Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry - Bureau of Parks and Lands POINTS OF INTEREST Online maps and brochures are available for many of the DEST Trail Guide points of interest. A little research ahead of time will add to Overview, highlights, your DEST experience. DEST Section Map www.sunrisetrail.org and three section maps. ...... Map 1 www.nps.gov/acadia Bad Little Falls, 1 Elm St., Machias...... Map 3 RESOURCES Washington Junction to Ayers Junction = 85 miles Blackwoods Scenic Byway ...... Map 1 Schoodic Mountain 85 miles and growing, the Down East Sunrise Trail (DEST) www.exploremaine.org Cable Pool, Cherryeld...... Map 1 ATV / ORV information is a year-round multi-use rail trail, and the longest o -road Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands section of the East Coast Greenway. State Park...... Map 3 www.maine.gov/cobscookbay ATV program/ORV oce (207) 287-4958 Cutler Coast Public Lands...... Map 3 Statewide trail map available This Guide provides a trail overview, highlights www.parksandlands.com and near-trail amenities, and three section maps: Donnell Pond Public Reserve Lands...... Map 1 1. Washington Junction to Cherryeld (28 miles) Downeast Fisheries Trail...... Map 1-3 ATV Maine: www.atvmaine.org 2. Cherryeld to Machias (29 miles) www.DowneastFisheriesTrail.org - online map 3. Machias to Ayers Junction (28 miles) DownEast Gardens and Scenic Vistas...... Map 1-3 Registration: www.maine.gov/ifw

www.visitmaine.com - request map Down East Sunrise Trail online maps Trail Surface is an old rail bed packed with gravel. Down East Heritage Rail...... Map 1 Sunrise Trail Coalition Bridge surfaces include wood planking. www.downeastscenicrail.org www.sunrisetrail.org East Machias Aquatic Research Center...... Map 2&3 Use Types: Farmers’ Markets...... Map 1-3 Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands www.parksandlands.com 1. Non-motorized use includes but is not limited to www.getrealmaine.com and mofga.org bicycling (mountain bikes recommended), hiking, Forest Hills Cemetery...... Map 2 horseback riding, snowshoeing, dog sledding, East Coast Greenway Franklin Memorial Park...... Map 1 www.greenway.org and skiing. Gallison Library...... Map 2 ...... Map 1 2. All motorized vehicles must be legally registered State Parks, Public Lands, and Historic Sites www.maine.gov/lamoine as either an ATV and/or snowmobile. Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands Maine’s Ice Age Trail...... Map 1-3 www.parksandlands.com / www.campwithme.com Seasonal trail uses and closures are based on http://iceagetrail.umaine.edu -online map trail condition and are posted on trail. Please note: Moosehorn ...... Map 3 Snowmobile Information www.fws.gov/northeast/moosehorn 1. Trail closures may occur during mud season Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands Pleasant River Community Forest...... Map 2 Snowmobile program (207) 287-4957 (typically in April/May), for trail repairs, and for www.mainesalmonrivers.org Statewide trail map available snow-dependent seasonal uses. ...... Map 3 www.parksandlands.com www.maine.gov/quoddyhead 2. During mud season only human foot trac is Registration: www.maine.gov/ifw allowed: walking and jogging. Rocky Lake Public Lands...... Map 3 Roque Blu s State Park...... Map 2 Tourism 3. Trail Alerts and closures are posted on the www.maine.gov/roqueblu s DownEast & Acadia Sunrise Trail Coalition website www.sunrisetrail.org. Ruggles House & Garden...... Map 2 Regional Tourism Schoodic Bog www.frenchmanbay.org...... Map 1 www.downeastacadia.com Mileage is listed