Pilot Point
Brooksville
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What You Need to Know
- No camping permitted
- No fires permitted
- Carry out all trash (see details)
- Keep pets under control
- Respect privacy of preserve neighbors
Why we Care
A Hidden Coastal Gem
Pilot Point is a picture-perfect place to rest and picnic, whether it’s your final destination or a stop along the way as you paddle across Bucks Harbor. With a diverse array of wildlife — including white-tailed deer, moose, black bears and dozens of bird species — this secluded spot is a landscape we’re committed to protecting.
Features
How to Get There
Although located on the mainland, the preserve is only accessible by boat. An attractive gravel beach provides a good place to access the preserve. The nearest public boat launch site is the Bridge End boat launch on Deer Isle, across the Eggemoggin Reach. This launch is suitable for trailer and hand launching. For a longer trip, the town of Castine also has a public boat launch.
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Click on trails and landmarks to learn more about what Pilot Point has to offer.
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Field Notes
Getting to Know Pilot Point
The Path to Conservation
A generous, conservation-minded landowner donated the Pilot Point Preserve to MCHT in 2011.
On the Preserve
Despite its relatively small size, the Pilot Point Preserve features four natural communities: spruce-northern hardwoods forest, a small patch of red maple fen, roughly 200 linear feet of beach strand on the northeastern shoreline, and roughly 300 linear feet of mixed graminoid-forb saltmarsh along the northern portion of the northwestern shoreline.
Among the wildlife species that call the preserve home are more than two dozen bird species, various amphibians, snowshoe hare, red squirrel, porcupine, raccoon, and white-tailed deer.
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Landmark Legislation Provides Ongoing Conservation Funding
A broad partnership of land trusts, sportsmen and conservation supporters celebrates that the Maine Legislature has passed a law establishing dedicated, ongoing Land for Maine’s Future (LMF) funding for the first time in the program’s 39‑year history. As the State of Maine’s primary funding vehicle for conserving land for its natural, economic, and recreational value, LMF helps keep Maine’s special places special – from mountain summits and shorelines of rivers, lakes, and ponds, to coastal islands, beaches, working forests, farmlands and wetlands.
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Help Us Take Care of the Preserve
This preserve belongs to all of us; that’s why it’s important to leave as little trace as possible when you visit.
To do that, please:
- Carry out all trash
- Carry out all pet waste
- Carry out all human waste (including toilet paper)