Kennebec Land Trust

COBBOSSEE STREAM CONSERVATION AREA, Gardiner (E) The City of Gardiner donated this 15-acre easement to KLT for open space and recreational opportunities along Cobbossee Stream. You will often find eagles, osprey and great blue herons hunting here, especially in the spring when a host of sea-run fish return to the river. In May and June, alewives and blueback herring swim upstream.

Access: An easy, short trail runs from Harrison Avenue to the Gardiner Paper Board dam site. Caution: beware of poison ivy on both sides of the trail. From Bridge St in downtown Gardiner, take a right onto Route 126 toward Interstate 95 and go about a mile to an old steel bridge across Cobbossee Stream. Immediately after the bridge take a right onto Harrison Ave. Access point is after 0.5 mi at a road barrier on the right.