on trail by mile post markers. Schoodic National Scenic Byway...... Map 1 Maine Oce of Tourism Mile posts are denoted in this guide by “MP=.” www.schoodicbyway.org www.visitmaine.com = ATV and snowmobile trails that cross the DEST. Shackford Head State Park...... Map 3 Junctions www.maine.gov/shackfordhead Maine State Visitor Tunk Lake Public Reserved Lands...... Map 1 Information Centers Wild Salmon Resource Center...... Map 2 www.mainetourism.com www.mainesalmonrivers.org This guide was funded through a Maine Outdoor Heritage Fund grant and the Recreational Trails Program. It is the cooperative e ort of the Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands, the Hancock County Planning Commission, the Sunrise Trail Coalition, and Down East and Acadia Regional Tourism. (2013) Washington Junction Franklin Crossing Tunk Lake Road/ME 183 Unionville Crossing Location: Intersection of DEST and ME 182 Location: Four miles north of US 1 on Location: Unionville Rd. in the center of Franklin ME 183 where DEST intersects Parking: Limited trailside parking Parking: Limited parking at crossing Parking: Limited parking next to the trail. Trail Section Length: 4 miles Trail Section Length: 7 miles Trail Section Length: 8 miles Unionville to Cherryeld Franklin Crossing to Tunk Lake Rd. Tunk Lake Rd. to Unionville www.sunrisetrail.org Points of Interest: Points of Interest & Side Trips: Trail parallels and then crosses Tunk Location: Railroad Siding Street, Ellsworth Schoodic Bog and the view of Schoodic Mt. Stream as it leaves Unionville. is stunning, especially in autumn. A picnic It intersects the eastern end of the Washington Junction to Cherry eld = 28 miles Parking: Large o -street lot table awaits you. Blackwoods Scenic Byway/ME 182, The Down East Sunrise Trail (DEST) Trail Section Length: 9 miles Take North End Rd. from trail to Schoodic Beach then crosses the takes riders o -road on a gentle Washington Junction to Franklin Rd. for hiking on Schoodic and Black Mts. and at Cable Pool in Cherryeld via an journey through a natural Points of Interest & Side Trips: camping and day use on Schoodic Beach. early 20th-century steel trestle bridge. landscape of forests, vast marshes, NOTE: Trailhead is a 1/2-mile walk from beach. Donnell Pond mountain views, and through Restored rail cars by Down East Heritage Points of Interest & Side Trips: Cable Pool, now a town park, is a habitat for Maine’s iconic moose, Rail at Washington Junction. The Blackwoods Scenic Byway/ME 182 provides historically signicant salmon pool. access to Tunk Mt. hiking trails and Tunk Lake. Trail passes through remote forestland and beaver, eagles, osprey, waterfowl, Wildlife-watching opportunities on this section It makes a great picnic spot. wild turkeys, and white-tailed deer. crosses a few logging roads before reaching of the trail and most impressively near Unionville. 85 miles and growing, the DEST wetlands. Watch out for deer crossing the trail. is the longest o -road section Hike , swim, and camp at Donnell Pond Public of the East Coast Greenway. A side trip to Franklin Memorial Park is a nice Lands. From trail take North End Rd or ME 183. stop to take in local history and have a picnic. FMI: www.sunrisetrail.org Lamoine State Park and Acadia National Park The Schoodic National Scenic Byway (US 1). o er additional cycling & hiking adventures. To learn more about the geology of the area, www.greenway.org view Maine’s Ice Age Trail at www.parksandlands.com Schoodic Mountain http://iceagetrail.umaine.edu. Steel trestle bridge at Cable Pool

ME 193/Beddington Rd./N. Main St.

