Ovens Mouth Preserve

On Sunday August 2nd we went on a quick trip down to Boothbay to hike through Ovens Mouth Preserve.  Kate had found these trails a few weeks and back and this seemed like a great day to check them out.  Ovens Mouth Preserve was acquire by the Boothbay Region Land Trust in 1994, it is made up of two peninsulas connected by a 93 foot, foot bridge.

Ovens Mouth West is an 86 acres parcel of land with 3.6 miles of hiking trails comprised of one 1.75 mile loop around the shore line and several shorter trails crossing through the wooded area.  Ovens Mouth East is on 60 acres with a 1.1 miles loop along the shore with views of Back River and a half mile trail through the wooded area that meets the loop trail at the Back River scenic view.

We took the West peninsula shore loop.  I believe that we all really enjoyed hike and he weather was beautiful.  It was sunny and in the lower 80's but we had a wonderful breeze that kept us all cool.  Kate and I want to come back with no kids and walk the entire loop on the East side as well.  I'm sure Canaan could handle it, but it would be too much for Addison and Wesley.

At the footbridge there is an area of rocks where a dam used to be.  Kate had read that back in the day they would harvest the ice here and ship it to Europe.

After our hike we went to the Ice Cream Hut to get the kids a cold treat.

Here are some photos of the day.

Until Next Time!