Town of Maine Park

Quick Bits

Main Activities - Hike
Distance - 1.2 miles of trails
Quiet - relatively quiet
Surface - smooth blacktop or  rough woods
Elevation - paved trails are very flat;  medium elevation for  trailless area
Pets - leash
Address - 2693 NY State Route 26, Maine, NY 13802
Facilities - There are bathrooms at the park, but not unlocked all the time.

In a Nutshell

A quiet town park with over a mile of flat paved trails and over fifty acres of woods. Also home to Little League Zimmer Field and other park amenities. 

Location and Parking

More details

While we don't often think of local parks as a hiking destination, this park is a bit different. There is over a mile of paved walkways for walkers, which I've also seen utilized by strollers and small children with their bicycles. There is a small loop of about a quarter mile in the park and then another quarter mile paved walkway that connects to a 0.66 mile loop around a solar field at the school next door.

There had been a trail in the woods decades ago, but most of the blazes have long been lost. The trailhead sign is still visible. If from the loop in the park, you head towards the wooded hill between pavillions #1 and #2, you'll see a small sign for a "Trail". It goes up the hill to the right andn then turns back left into a stand of Norway Spruce. I lose the trail blazes somewhere in that area. The hillside woods between the Town property and the school property is roughly 50 to 60 acres. The Town Park proper, including ball fields, is 72 acres. This is extended by the adjacent Maine-Endwell school district land for the Maine Memorial Elementary School and the solar complex. 

On the hillside, you'll find a couple stands of Norway Spruce, a stand of Tamarac, and various other trees including American Hophornbean, various Hickories, and Oaks. Including a massive Northern Red Oak. The dense Spruce and the white-tailed deer population make it so the understory is very open in those sections. However, in other sections, you'll find some fairly dense pockets of Multiflora Rose and other non-native invasives. In the spring time, there are various ephemeral wildflowers. So all in all, it can be fun to explore the hillside if you don't mind some bushwhacking.

The park itself has a tennis court, basketball court, playground, a cute gazebo, and three large pavillions. There is a modest charge for the pavillions. The Town of Maine website has information on reservations.

There are a couple trails that run along, or near the Ketchumville Branch of the Nanticoke, starting past the tennis courts. Though, please note, these very quickly leave town property and enter private property. Please be respect the property lines.