T 10 SD Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry - Bureau of Parks and Lands Lyle Frost CHERRYFIELD DOWN EAST SUNRISE TRAIL Tunk Tunk Mtn. 193 WMA Mtn. Narraguagus MP30 Washington Junction to Cherry eld Trailhead WMA Cherry eld FRANKLIN Cable Pool Crossing Select ORV Trail Crossings BlackwoodsByway Scenic MP 31 #514 South to Steuben 13 miles - ATV ONLY 182 T 9 SD Lake Georges MP11 MP 32-1/2 #504/MATS 105/ITS 81 Donnell Pond Junctions Pond Franklin Tunk Lake Wiley District Rd. 180 PRL 182 Graham 179 MP = Mile Post 200 Parking Unionville Rd. 1 Great Crossing MP26 Lake FLETCHERS Donnell Tunk Pond Unionville North St. LANDING Pond Lake Black Mtn. Crossing TWP Big Chief MP2 Franklin Schoodic Trailhead MILBRIDGE Washington Memorial Park Hog Schoodic Mtn. Trailhead Bay Schoodic Mt. Unionville Rd. Junction HANCOCK Taunton and Bog View Black 1 Narraguagus Mtn. Rd. T 7 SD 182 Bay Schoodic River Egypt WASHINGTON COUNTY Bold Coast Schoodic Beach Rd. Union Bog HANCOCK COUNTY Scenic Byway TauntonEgypt North River End Rd. BayBay 200 At Schoodic Mtn. & Bog View Main Street 1 Washington Junction Rd. Flanders Pond STEUBEN 3 Ellsworth Smithville Milbridge 1 Kilkenny MP18 Smithville Rd. Cove Hancock SULLIVAN ELLSWORTH East Tunk Lake Road/ Sullivan 183 ME 183 Steuben 184 1 Sullivan LAMOINE Steuben Skillins River Harbor 1 Schoodic National 3 204 Sullivan Wildlife Management Area Harbor 185 Scenic Byway 1 Public Reserve Land Major Highway To Acadia Maine 230 To Lamoine Flanders Scenic Byway Ice Age National Park State Park SORRENTO GOULDSBORO Trail Bay Gouldsboro West Numbered Route Bay 184 Bay DEST 0 MILE 1

This guide was funded through a Maine Outdoor Heritage Fund grant and the Recreational Trails Program. It is the cooperative e ort of the Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands, the Hancock County Planning Commission, the Sunrise Trail Coalition, and Down East and Acadia Regional Tourism. Cherry eld Crossing Harrington and Jonesboro Station Whitneyville Crossing Columbia Falls Crossings Location: Trail crosses Station Road Location: Trail crosses ME 1A just Location: Trail crosses North St. just north northwest of Jonesboro. south of Whitneyville. of Harrington; enters Columbia Falls at Tibbetstown & Centerville Rds. Parking: Limited parking next to the trail Parking: Limited roadside parking Parking: Limited at Harrington and Columbia Trail Section Length: 8 miles Trail Section Length: 4 miles Falls Crossings. Summer and weekend parking Jonesboro Station to Whitneyville Crossing Whitneyville to Machias www.sunrisetrail.org at Narraguagus High School, Harrington. Points of Interest: Trail Section Length: 10 miles An1868 schoolhouse Cable Pool, Harrington Crossing to Columbia Falls = 6 miles turned library in1966 Cherry eld to Machias = 29 miles Cherry eld Columbia Falls to Jonesboro Station = 4 miles is located close to the Points of Interest & Side Trips: trail in Whitneyville. The Down East Sunrise Trail (DEST) Location: Trail crosses ME 193 in Cherryeld. takes riders o -road through a Leaving Whitneyville, variety of landscapes providing Parking: At North St. - North St. intersects the trail crosses the ME 193 about 1mile north of US 1, and 1/4 mile scenic views of coastal mountains, and cuts through south of the DEST/ME 193 crossing. freshwater marshes and upland forests, open wetlands, and Trail Section Length: 7 miles blueberry barrens. Along the way, forests. Skirting downtown Machias, Cherryeld to Harrington Pass by the trail crosses just two roads in this 28 bridges span tree-lined streams blueberry section before reaching the Machias and salmon rivers. Points of Interest & Side Trips: barrens Trail skirts downtown Cherryeld’s historic and the Gallison Memorial Library Station 98. 85 miles and growing, the DEST district and then parallels US1 for almost Pleasant River before the trail becomes Points of Interest & Side Trips: The trail becomes increasingly remote, is the longest o -road section 3 miles before crossing the . semi-remote beyond Columbia Falls.The Wild Salmon Resource Center, Pleasant River crossing the , numerous of the East Coast Greenway. A side trip to the historic district for the Community Forest, Forest Hills Cemetery, streams, and beaver ponds. It passes by the history and cafes makes for a fun lunch stop. Gallison Library, and Ruggles House & Garden Jonesboro Wildlife Management Area and FMI: www.sunrisetrail.org To learn more about the geology of the area www.greenway.org are great side trips. A country store, 1mile east of provides opportunities for wildlife viewing. view Maine’s Ice Age Trail at Columbia Falls is known for doughnuts and www.parksandlands.com http://iceagetrail.umaine.edu. makes a good lunch and provisions stop.

