8.7 |
| High (°F) | 23 | 26 | 36 | 49 | 64 | 73 | 78 | 76 | 68 | 54 | 41 | 29 |
| Rain (in) | 3.2 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 3.9 |
February is the driest month (2.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 78 °F). 4.3 inches fall in October, the wettest month. The climate in Hodgdon →
Next door
Hodgdon and its neighbors
Hodgdon has the second most mapped trails of the 3 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
Questions about parks and trails in Hodgdon
Where can I hike in Hodgdon?
The longest trail networks: Lt. Gordon Manuel Wildlife Management Area, 0.9 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Hodgdon is conserved land?
10% 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 Hodgdon’s trails?
Lt. Gordon Manuel Wildlife Management Area doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Hodgdon?
74 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Hodgdon or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Hodgdon have?
Ahead of 25% 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 Hodgdon 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 →