Running trails in Gorham, ME
Gorham has 10 trails in the directory — 1 paved and 2 on crushed gravel or dirt, 4 with a stated distance, and 1 open 24 hours. 5 of them post opening hours, so you can check the gate before an early start. They're ranked here by rating weighted by review volume, across 457 Google reviews. Filter by surface, loop, distance, shade or lighting to get to the run you're actually planning — no made-up difficulty score, just the facts you'd check before driving out.
Shaw Park
4.6 ★★★★★ 222 reviews
Country park with a ball field, playground, trails, swimming, canoe and kayak launch, and fishing.
Shaw Cherry Hill Farm
4.7 ★★★★★ 78 reviews
Wide trails with wood carvings for hiking, running, and biking.
Lavoie Bike Park
4.8 ★★★★★ 24 reviews
Hawkes-Towpath Preserve
4.9 ★★★★★ 10 reviews
Little River Preserve
4.5 ★★★★★ 10 reviews
Tannery Brook Preserve
4.7 ★★★★★ 3 reviews
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How to pick a trail in Gorham
- Match the surface to your legs. Gorham gives you a choice: 1 paved, 1 crushed gravel, and 1 natural surface. Asphalt and concrete are fast, predictable and runnable year-round but the least forgiving; crushed limestone and dirt take the sting out of high mileage; boardwalk is flat and scenic but slick in the wet. If your shins or knees are complaining, the fix that actually works is varying the surface you run on rather than chasing one "best" one. More paved trails →
- Loop or out-and-back? A loop finishes back at the car with no backtracking; on an out-and-back you simply turn round at half your distance. The longest stated distance in Gorham is Hawkes Preserve Trailhead at 28 mi. 4 trails are long enough for a 5-mile-plus run without repeating yourself.
- Check the hours before a 6am run. 1 trail in Gorham is open 24 hours — the rest can sit inside a park that gates at dusk and doesn't unlock until well after sunrise. 5 of the 10 listings carry posted opening hours — worth a look before you set an alarm.
- Long run? Check water and restrooms first. 5 have trailhead parking and 1 has restrooms in Gorham. Anything over an hour and those stop being nice-to-haves — and in summer, shade counts double.
- The small things that decide it. 2 that runners describe as quiet, 3 dog-friendly, and 2 smooth and wide enough for a stroller or a wheelchair. Busy or quiet isn't a good-or-bad thing here: a busy path is the safer choice for a solo run at dawn, a quiet one is better for intervals.
More on all of this in the trail-running guides.
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