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B+Outdoors
Outdoors in Sullivan

17% of Sullivan’s land is conserved: 2,819 acres

47 acres are parks and preserves, 37 per 1,000 residents. The biggest trail networks: Long Ledges Preserve (3.2 mi), Schoodic Bog Preserve (3.1 mi), Schoodic Connector Trail (1.1 mi). 13% of residents live within a half mile of a park.

Ahead of 68% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Conserved land
17%
2,819 acres · of 26.7 sq mi of land
Trails
16 mi
0.6 per sq mi of land
Park land
47 ac
37 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
13%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
4.7 mi
4.7 mi paths
Highest peak
413 ft
Long Pond Hill
Lakes & rivers
7
1 beach · 2 boat launches

What kind of outdoors town is Sullivan?

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

Land that stays wild17% of the land is conserved; a typical Maine town, 6%.
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Sullivan have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Sullivan is ahead of 68% of U.S. towns. Conserved land holds the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.

B+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Sullivan’s overall grade.
Conserved land17% of the land · typical ME town 6% · U.S. 4%ATrails0.6 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (16 mi) · ME 0.7 · U.S. 0.4B+Park land37 acres of park per 1,000 residents (47 acres) · ME 15 · U.S. 13A−Parks close to home13% 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 68%
LessMore

Water is 10% of Sullivan’s area (3 of 30 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 15%.

How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from B− to A. 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 Long Ledges Preserve, with 3.2 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Long Ledges Preserve

Managed by Frenchman Bay Conservancy
250 acres3.2 mi of trail
Schoodic Connector Trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

Schoodic Bog Preserve

Managed by Frenchman Bay Conservancy
563 acres3.1 mi of trail
Schoodic Bog TrailSchoodic Mountain TrailSchoodic Connector Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet

Schoodic Connector Trail

Managed by Frenchman Bay Conservancy
318 acres1.1 mi of trail
Schoodic Connector Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet

Baker Hill Preserve

Managed by Frenchman Bay Conservancy
61 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

Little Tunk Pond Preserve

Managed by Frenchman Bay Conservancy
64 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
All 8 parks & preserves
Long Ledges Preserve250 acres · 3.2 mi of trail · Frenchman Bay Conservancy
Directions
Schoodic Bog Preserve563 acres · 3.1 mi of trail · Frenchman Bay Conservancy
Schoodic Connector Trail318 acres · 1.1 mi of trail · Frenchman Bay Conservancy
Baker Hill Preserve61 acres · 0.9 mi of trail · Frenchman Bay Conservancy
Directions
Little Tunk Pond Preserve64 acres · 0.4 mi of trail · Frenchman Bay Conservancy
Directions
Donnell Pond Public Reserved Land1,043 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Sumner Park2 acres
Gordon's Wharf1 acres
Who protects it

2,819 conserved acres

17% of Sullivan’s land. Water is left out: Sullivan has 26.7 square miles of land and 2.9 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Sullivan’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

State parks2,812 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits2,246 ac
State conservation469 ac
Other state land72 ac
Regional agency3 ac
Other or Unknown Local Government1 ac
Not recorded252 ac
Conservation Easement · 1,308 acLocal Other or Unknown · 1,036 acState Resource Management Area · 1,026 acPrivate Conservation · 778 acUnknown Easement · 472 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 482 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 18 of 44 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Donnell Pond
Local Other or Unknown
State parks1,055Closed
Donnel Pond
State Resource Management Area
State parks1,001Open
Schoodic Bog
State Conservation Area
State conservation933Restricted
Schoodic Trail Connector Phase II
Unknown
Not recorded250Unknown
Long Ledges - Schoodic Trail Connector
Private Conservation
Land trusts & nonprofits250Closed
Schoodic Connector
Private Other or Unknown
Land trusts & nonprofits243Restricted
Point Investments
Private Other or Unknown
Land trusts & nonprofits81Closed
Schoodic Bog Preserve
Private Other or Unknown
Land trusts & nonprofits76Closed
Downeast Sunrise Trail
State Other or Unknown
Other state land72Restricted
Little Tunk Pond
Private Conservation
Land trusts & nonprofits64Closed

5 smaller protected places aren’t shown.

Things to do

10 places to go in Sullivan

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

Peaks in Sullivan
Long Pond Hill413 ft elevation · In Schoodic Connector Trail
Directions
Catamount384 ft elevation
Directions
Baker Hill364 ft elevation · In Baker Hill Preserve
Directions
Tucker Mountain361 ft elevation
Directions
Trails & water

3 named trails and 7 lakes & rivers

Named trails
Schoodic Connector Trail2.2 mi
Schoodic Bog Trail1.6 mi
Schoodic Mountain Trail0.7 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Basin PondpondFlanders PondreservoirLittle Tunk PondpondLong PondreservoirMill PondpondMorancy PondpondFlanders Stream
Biking & sports

4.7 miles of bike routes

Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.

4.7 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
2Baseball
1Skate park
1Basketball
1Tennis

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

History along the way

1 place on the National Register

The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 1 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.

History →
Granite StoreBuilding · listed 1974
About it
When to get out

The best walking months in Sullivan: 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)313240516371777668564636
Rain (in)4.13.34.14.33.84.13.23.13.95.55.05.1

August is the driest month (3.1 in) and July the warmest (highs of 77 °F). 5.5 inches fall in October, the wettest month. The climate in Sullivan →

Next door

Sullivan and its neighbors

Tap a town to see its outdoors.

Hancock21 miGouldsboro20 miSullivan16 miFranklin11 miSorrento0.5 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Sullivan17%0.63713%B+
Sorrento— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Hancock18%0.71314%B
Gouldsboro21%0.424418%B+
Franklin12%0.3under 14%C

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

Questions about parks and trails in Sullivan

Where can I hike in Sullivan?

The longest trail networks: Long Ledges Preserve, 3.2 miles; Schoodic Bog Preserve, 3.1 miles; Schoodic Connector Trail, 1.1 miles; Baker Hill Preserve, 0.9 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.

How much of Sullivan is conserved land?

17% 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 Sullivan’s trails?

Long Ledges Preserve and Schoodic Bog Preserve don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Where can I bike in Sullivan?

4.7 miles of bike routes are on the map: 4.7 of off-road paths.

Is there public land near Sullivan?

16,382 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Sullivan or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 1,079 of them inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Sullivan have?

Ahead of 68% 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 Sullivan 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 →