Bradbury Pineland Corridor

The Bradbury-Pineland Corridor Trail begins at the junction with the Boundary Trail in the northwest corner of Bradbury Mountain State Park. The trail heads west past Thoits Branch and a spur heads up to the summit of Tryon Mountain where you’ll find old quarries and opportunities to explore for minerals and treasures. As the trail winds through deep woods known as “The Corridor,” you’ll come across old stone walls and ledges.

Upon reaching the parking area and trailhead at Lawrence Road, the trail heads west past Tryon Fields, which are maintained for wildlife, scenery, and winter sledding. RRCT spur trails head north and south parallel to Chandler Brook (no mountain bikes are allowed on these spur trails). The main trail crosses Chandler Brook with large bridges provide safe crossings of Thoits Branch and Chandler Brook.

At the junction of state park land and the Central Maine Power power line corridor, the trail heads south to connect to Pineland Public Land. The trails here are suitable for winter uses, but challenging in the summer at two bridge locations and some other wet areas. In many places the trails are CMP service roads; in other cases the trails are variable depending upon the extent of recent mowing and signage. Plan to dismount from bikes or walk carefully on bridges along the power line. Bridges along the powerline do not safely support equestrian traffic. Gates that are open in the winter may be closed in summer even though summer uses are permitted by CMP and Maine Bureau of Public Land.

Soon after crossing the railroad, the trail enters the woods into the Pineland Public Reserved Lands Unit, headed toward New Gloucester Road (Rt 231). About 0.4 miles after crossing New Gloucester Road (Rt 231)  the corridor trail connects to the primary trail loops at Pineland Public Land. These trails are on state forests in Gray, North Yarmouth, and New Gloucester. They do not connect to nearby Pineland Farms’ extensive private trail networks.

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The State of Maine Bureau of Parks & Lands began the Bradbury-Pineland Corridor with 300 acres in 1970 and acquired nearly 1,800 additional acres over the subsequent forty year period.  Royal River Conservation Trust owns and manages 300 acres of conservation easements and trail easements within the corridor.

Various expansions of both Bradbury Mountain State Park and Pineland Public Land were among the first projects undertaken by the Pownal Land Trust (which became part of RRCT in 2008) and the then-new Land for Maine’s Future program.

For more information, visit:

Bradbury Mountain State Park: https://apps.web.maine.gov/cgi-bin/online/doc/parksearch/details.pl?park_id=12

Pineland Public Reserved Land: https://www.mainetrailfinder.com/trails/trail/pineland-public-reserved-land

Pineland Farms: https://pinelandfarms.org/

Elmwood Trails:

Chandler Brook:

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