Description: Enjoy mowed grass trails and woodland paths with DRA Education Instructor Sal Azzaretti. The farm includes over one mile of shorefront, extensive wetlands providing both fresh and saltwater habitats, and rolling fields that have been worked for 200 years. It is home to a wide variety of plants and wildlife and affords spectacular views across the bay.

HUNTING IS NOT ALLOWED ON THIS PROPERTY (WHICH IS ONE REASON IT WAS CHOSEN FOR THE NOV. WALK) BUT BRIGHT COLORS ARE RECOMMENDED.

Length in miles: approx. 2.5 mi.

Difficulty (easy, moderate or strenuous): easy with some uneven footing

Directions to the trailhead: Great Salt Bay Farm is located at 110 Belvedere Road in Damariscotta, less than half a mile off of Route 1. Coming up Route 1 from the South, pass the main Damariscotta exit and continue for slightly more than 2 miles to the blinking light at Belvedere Road. Take a left on Belvedere and the DRA will be on your left; a white farmhouse opposite a large barn. From the North on 1, after you cross the Damariscotta town line from Nobleboro, continue about a mile to the bottom of the hill and take a right at the blinking light onto Belvedere Road.

Time to meet at the trailhead: 9:00 am

Email: sgladu@damariscottariver.org