The Snow Pond Community Trails provide residents and visitors with over 2.5 miles of groomed trails that take you around a beautifully wooded wetland habitat. Located between Waterville and Augusta off the Pond Road (Route 23), straight across from the Snow Pond Center for the Arts entrance. The trails offer individuals of all ages and abilities access to cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, biking, walking, and running.  

Trail Map

Snow Pond’s Maine Recreational Guide offers scheduled educational opportunities through planned discovery walks along the trails that surround the designated wading bird habitat. Participants learn about flora and fauna, wild mushrooms, and general wildlife including beaver, muskrats, fox, deer, wild turkeys, and more.

When you come to campus for a dinner and summer concert, a week-long camp, or a community event, these recreational opportunities in this natural landscape will enhance your overall experience!

Dog Walking 

Dogs are welcomed on the Snow Pond Community Trails.

Current Trail Conditions

The Snow Pond Community Trails system is open year-round.  Trails are groomed in the winter and offer excellent snowshoeing and fat biking.  Information is available at the trailhead kiosk and inside the Snow Pond Visitors Center, which is open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m, except for holidays. 

Trail Notes

• This trail system requires some short-term effort, but it will give back for generations because it's done in a way that's sustainable. Sustainable trails are built to have as little impact on the environment as possible and to integrate with the surrounding landscape. Snow Pond Community Trails are built to make trail use and maintenance as simple and low-cost as possible.

A sustainable trail is one that:

• Supports recreation today and tomorrow with minimal impact on nearby ecosystems.
• Leaves soil intact, allowing vegetation to inhabit the area.
• May requiring pruning or removal of nearby plants to ensure proper trail construction and maintenance.
• Doesn't harm wildlife.
• Requires a minimal amount of trail maintenance.

These trails circle around the land's natural features. It meanders through the wilderness and affords spectacular views. It takes advantage of existing logging roads, very few trees need to be removed. All trees removed will be reserved for use as mulch, board walks, retaining walls. All small vegetation and trimmings will be piled in the woods so they can decompose and return to the soil. Some stones may be rolled to the side with a shovel to reduce hazards in the trail. Some areas need bridges over waterways and over low, wet spots. All foot bridges will be designed to have low impact on the environment. Trails may be marked with signs, ribbons or paint blazes. Scaled Aerial images of Trails and property will be provided to hikers.

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Main Number: 844-476-6976

Box Office: 844-476-6976  ext. 202

Street & Mailing address:

Snow Pond Center for the Arts
8 Goldenrod Lane
Sidney, Maine 04330

Development Office

Christa Johnson, ext. 203

Events & Facility Rental

Kelly Smith ext. 202

Community Relations

Christine Durgin, ext. 804

Mike Guarino, ext. 207

Finance

Cathy Kennard