Directions: Kenduskeag Stream Trail, which follows the stream from
downtown Bangor to the outer city limits, offers walkers and bikers a surprisingly
tranquil outlet despite bisecting the city and winding through the city's business
district and passing under Interstate 95.
The 2 ½-mile trail can be appreciated most by walking it. It begins downtown at the
Franklin Street bridge on the west bank of the stream.
Trail Information: From there, the trail goes through a lightly wooded
area through moderately hill terrain before crossing the stream after about ½ mile on a
wood and steel footbridge. Upon reaching the east bank of the stream, the trail goes about
1/4 of a mile before emerging from the trees and cutting across the Harlow Street bridge.
At the end of the Harlow Street bridge, the trail joins Fourteenth Street Extension and
continues along the west bank of the stream through Kenduskeag Stream Park. At the
junction of Fourteenth Street Extension and Valley Avenue, the trail then follows Valley
Avenue. Lovers Leap, a 150-foot cliff on the east bank where legend has it that an
American Indian couple forbidden to be together leapt to their deaths, rises sharply from
the shallow depths of the Kenduskeag. A lookout extends about 15 feet over the stream.
Miscellaneous Information: You can continue through the high grass,
closer by the stream. But you do cross over people's lawns, and through some
streams. From there, it's an adventure.
If you'd like to know anything about Bangor, ME or Maine in general, check out, www.bangor-info.com.
Keri Magoon