Chip Stockford Reserve

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The 155 acre reserve hosts a mile loop, with moderate slope and highlighting features hinting at the past land-use including cellar holes, stone walls, and the resulting forest. A spur trail leads to a bench and view of Lower Bay and Robbins Ridge.
Trail Activity
Snowshoeing Walking Hiking
Length
1.00 mile, Loop
Difficulty
Easy, Moderate
Town
Lovell
Surface
Dirt/Forest Floor, Rock/Ledge
Pets
Permitted
Fees
No

Description

The mile long loop trail is moderately sloped and designed to highlight the many cultural features present from centuries of human intervention on this land. Cultural features include cellar holes, stone walls, and a sand pit. The forest is primarily white pine that arose from the abandonment of agricultural fields and pastures, including large, multi-stemmed white pines along the trail entrance. Portions of the trail travel through a two-aged forest of white pine resulting from forest management activities. The trail skirts a mixed hardwood stand managed for wildlife habitat and forest products, and a 2 acre area of new forest created by severe winds in 1996 and 1998.

A short spur trail, marked in red leads to a memorial bench and view vista overlooking the Lower Bay of Kezar Lake, the expansive Kezar Oulet Fen and the hills that make up Robbin’s Ridge.

Other Information

The property is a popular winter mammal tracking destination for species including porcupine, fisher, grey fox, red fox, moose, deer, and mice. Wood ticks are abundant on the property and hikers are cautioned to take appropriate precautions in spring, summer and fall.

Trail Manager

Visit the Greater Lovell Land Trust online for more information or contact:

Greater Lovell Land Trust
PO Box 181
Center Lovell, ME 04016
Phone: (207) 925-1056
info@gllt.org
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Trail Tips

Dispose of Waste Properly
Wash your dishes at least 200 feet away from water sources, use biodegradable soap sparingly, and scatter the dishwater.

Trailhead Information

From Lovell Village at the intersection of ME Routes 5 and 93, take ME Route 5 north 2.4 miles. Turn left onto West Lovell Road. Go over the bridge on the lake and then turn left onto Ladies Delight Road (labeled B-Road by Google Maps). It is the first dirt road on the left (west) after crossing the bridge. The reserve trailhead and parking lot are on the north side of the road (right-hand side) in approximately a half mile. Additional parking is across the road. The trail begins by following the logging road and a kiosk is in place about 100 feet up the trail in the woods.

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