The Perkins Woods Preserve on Androscoggin Lake includes 2,700 feet of rocky undeveloped shoreline and an old growth forest of majestic white pines, eastern hemlocks, and northern hardwoods. There are few old growth stands like it in central Maine, and some of the legacy trees in this beautiful forest stand are over 150 years old.
Also of note are the small black sand beaches which formed from weathered gabbro, an unusual igneous rock. When the water level drops in mid-to-late summer, exposed flat rocks provide a pleasant place to picnic, sunbathe, and swim. The mature trees and undeveloped shoreline provide ideal habitat for fish-eating birds including osprey, bald eagles, and herons.
The half-mile, blue-blazed Cathedral Loop Trail winds through a stand of 150-year old hemlocks and pines with a high canopy, few understory plants, and a soft bed of
needles underfoot.
Note: Please keep a good distance from the osprey nest when the birds are nesting and raising their young.
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Access by boat in the summer or by skiing or snowshoeing in the winter. From the state boat launch on ME-133 in Wayne, paddle toward the undeveloped shoreline between West Acres (cottages) and the Androscoggin Boys Camp. A white KLT sign marks a small landing area on the southern shore. The sign-in box and trailhead are a short distance uphill from the shoreline.
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