(MP59 see next map) Hadley 191 Gardner Lake Lake MP59 Chases Mill Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry - Bureau of Parks and Lands DOWN EAST SUNRISE TRAIL Rd. Select ORV Trail Crossings MP = Mile Post Machias Aquatic Research 1 MP 31 #514 South to Steuben Center (see next map) Cherry eld to Machias MP 37-1/2 #514 MP 54 -1/2 #516 192 Hadley 13 miles - ATV ONLY 17 miles, also intersects #504 MP 58 - 3/4 Lake Rd. MP63 Junctions MP 32-1/2 #504/MATS 105 Whitneyville Scotts Hill Rd. East Machias Machias 1A River To Great Heath Library Cutler Coast PRL CENTERVILLE Public Lands Pleasant River COLUMBIA MP55 Community Forest Univ. of Maine 92 191 DEBLOIS FALLS Machias access points MP47 Whitneyville Roque Machiasport Cherry eld Jonesboro Blu s Rd. Schoodic MP43 Jonesboro Crossing Oldest bldg. Lake WMA 1A east of Saco Rd. Columbia Falls Station Penobscot Fort O’Brien 193 River Crossing Chandler Tibbettstown River East Pea Ridge Rd. Cross Rd. Rd. 1 Kennebec Rd. Schoodic Rd. Epping Jonesboro Rd. CHERRYFIELD Station Rd. Old Route 1/Great Cove Rd./Roque Blu s Rd. Larabee ME193/Beddington Rd. Georgetown Woods Rd. N.Main St. Centerville Rd. Heath West Preserve COLUMBIA Station Rd. Looks Kennebec MP30 Point Rd. Rd. TNC Narraguagus Cherry eld Forest Hills Cemetery Ruggles 1 Little Kennebec Bay WMA Crossing Ridge Rd. Sacarap Rd. House Addison Rd. Webb 1 Wild Salmon District Rd. North St. Resource Center Great Cove Howard Cable Pool Gallison Addison Cove Memorial Library Water St. Roque Blu s State Park 187 Johnson Cove Rd. Wiley District Rd. MP37 Narraguagus 0 MILE 1 182 High School Harrington East Side Rd. Bold Coast 1 A Crossing 187 Wildlife Management Area North Scenic Byway St. To Public Reserve Land HARRINGTON Jonesport Major Highway Maine 1 MILBRIDGE Scenic Byway Ice Age Harrington Pleasant Numbered Route Trail Narraguagus River River DEST River Flat Bay This guide was funded through a Maine Outdoor Heritage Fund grant and the Recreational Trails Program. It is the cooperative eort of the Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands, the Hancock County Planning Commission, the Sunrise Trail Coalition, and Down East and Acadia Regional Tourism. Machias East Machias Rocky Lake Crossing Dennysville/Ayers Junct. Location: Trail crosses US 1 and ME 191. Location: Trail crosses ME 191 just Location: Trail crosses Milwaukee south of Diamond Match Rd. Rd. in Dennysville. Parking: Large lot on Willow St. just east of US 1. Limited at ME 191/DEST crossing Parking: West side of ME 191 at trail Parking: US 1 north to ME 86 Trail Section Length: 7 miles Trail Section Length: 10 miles west to Milwaukee Rd. north 100-ft. East Machias to Rocky Lake Crossing Rocky Lake Crossing to Dennysville to where trail intersects the road. www.sunrisetrail.org Location: Points of Interest & Side Trips: Trail Section Length: 7 miles Trail crosses This section of the trail runs through elds and Dennysville to Ayers Junction US 1 in forest while paralleling ME 191. The trail Points of Interest & Side Trips: Machias. Machias to Ayers Junction = 28 miles intersects the SE corner of Rocky Lake Public The trail continues through relatively Parking: Lands, accessed by a multi-use trail, before remote forestland until it reaches its The Down East Sunrise Trail (DEST) At green boxcar and Station 98 just west of swinging east toward Dennysville. It is just a Fishing at Rocky Lake eastern terminus at Ayers Junction, takes riders o-road on a journey causeway (dike) and on causeway (no trailers) short side trip to the boating and camping areas just a few miles north of Pembroke. along the entire Downeast coastal Trail Section Length: 4 miles on Rocky Lake’s shore. Add to your adventure by visiting the area. Stunning