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Maine 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. Acadia National Park............................................. 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. Cobscook Bay 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 Lamoine State Park................................................ 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 National Wildlife Refuge.............. 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. Quoddy Head State Park..................................... 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 Blus State Park....................... ................ Map 2 Tourism 3. Trail Alerts and closures are posted on the www.maine.gov/roqueblus 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 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. (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 Cherryeld = 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 Narraguagus River 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). oer 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 ofConservation Agriculture, and Forestry - Bureau of and Parks Lands Lyle Frost CHERRYFIELD DOWN EAST SUNRISE TRAIL Tunk Tunk Mtn. 193 WMA Mtn. Narraguagus MP30 Washington Junction to Cherryeld Trailhead WMA Cherryeld FRANKLIN Cable Pool Crossing Select ORV Trail Crossings BlackwoodsByway Scenic MP 31 #514 South to Steuben Spring River 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 Union River Bay Gouldsboro West Numbered Route Bay 184 Bay DEST 0 MILE 1 This guide