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Outdoors in Wade

Few parks or trails are on the map in Wade

25 miles of mapped trail cross Wade, 0.7 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
under 1%
88 acres · of 36.1 sq mi of land
Trails
25 mi
0.7 per sq mi of land
Near a park
under 1%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
0.5 mi
0.5 mi paths
The map

Conserved land, trails & bike routes

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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Who protects it

88 conserved acres

under 1% of Wade’s land. Who manages Wade’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Land trusts & nonprofits77 ac
State parks11 ac
Not recorded11 ac
Conservation Easement · 77 acState Recreation Area · 11 acState Other or Unknown · 11 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 77 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 2 of 3 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Bangor Aroostook Rail Trail
State Recreation Area
State parks22Closed
Trails & water

1 named trail

Named trails
Unpaved · 2.6 mi
Snowmobile ITS 880.6 mi
Biking & sports

0.5 miles of bike routes

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

0.5 mi
off-road bike paths
When to get out

The best walking months in Wade: May, August and 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)8.910.211.813.515.015.815.514.212.510.89.38.6
High (°F)202434476272777567523927
Rain (in)2.82.32.63.03.54.14.23.73.64.23.33.5

February is the driest month (2.3 in) and July the warmest (highs of 77 °F). 4.2 inches fall in July, the wettest month. The climate in Wade →

Next door

Wade and its neighbors

Wade has the most mapped trails of the 4 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

TownConserved
of land
Trail mi
per sq mi
Park acres
per 1,000
Near a park
½ mile
Outdoors
Wade— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Castle Hill— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Perham— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Washburn1%0.3837%C

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

Questions about parks and trails in Wade

Where can I bike in Wade?

0.5 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.5 of off-road paths.

Is there public land near Wade?

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

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Wade 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 →