views, wildlife- Machias to East Machias watching opportunties, and village of Pembroke, Reversing Falls, interesting side trips are plentiful Points of Interest & Side Trips: Moosehorn for the adventurous. Its compacted On this trail section visitors cross over On-trail warming hut National gravel surface follows an old extensive salt marshes and experience Points of Interest & Side Trips: Wildlife Refuge, railroad bed from Ellsworth to beautiful views across the Machias and East Forests and numerous ponds and streams Gleason Cove Ayers Junction. Machias rivers. The trail crosses the Machias Dike, de ne this trail section. Don’t miss Rocky Park, Shackford where both ea and farmers’ markets take place Lake Public Lands. Consider a picnic by the Head State Park, Visit the East Machias Aquatic Research Center smaller Patrick Lake (access o ME 86). 85 miles and growing, the DEST is in the summer. A motel, ATM, and nationally and historic (EMARC) to learn about Maine’s sheries. Enjoy beautiful views over Harmon’s the longest o-road section of the famous blueberry pie-making restaurant provide Eastport. East Coast Greenway. Cutler Coast Public Lands, Cobscook Bay and Stream, the East Ridge, Great Works Wildlife amenities just west of the dike (causeway). View www.sunrisetrail.org Quoddy Head State Parks and lighthouse are Management Area, and the Denny’s River. Maine’s FMI: Explore town, then consider a side trip to Roque www.greenway.org recommended side trips. Cobscook Bay & Quoddy Head State Parks Ice Age Trail at Blus State Park for an on-road bike loop ride. www.parksandlands.com are great side trips from Dennysville. http://iceagetrail.umaine.edu. 1 MP59 Diamond NOTE - North is to the right on this map only. Machias Match Rd. Rocky Causeway Lake Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry - Bureau of Parks and Lands To MP70 Rocky Lake DOWN EAST SUNRISE TRAIL Roque Rocky Public Reserved Blu s Lake Land Machias to Ayers Junction State Hadley Lake Rd./ Hadley Crossing The Nineteen Rd. Park Marsh eld Rd. Wildlife Management Area Lake Palmer Landing Public Reserve Land N Rd. 191 92 Hadley 191 Major Highway Maine Lake Rd. Ice Age 0 MILE 1 Lake Cathance Scenic Byway Rocky Lake Numbered Route Trail 191 Public Reserved 1 MP63 Land DEST Willow St. Chases Patrick No. 14 Township East Mill Rd. Lake Public Reserved Gardner Land Meddybemps Machias MARION Lake Aquatic Research Lake 86 Bold Center Second TWP East Ridge Rd. 191 Lake Machias Bay Coast Scenic NO 14 TWP Damon Ridge Rd. Byway Gardner Lake Rd. Marion Rd. / Tech Camp Rd. 191 East Ridge 214 Moosehorn National Calais 1 Maine Audubon Society Wildlife Refuge MP78.9 Great Works Dodge Rd. Charlotte Road Maine’s Ice Age Trail Dodge Rd. Smith Ridge Rd. Round http://iceagetrail.umaine.edu WMR to Whiting Milwaukee Rd. Lake 1 Woods Rd. to Rte. 1 Charlotte WHITING MP80 MP87 Rd. Milwaukee Rd. Ayers Dennysville Junction Pennamaquan Saint Lake Station Croix DEST Rd. 1 extension River Cutler Coast Dennysville Select ORV Trail Crossings MP = Mile Post Devil’s Head 1 To to Perry Public Reserved Public Reserved Cobscook Bay Bold Coast MP 70 #101 to Rocky Lake PRL Land State Park Moosehorn National Scenic MP 78.9 Dodge Rd. S to Whiting Land Wildlife Refuge Byway Rte. 214/Ayers Junction Rd. South Junctions Boyden and N to Alexander Rte. 1 to Rte.189 to Cobscook Bay Pembroke Meadow Rd. Whiting Quoddy Head State Park State Park Lake MP 87 Club Trail 10 miles to Perry This guide was funded through a Maine Outdoor Heritage Fund grant and the Recreational Trails Program. It is the cooperative e ort of the Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands, the Hancock County Planning Commission, the Sunrise Trail Coalition, and Down East and Acadia Regional Tourism.