Mayor Baxter Woods

A Walk in the Mayor’s Woods

This 30-acre (12.1 ha) urban nature preserve had 1.5 miles (2.4 km) of easy, wide, well-marked trails. It had five trailheads. The main trailheads were on Stevens Avenue and Forest Avenue; both had pi...

A great place to walk your hound

I went with a friend to walk her dog around the island. It was winter ... when is n=it not winter in Maine? The 1/2 hour circumvention was sweet with great views across the bay to Diamond Island and o...

A quick stroll through the woods

Nothing overly exciting here. Dont expect to see any wildlife besides a lot of squirrels. Which is to be expected as it is boxed in by residential streets. It would be perfect for a stroll with your d...

Small urban forest park

Baxter woods is a fairly unique forested park boxed between residential streets. You have to park on one of the nearby streets to enter. However, you quickly forget how close to houses you are in the ...

Portland’s Unique Urban Forest

This densely wooded, 30-acre (12.1 ha) park lay between Forest Avenue and Stevens Avenue. We parked curbside on Forest Avenue. On wide paths over easy terrain we walked through white oak, ash, and hem...