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Fun Places to Ride in Maine

By Anonymous
Falmouth Town Landing Market to Cousins Island:
This is a nice small ride with many hills. It is nice if you want to go fast and have some nice views but don't want to go that far. The views are when you are over the bridge and at various other times on the ride when you can see the water. This ride is all on actual roads so be careful and watch for cars. At times, pavement can be bumpy and the shoulder of the can be small. 

Section of the Mountain Division Trail to Sebago Lake:

When I rode this, I started on the Mountain Division Trail by the Post Office in South Windham. The section of trail from the post office to where I make a left off of the trail is paved and is not very hilly. The squiggly section from where I turned left off of the original trail is not paved and is quite bumpy. The rest of the highlighted route is because I needed to ride 25 miles and what I had ridden already was not sufficient. This ride is fairly flat.

Eastern Trail in Scarborough:
This is a very straight and flat ride that has some cool views of the marsh. The trail is packed dirt and is fine for all types of bikes including road bikes. The trail is not bumpy and is fairly similar to a road.


 Eastern Promenade in Portland and Back Cove (Not pictured) in Portland:
This is a fun ride with almost constant views of the ocean or Back Cove. There are places to get food towards the end of the Eastern Promenade near the bottom of the map. The Eastern Promenade is paved but most of Back Cove is not. 





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  1. AnonymousJune 1, 2017 at 4:35 PM

    Random fact I forgot to put in the post: At one point on the Mountain Division Trail ride, I went 27 miles per hour on my bike.

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  2. AnonymousJune 2, 2017 at 8:52 PM

    Interesting. What is the fastest you have gone? Also: You can edit posts. Good post.

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