Northern Maine Community Trails
Presque Isle
Year-round trail network on 750 acres, mountain biking and hiking in the warm months, groomed nordic skiing after the snow flies.
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Biking in the County
Paved rail-trails, gravel roads that roll over the potato plains, and singletrack through the woods, the County holds some of northern Maine's friendliest riding, and a few dedicated groups to ride it with.
On the trail
Flat, fast, and easy to love
The classic County ride is the Presque Isle Bike and Pedestrian Trail, an easy four-mile paved rail-trail through town. Add the Southern Bangor & Aroostook Trail (gravel, Houlton to Presque Isle country), the St. John Valley Heritage Trail out of Fort Kent, or the singletrack at the Northern Maine Community Trails.
Trails & groups
The riding community
Nonprofits and community groups behind Aroostook biking.
Bicycle Coalition of Maine
Statewide nonprofit
Maine's bike advocacy organization, and the force behind the annual Ride Aroostook supported tour that rolls out of Presque Isle.
Crown of Maine Gravel
Presque Isle
A community gravel-ride group with weekly rides around Presque Isle, the scratch-your-itch route into the county's back roads.
International Appalachian Trail, Maine Chapter
Houlton to Cape Gaspé
Head north from Houlton along trails, rails, and ridges toward Mars Hill and Fort Fairfield, the Appalachian Trail's continuation through the County into Canada.
Piscataquis County NEMBA
Closest chapter south
The New England Mountain Bike Association chapter nearest the County, trail work rides and events downcountry.
Getting started
Quick route sheet
- Presque Isle Bike & Pedestrian Trail, four paved miles across town, flat and easy. Start at the Rec Department or Miller-Morrissette Park.
- Southern Bangor & Aroostook Trail, crushed-stone rail-trail connecting Houlton, Monticello, Bridgewater, and Mars Hill country toward Presque Isle.
- St. John Valley Heritage Trail, gravel trail along the river out of Fort Kent, toward the Allagash corners.
- NMCT singletrack, the mountain-bike loops on the Nordic Heritage grounds, snow-free roughly May through November.
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