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C+Outdoors
Outdoors in Ogunquit

19% of Ogunquit’s land is conserved: 495 acres

3.8 miles of mapped trail cross Ogunquit, 0.9 per square mile of land. The biggest trail networks: Old Boston Preserve (1 mi), Payeur Preserve (0.8 mi), Ogunquit Town Forest (0.6 mi). 12% of residents live within a half mile of a park.

Ahead of 43% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Conserved land
19%
495 acres · of 4.1 sq mi of land
Trails
3.8 mi
0.9 per sq mi of land
Near a park
12%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
2
3 beaches · 2 boat launches

What kind of outdoors town is Ogunquit?

Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.

Land that stays wild19% of the land is conserved; a typical Maine town, 6%.A trail town0.9 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land, more than 79% of U.S. towns.A beach town3 named beaches on the map.History along the way8 places on the National Register.
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Ogunquit have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Ogunquit is ahead of 43% of U.S. towns. Conserved land holds the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.

C+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Ogunquit’s overall grade.
Conserved land19% of the land · typical ME town 6% · U.S. 4%ATrails0.9 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (4 mi) · ME 0.7 · U.S. 0.4A−Park land0.0 acres of park per 1,000 residents (0 acres) · ME 15 · U.S. 13DParks close to home12% of residents within a half mile of a park · ME 30% · U.S. 72%C−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 43%
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Water is more than half of Ogunquit’s area (11 of 15 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 5%.

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.

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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 Old Boston Preserve, with 1 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Old Boston Preserve

Managed by Great Works Regional Land Trust
164 acres1 mi of trail
Blueberry Trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

Payeur Preserve

Managed by Great Works Regional Land Trust
34 acres0.8 mi of trail
Vernal Pool WalkPayeur Path
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

Ogunquit Town Forest

Nature preserve
39 acres0.6 mi of trail
Town Forest TrailWoodpecker Highway
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet

Beach Plum Farm

Managed by Great Works Regional Land Trust
21 acres0.4 mi of trail
Farm Trail
No dogs
No trailhead mapped yet
All 7 parks & preserves
Old Boston Preserve164 acres · 1 mi of trail · Great Works Regional Land Trust
Directions
Payeur Preserve34 acres · 0.8 mi of trail · Great Works Regional Land Trust
Directions
Ogunquit Town Forest39 acres · 0.6 mi of trail
Beach Plum Farm21 acres · 0.4 mi of trail · Great Works Regional Land Trust
Hilton-Winn Preserve36 acres · 0.2 mi of trail · York Land Trust
Kirkpatrick Woods25 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge52 acres · United States Fish and Wildlife Service;U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Directions
Who protects it

495 conserved acres

19% of Ogunquit’s land. Water is left out: Ogunquit has 4.1 square miles of land and 11.1 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Ogunquit’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Land trusts & nonprofits425 ac
Regional agency130 ac
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service104 ac
Not recorded64 ac
Private Other or Unknown · 231 acLocal Other or Unknown · 169 acConservation Easement · 135 acNational Wildlife Refuge · 104 acPrivate Conservation · 62 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 20 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 8 of 21 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge
National Wildlife Refuge
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service104Restricted
Old Boston Land West
Private Other or Unknown
Land trusts & nonprofits102Closed
Ogunquit beaches
Local Other or Unknown
Regional agency69Restricted
Old Boston Land East
Private Other or Unknown
Land trusts & nonprofits62Restricted
Payeur
Private Other or Unknown
Land trusts & nonprofits45Closed
Miscellaneous Municipal Lands
Local Other or Unknown
Not recorded39Unknown
Unknown
Local Other or Unknown
Regional agency39Unknown
Mt Agamenticus Hilton Easement
Private Conservation
Land trusts & nonprofits38Closed
Kirkpatrick
Private Conservation
Not recorded25Unknown
Beach Plum Farm
Private Other or Unknown
Land trusts & nonprofits22Closed

2 smaller protected places aren’t shown.

Things to do

7 places to go in Ogunquit

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

Beaches in Ogunquit
Footbridge Beach
Directions
Little Beach
Directions
Ogunquit Beach
Directions
Trails & water

8 named trails and 2 lakes & rivers

Named trails
Open to bikes · 0.5 miHorses · 0.5 miUnpaved · 2.0 mi
Blueberry Trail0.5 mi
Vernal Pool Walk0.5 mi
Town Forest Trail0.5 mi
Farm Trail0.4 mi
Payeur Path0.3 mi
Loop Trail0.2 mi
Woodpecker Highway0.2 mi
Vinton Lane Trail0.2 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Staples PondpondOgunquit River
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
4Tennis
1Basketball

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

History along the way

8 places on the National Register

The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).

History →
Goodale-Bourne FarmBuilding · listed 1979
About it
Goodale-Stevens FarmBuilding · listed 1979
About it
Charles Perkins HouseBuilding · listed 1979
About it
Winn HouseBuilding · listed 1979
About it
Ogunquit Memorial LibraryBuilding · listed 1983
About it
Ogunquit PlayhouseBuilding · listed 1995
About it
Colonial InnDistrict · listed 2012
About it
Marginal WayStructure · listed 2022
About it
When to get out

The best walking months in Ogunquit: 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)9.310.411.813.414.715.415.113.912.410.99.69.0
High (°F)333643556574807971594839
Rain (in)3.63.54.44.43.84.23.73.53.94.94.24.6

August is the driest month (3.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 80 °F). 4.9 inches fall in October, the wettest month. The climate in Ogunquit →

Next door

Ogunquit and its neighbors

Tap a town to see its outdoors.

York112 miWells35 miOgunquit3.8 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Ogunquit19%0.9under 112%C+
Wells18%0.674%B−
York28%2.02119%A−

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

Questions about parks and trails in Ogunquit

Where can I hike in Ogunquit?

The longest trail networks: Old Boston Preserve, 1 miles; Payeur Preserve, 0.8 miles; Ogunquit Town Forest, 0.6 miles; Beach Plum Farm, 0.4 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.

How much of Ogunquit is conserved land?

19% 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 Ogunquit’s trails?

Old Boston Preserve and Payeur Preserve don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Is there public land near Ogunquit?

1,421 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Ogunquit or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Ogunquit have?

Ahead of 43% 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 Ogunquit neighbors.

Town Square →
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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 →