Difficulty: Easy to moderate. The entire hike, from the parking area to Schoodic Bog and back, is about 3 miles. Most of the hike is on old gravel roads and a gravel multi-use trail, however, there are a few small hills and rocky sections along the way.
How to get there: From the Sullivan side of the Hancock-Sullivan Bridge on Route 1, drive 3.4 miles, then take a left on Punkinville Road. Drive 2 miles, then bear left onto Punkin Ledge Road. Drive 0.7 mile, then turn left onto Schoodic Bog Rd. A short distance down Schoodic Bog Road, on the right, you’ll find the parking lot for Schoodic Bog Preserve.
Information: At the foot of Schoodic Mountain in eastern Maine, the 150-acre Schoodic Bog is filled with water lilies and cattails, carnivorous pitcher plants and eastern painted turtles. Industrious beavers have also made their home there, living in great lodges made of sticks and mud. And with open water at its center, the bog also attracts one of the Maine’s most skilled fishers: the osprey.
To read the full account of Aislinn’s hike, click here to read about it on her blog.