Gordon Fox Ranch · Photo: FoxTowerFarm · CC BY-SA 4.0Lincoln has 29 miles of mapped trails, 0.4 for every square mile of land
6 acres are parks and preserves, 1.1 per 1,000 residents. 27% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 16% of U.S. towns · #135 of 143 in Maine. What drives it
How much outdoors does Lincoln have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Lincoln is ahead of 16% of U.S. towns, #135 of 143 in Maine. Trail miles hold the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
Water is 9% of Lincoln’s area (7 of 75 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read under 1%.
PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Edwards Family Children's Fishing Park
2 conserved acres
under 1% of Lincoln’s land. Water is left out: Lincoln has 67.8 square miles of land and 6.8 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Lincoln’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Cold Stream Pond State Other or Unknown | State fish & wildlife | 2 | Closed |
16 places to go in Lincoln
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
1 beach without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
3 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Plus 4 boat launches without a name on the map.
18 lakes & rivers
0.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
1 place on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 3 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.
The best walking months in Lincoln: 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 | 13.5 | 14.9 | 15.6 | 15.3 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.4 | 8.7 |
| High (°F) | 27 | 30 | 39 | 52 | 65 | 74 | 80 | 78 | 70 | 57 | 44 | 33 |
| Rain (in) | 3.3 | 2.7 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 4.2 |
February is the driest month (2.7 in) and July the warmest (highs of 80 °F). 4.7 inches fall in October, the wettest month. The climate in Lincoln →
Lincoln and its neighbors
Lincoln has the second most mapped trails of the 4 towns around it. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln | under 1% | 0.4 | 1 | 27% | C− |
| Lee | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
| Winn | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
| Burlington | — 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 Lincoln
How much of Lincoln is conserved land?
under 1% 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 Lincoln’s trails?
Marguerite Flanders Playground and Edwards Family Children's Fishing Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Lincoln?
766 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Lincoln or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 6 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Lincoln have?
Ahead of 16% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #135 of 143 in Maine. 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 Lincoln neighbors.
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 →