Trail Use, Dogs, and Hunting
Trail Use Guidelines
- Open all year, dawn to dusk. No overnight parking, camping, fires, smoking or alcohol.
- Dogs should be on a leash or under voice control.
- Pet waste must be picked up and carried off the premises.
- Please stay on the trail.
- Please respect abutters’ private property.
- Motorized vehicles are not allowed.
- Take only pictures, leave only footprints. No cutting or removal of plants.
- Hunting is permitted in season on many KLT properties. Please refer to our hunting guidelines and be sure to wear blaze orange during the season.
- Take precautions against ticks.
Enjoy your time on the trails!
These preserves are maintained by the Kittery Land Trust. The public is welcome to visit and use the trails at their own risk, following posted guidelines. Thank you and enjoy your hike!
Dog Policy – Trails & Tails
KLT strives to have preserves where humans, wildlife, native trees and plants, and dogs can all safely co-exist. The issues of whether dogs need to be leashed and their poop picked up and removed have been difficult ones for all land trusts as well as other conservation and public lands. We want to continue welcoming everyone and their dogs to our trails while maintaining safe habitats for the wildlife that call our lands home. To do this we kindly ask that you keep your dog under control on the trail and clean up your pet waste so everyone can enjoy our beautiful trails. Thank you for your cooperation and happy hiking!
Hunting Policy
KLT recognizes that its fee owned lands contribute to the overall quality of life for inhabitants of and visitors to our communities. KLT is strongly committed to keeping its lands accessible to the public for traditional recreational activities including hunting, where appropriate. Hunting can help to maintain a healthy balance between a game species and the land’s ability to support it; this in turn contributes to ecological diversity and helps native plant and animal communities thrive. Therefore, KLT allows hunting on most of the land that it owns. In accordance with Maine State law, visitors to these properties may presume that hunting is permitted in the absence of boundary postings or other warnings that state otherwise. No permanent stands or structures can be erected on KLT land. All portable stands, blinds, and trail cameras must abide by Maine State laws. Any found in violation of Maine State law may be removed by KLT representatives. All stands must be removed within 5 days of close of deer hunting season.
A small number of properties are closed to hunting, either because KLT has determined that this activity may pose a risk to public safety or out of respect for the wishes of the donor of the land. These parcels are identified with signs or other warnings advising visitors that hunting is not permitted and are listed below. Note that this policy does not apply to lands which KLT holds a conservation easement, since these lands are owned by other private parties who continue to exercise control over public uses, including hunting, consistent with the terms of the easement.
Property | Ownership | Hunting Status
- Andrews | KLT Owned | ​Archery Only | Permission Only
(Please complete the form below for permission to hunt at Andrews. This needs to be filled out annually.) - Braveboat Headwaters | KLT Owned | Hunting Allowed
- Clayton Lane | KLT Owned | No Hunting Allowed
- Cook | KLT Owned | No Hunting Allowed
- Cutts | KLT Owned | Hunting Allowed
- Furbish | KLT Owned | Hunting Allowed
- Hubbard | KLT Owned | No Hunting Allowed
- Lynch South | KLT Owned | No Hunting Allowed
- Nooney Farm | KLT Owned | No Hunting Allowed
- Norton | KLT Owned | Hunting Allowed
- Pettigrew | KLT Owned | No Hunting Allowed
- Remick | KLT Owned | 1/3 of Property Hunting OK. Marked on property and shown on kiosk
- Sawyer Farm | KLT Owned | Hunting Allowed
- Seapoint | KLT Owned | No Hunting Allowed
- Sisk | KLT Owned | ​Hunting Allowed
- Fairchild | Easement | No Hunting. Posted By Owner
- Batchelder-Paly | Easement | By Owner Permission
- Hall | Easement | No Hunting
- Moulton Farm | Easement | By Owner Permission
- Nooney Farm | KLT Owned | ​No Hunting
- Norton | Easement | Hunting allowed
- Rustlewood Farm 1 | Easement | By Owner Permission
- Rustlewood Farm 2 | Easement | By Owner Permission
- Thompson | Easement | No Hunting