Guidelines:

Healthy Maine Walks provides information about routes in the state where the opportunity exists for Mainers to take part in physical exercise and the enjoyment of a healthy, active lifestyle. The Healthy Maine Walks Web site will give walkers knowledge of the routes available in their communities and elsewhere.

If you are a route planner, manager, or avid walker on Maine routes and you would like to register a walk with Healthy Maine Walks, please follow the guidelines below.

  • Please check the Healthy Maine Walks Registry (www.healthymainewalks.org) to ensure the route is not already listed.

  • Information provided through Internet submissions will be reviewed and may then be entered in an active database.

  • Only "public" routes (which are defined as those that are on federal, state, county, city, nonprofit entity property, and for which permission has been given for their use by the general public) should be submitted to Healthy Maine Walks.

  • Routes may include designated portions of sidewalks, public running tracks, forest trails, walkways/bikeways, rail-trails, beach walks, or any other trail or route designated for such public use.

  • Routes should be a minimum of 1/4 mile in length.

  • Routes should have no known hazards.

  • Routes that create a loop are ideal, however linear routes are acceptable.

  • Parking, ideally for both cars and bicycles, should be provided within a convenient distance from the route's endpoint(s).

  • Please complete the questionnaire in its entirety — if you do not know all of the information about the route, fill out as much as you can.

Healthy Maine Walks Registration Form:

Please complete ALL of the questions to the best of your ability. If a question is not applicable, please type "Not Applicable" or "N/A". Do not leave required fields blank. Please use proper punctuation and grammar, including CAPITAL letters and full sentences where needed.

* Required Fields
I have notified the proper person (i.e. land owner, municipal person, building manager, or state park ranger, ect.) and have permission to register this route on the Healthy Maine Walks web site.
Name of person giving permission to register route: *
Telephone number of person giving permission to register route: *
Name of person registering route: *
Telephone number: *
I have permission to register this route.*

The person registering this route will recieve confirmation of this registration along with trail markers requested in the mail.

1. Contact and Organizational Information:
Name of route: *
Name of Managing Group: *
Contact Person First Name: *
Contact Person Last Name: *
Title: *
Address Line 1: *
Address Line 2: *
Town/City: *
Zip/Postal Code: *
Phone (for public information): *
 ( ) -
E-mail address: *

2. To find more information about the route:
Phone number for public information:
 ( ) -
Web Site:
ie: http://www.healthymainewalks.com/registerroute.asp
Are maps of the route available? If so, where? If not applicable, please type "N/A". *
Upload your map here:
( only .jpg, .jpeg, .gif, .pdf and .pub files are allowed)
   
3. Public Access:  
Is the route on private property? *
 Yes No

If "Yes" above, is there permission for the general public to use this route:*

 Yes No
ADA Accessible: * Yes No
Are dogs allowed on a leash? Yes No
   
4. Information for planning a walk:
Total Route Distance: *
 Single Trail Multiple Trails
Distance markers? *
 Yes No
Trail configuration: *
Linear
Loop
Combination Linear & Loop
Interconnected Network
Route surface: *
 
  Yes  
  No  
  Partially  
Track:
Sidewalk / Paved:
Wood Chip:
Solid rock:
Gravel or well-drained soil:
Mud or clay soil:
Sand:
Protruding rocks and roots:
Hours of availability: *
 From To
Lighting? *
 Yes No Partially
Plowed in winter? *
 Yes No Partially
Allowed uses (ie: Walking, hiking, rollerblading, biking, etc.)? *
Additional Amenities (ie: picnic facilities, bathroom facilities, playground). Special notes about the route (ie: unique features). If not applicable, please type "N/A": *
 
5. Getting to the route:
Region: *
What town is the route in? If not in a town, please designate the closest town: *