LOCATION

Southwest tip of Chebeague Island. Park along South Road near Bennett's Cove.

size + distance

1.25 mile trail / 13 acres total

trail DESCRIPTION

Heading down the dirt Deer Point Road, visitors can continue onto a x-foot wide hard-packed dirt trail through the woods to the rocky point overlooking the ocean. The trail is relatively flat with good footing. A bench is available for resting and admiring the view at the tip of the point. The walk is about 1.25 miles round trip.

PROPERTY DESCRIPTION

Chebeague & Cumberland Land Trust purchased a conservation easement on these 13 acres in 1998 from Clement Lee Bowman. The two acres at the tip of the point are protected with a "forever wild" easement, meaning that there can be no changes there except for the removal of dead or damaged trees or other vegetation. 

With a strip of gray ledge separating a thatch of dark spruce from the ocean, Deer Point has been a favorite spot for generations of islanders and visitors. Thanks to the generosity of its owner, this spot will stay in its natural and scenic condition, and be accessible to the public forever. 

This property is in the ancestral homeland of the Wabanaki. Shell middens demonstrate that indigenous people were on Chebeague Island 4,000 years before the Europeans arrived and it is thought that their history extends back 12,000 years. During the first half of the 20th Century, families from two Wabanaki tribes—the Penobscot and Passamaquoddy—spent summers on Chebeague selling baskets and other handmade items. We’re grateful for their past stewardship of this special place and respect their ongoing relationship with these lands and waters.