The Hackett and Minot Trails take visitors through a verdant, mossy forest with numerous lichen and club-moss glades, as well as a vernal pool. It’s a great place for a quiet woods walk.
The vernal pool forms in a low-lying area of the forest, where water can collect in the spring and dry out in late summer. Vernal pools provide important breeding habitat for wood frogs, spotted salamanders and other animals. Animals lay their eggs here because the pool is isolated and temporary, and predators such as fish don’t live here.
Visible to the west of Harpswell Neck Rd (ME-123), this property complements Harpswell’s historic center, which includes the 1757 Old Meeting House, the 1842 Elijah Kellogg Church, the 1876 Centennial Hall and the 1783 Tarr-Eaton House, which is protected with a historic preservation easement.
VISITOR GUIDELINES
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Park at the Harpswell Historical Society, located at 929 Harpswell Neck Road, on the east side of the road, 2 miles south of the Mountain Road. Walk across Harpswell Neck Road and around 400 feet down the Littlefield Road. The Hackett Trail begins on the right and the Minot Trail on the left. The two trails connect to form a loop.
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