Washington Junction
Tunk Lake Road/ME 183
Franklin Crossing
Location: Intersection of DEST and ME 182
Location:
Parking: Limited parking at crossing
Trail Section Length: 7 miles
Parking:
Trail Section Length: 8 miles
in the center of Franklin
Franklin Crossing to Tunk Lake Rd.
www.sunrisetrail.org
takes riders off-road on a gentle
journey through a natural
landscape of forests, vast marshes,
mountain views, and through
habitat for Maine’s iconic moose,
beaver, eagles, osprey, waterfowl,
wild turkeys, and white-tailed deer.
85 miles and growing, the DEST
is the longest off-road section
of the East Coast Greenway.
FMI: www.sunrisetrail.org
www.greenway.org
www.parksandlands.com
Washington Junction to Franklin
Points of Interest & Side Trips:
Restored rail cars by Down East Heritage
Rail at Washington Junction.
Wildlife-watching opportunities on this section
of the trail and most impressively near
wetlands. Watch out for deer crossing the trail.
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LAMOINE
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204
To Acadia
National Park
184
To Lamoine
State Park
Hancock
Tunk
Tunk Mtn.
Mtn.
Trailhead
Donnell
Pond
Schoodic
Schoodic Mtn. Trailhead
Hog
Bay
Schoodic Mt.
and Bog View
Schoodic
Bog North
200
At Schoodic
Mtn. & Bog View
Sullivan
1
SORRENTO
Unionville
Crossing
GOULDSBORO
Gouldsboro
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1
North St.
MILBRIDGE
1 Narraguagus
River
Bold Coast
Scenic Byway
Unionville Rd.
Tunk Lake Road/
ME 183
Schoodic National
Scenic Byway
Flanders
Bay
Unionville Rd.
MP26
MP18
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Black Rd.
Mtn.
MP30
Cherryfield
Crossing
182
Flanders
Pond
East
Sullivan
185
Tunk
Lake
CHERRYFIELD
Cable Pool
End Rd.
SULLIVAN
Skillins River
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Donnell Pond Tunk Lake
PRL
Parking
Black Mtn.
Big Chief
Trailhead
Steel trestle bridge at Cable Pool
ME 193/Beddington Rd./N. Main St.
T 10 SD
Spring River
Lake
T 9 SD
Washington Junction Rd.
1
Trail passes through remote forestland and
crosses a few logging roads before reaching
Unionville.
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ELLSWORTH
Union River
Bay
Taunton
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Taunton
Egypt
Bay
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Ellsworth
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182
Cable Pool, now a town park, is a
historically significant salmon pool.
It makes a great picnic spot.
The Schoodic National Scenic Byway (US 1).
To learn more about the geology of the area,
view Maine’s Ice Age Trail at
http://iceagetrail.umaine.edu.
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Georges MP11
Pond Franklin
Franklin
Memorial Park
Union
River
Main
FRANKLIN
200
Donnell Pond
Points of Interest & Side Trips:
Hike , swim, and camp at Donnell Pond Public
Lands. From trail take North End Rd or ME 183.
Lyle Frost
WMA
Great
Pond
Egypt
1
3
The Blackwoods Scenic Byway/ME 182 provides
access to Tunk Mt. hiking trails and Tunk Lake.
Schoodic Mountain
Select ORV Trail Crossings
MP 31 #514 South to Steuben
13 miles - ATV ONLY
Junctions MP 32-1/2 #504/MATS 105/ITS 81
MP = Mile Post
Trail parallels and then crosses Tunk
Stream as it leaves Unionville.
It intersects the eastern end of the
Blackwoods Scenic Byway/ME 182,
then crosses the Narraguagus River
at Cable Pool in Cherryfield via an
early 20th-century steel trestle bridge.
STEUBEN
Milbridge
Smithville
Smithville Rd.
Steuben
Steuben
Harbor
1
West
Bay
1
Wildlife Management Area
Public Reserve Land
Major Highway
Maine
Ice Age
Scenic Byway
Trail
Numbered Route
DEST
0
This guide was funded through a Maine Outdoor Heritage Fund grant and the Recreational Trails Program. It is the cooperative effort of the Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands, the Hancock County Planning Commission, the Sunrise Trail Coalition, and Down East and Acadia Regional Tourism.
MILE
1
Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry - Bureau of Parks and Lands
180 Graham
Take North End Rd. from trail to Schoodic Beach
Rd. for hiking on Schoodic and Black Mts. and
camping and day use on Schoodic Beach.
NOTE: Trailhead is a 1/2-mile walk from beach.
Lamoine State Park and Acadia National Park
offer additional cycling & hiking adventures.
Washington Junction to Cherryfield
Points of Interest:
Schoodic Bog and the view of Schoodic Mt.
is stunning, especially in autumn. A picnic
table awaits you.
A side trip to Franklin Memorial Park is a nice
stop to take in local history and have a picnic.
DOWN EAST SUNRISE TRAIL
Unionville to Cherryfield
Tunk Lake Rd. to Unionville
Points of Interest & Side Trips:
Location: Railroad Siding Street, Ellsworth
Washington Junction to Cherryfield = 28 miles Parking: Large off-street lot
The Down East Sunrise Trail (DEST) Trail Section Length: 9 miles
Unionville Crossing
Location: Unionville Rd.
Parking: Limited trailside parking
Trail Section Length: 4 miles
Four miles north of US 1 on
ME 183 where DEST intersects
Limited parking next to the trail.