“ Sipp Bay is my favorite preserve. It’ s easy to get to, I’ m surrounded by beauty and nature there, and we can all share it. I always take visitors to Sipp Bay.” – Joanna O’ Grady, area resident
“ Sipp Bay is my favorite preserve. It’ s easy to get to, I’ m surrounded by beauty and nature there, and we can all share it. I always take visitors to Sipp Bay.” – Joanna O’ Grady, area resident
DownEast Preserves
Below are three DownEast preserves to consider visiting. Refer to the pull-out map to view preserve locations.
Milbridge Commons:
This community park and garden offers accessible walking trails that provide opportunities for exercise and connection with nature. It is co-managed with the Women for Healthy Rural Living, which has brought life and vibrancy to the preserve through its thoughtful, community-minded approach to stewardship.
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Orange River Water Trail:
The Orange River Watershed in Whiting is home to an easy-to-access, easy-topaddle, flat-water trail created by a partnership of five organizations. The water trail offers picnic areas, camping locations, and miles of fresh water teeming with wildlife.
Learn more at: Orangeriverwatertrail. org
Learn More
Learn more about land trusts and conservation at mcht. org and downeastconservationnetwork. org / partners.
Photos and photo credits: Opposite, top: Milbridge Commons gardens. Credit: Women for Healthy Rural Living; Opposite, bottom: Paddle on the Orange River. Credit: Credit Ryan Malagara; Above: Clamming at Sipp Bay. Credit: Maine Coast Heritage Trust.
Sipp Bay
Sipp Bay Preserve:
This singularly gorgeous 92-acre property in Perry offers visitors 1.5 miles of trails to enjoy and some of the most accessible shoreline in Cobscook Bay. The Passamaquoddy people named this place Kci-punamuhkatik,“ big frostfish( tomcod) spawning place. Just up the bay from Reversing Falls, the waters surrounding Sipp Bay change dramatically during different tide cycles.
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