This corner of Maine just keeps getting better for hikers

BANGOR DAILY NEWS • July 2, 2026

Leighton Field in Pembroke is a 25-acre property, part of Cobscook Shores, a system of waterfront parklands in far Down East Maine owned and managed by the private nonprofit Butler Parklands. Penobscot River Trails and the Seboeis Riverside Trail in the wild country east of Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument also fall under Butler’s conservation umbrella. The hike at Leighton Field was the last of a two-day romp around these parts, where we sampled seven new-to-us Cobscook Shores preserves out of the system’s 20. Today there are about 25 miles of trails, most of them along 17 miles of shoreline. More is in the works.