Bowdoin College has established a ½ mile
nature trail in this 33-acre site that is adjacent to the corner of
Federal Street and the Bath Road. The trail can be reached by
parking on Federal Street by the Cram Alumni House and walking down
the service entrance road to the Bowdoin Pines Trail
sign.
Maps are
available in a box at this point. These maps also provide a listing
of plant and animal life that can be found in the area. Telephone:
(207)725-3628
website:
http://www.bowdoin.edu/environmental-studies/places/html/pines.shtml
Below is
what the was found at the URL above:
Adjacent to
the Bowdoin College campus is a rare example of one of Maine's few
remaining old-growth forests, a 33-acre site known as The Bowdoin
Pines. Statuesque white pines, some more than 125 years-old, tower
over a diverse deciduous understory The 33-acre parcel –known
today as the Bowdoin Pines --- was part of a 200-acre gift to the
College from the Town of Brunswick in 1791; in 1979 the State of
Maine listed the Bowdoin Pines in the Register of Critical
Areas.
For many
years, the Pines have provided an easily accessible natural history
laboratory for students in classes such as introductory biology and
ecology. For other students, as well as
for members of the Brunswick community, the site has offered a
quiet walk in a memorable setting. The Bowdoin community ---
through a college-wide volunteer effort --- designed and built a
loop trail through the Pines in 1997.
We invite
you to watch, walk and wonder beneath the Pines.........
The trail
is open year-round --- dawn to dusk --- for walking, bird-watching,
jogging, and cross-country skiing. Picnicking is permitted, but
there are no trash receptacles.
Please
carry out what you carry in.
* Pets are permitted --- leashes and pick-up,
please.
* Please, stay on the trail
* No mountain bikes (the trails are not designed for their
impact)
* No motorized vehicles
* No smoking or fires
* No picking or otherwise damaging plants
Enjoy the quiet walk under the great towering
pines.
Team
Teebow
http://www.geocachingmaine.org/
Come visit with us......