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ACT currently has 2 trail systems open for community enjoyment:
Arundel Community Trails
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TRAIL STATUS:
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YELLOW Multi-use hiking trail: OPEN
RED Multi-use hiking trail: OPEN
RIDE UM EASY FLOW TRAIL: OPEN
Completed and opened to the public in 2022, the Arundel Community Trails, our flagship property, connects the Arundel Municipal property on Limerick Road to the Eastern Trail. This is a multi-use trail open year round. (walkers, bikers, hikers) It is a 1.6 mile loop to the Eastern Trail.
Our volunteers have built many bridges and platforms to improve these trails.
​Parking is available at the Arundel Municipal Building (with public restrooms) at 257 Limerick Road. You can also access the trail from the Eastern Trail about a ¼ mile past the Kennebunk River Bridge on the Arundel side, or mile marker 26 3/4. Parking is also available at the Eastern Trail entrance on Limerick Road.
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​​​Hunting: Hikers and bikers should always use caution during hunting season. Please remember to wear blaze orange. ​​
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Winter access: The multiuse trails are open but please use caution on the platforms, which may be slippery.
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Please collect and bring all trash back with you as we strive for the "leave no trace" mentality. ​
Near the Municipal Building there is also mountain biking flow trail open seasonally.
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Welch Woods, on River Road about a ½ mile beyond Durrell’s Bridge towards Kennebunkport is open year round. It is an easy ½ mile loop through woods and ferns to the shore of the Kennebunk River. At the river you can sit for a while and enjoy the river from two benches and couple log stools. There is a small parking area for a few cars just off the road by our ACT trail sign. Please collect and bring all trash back with you as we strive for the "leave no trace" mentality.
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​​Welch Woods Trail Head Parking on Google Maps.
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Hunting: Hunting is not permitted by state law on this property due to the proximity to homes. Hikers and bikers should always use caution during hunting season. Please remember to wear blaze orange.
Welch Woods
Other ACT Properties — No trails are yet open to the public
Cluff Preserve
An excavator by trade, Wilbur C. "Wib" Cluff gifted 40 beautiful acres of Arundel forest and pasture bordered by Goff Mill Brook. The next step in fulfilling Mr. Cluff's dream is to rehabilitate the existing bridge to allow safe access to quiet walking trails. ACT is ready to take on this challenge in 2023, but we can't do it without your help!
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At the time of his passing, Wilbur C. "Wib" Cluff gifted 40 plus beautiful acres of Arundel forest and meadow, bordered by Goff Mill Brook to the Kennebunkport Conservation Trust. Mr. Cluff, was an avid outdoorsman, who enjoyed hunting, fishing and harness racing. As an excavator by trade, Mr. Cluff stated:
"I've spent my life tearing up the earth, I'd like to leave a beautiful place for folks to enjoy forever."
Mr. Cluff's generous donation outlined several provisions that would forever protect and keep the land's natural beauty. Perhaps the most unique provision of the property transfer was Mr. Cluff's requirement that his beloved horse "Woody" be laid to rest on the Cluff Preserve, with an appropriate marker at the time of his death.
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In 2018, the Kennebunkport Conservation Trust turned over the land to the Arundel Conservation Trust to steward. The next step in fulfilling Mr. Cluff's dream, is to rehabilitate the existing bridge that crosses Goff Mill Brook, into a safe crossing for access to quiet walking trails along the Goff Mill Brook, meadow and forest. The bridge rehabilitation is the most significant bridge project that ACT has ever tackled! The 8-foot-wide bridge must span 30 feet across and 10 feet above the Goff Mill Brook. Once the bridge is rehabilitated, the path leading into the property must also be improved to create a safe trail into the property.
