Rail Road Loop

Rail Road Loop: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this trek: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Rail Road Loop

Season: October to February.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

Visiting Rail Road Loop: tips

• Start early, check the weather and tell someone your route.

How to reach Rail Road Loop — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 43.66755, -70.31752. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Rail Road Loop

• F.O.J. Smith Tomb · fort · Cumberland · ~2 km · Must-see
• Mayor Baxter Woods · sanctuary · Cumberland · ~3 km · Must-see
• Fore River Parkway Trail · trek · Cumberland · ~4 km · Must-see
• Deering Oaks Park · park · Cumberland · ~5 km · Must-see
• Back Cove · beach · Cumberland · ~5 km · Must-see
• Payson Park · park · Cumberland · ~5 km · Must-see
• Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Monument · fort · Cumberland · ~5 km · Must-see
• Congress Square Park · park · Cumberland · ~6 km · Must-see
• Portland Fire Museum · museum · Cumberland · ~6 km · Must-see
• Portland Museum of Art · museum · Cumberland · ~6 km · Must-see
• First Parish Portland Unitarian Universalist Church · church · Cumberland · ~6 km · Must-see
• Fort Allen Park · fort · Cumberland · ~6 km · Must-see
• Lincoln Park · park · Cumberland · ~6 km · Must-see
• Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception · church · Cumberland · ~6 km · Must-see
• Etz Chaim Synagogue · attraction · Cumberland · ~7 km · Must-see
• Fort Sumner Park · fort · Cumberland · ~7 km · Must-see
• Boothby Square · park · Cumberland · ~7 km · Must-see
• Portland Observatory · attraction · Cumberland · ~7 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Rail Road Loop

Other treks near Rail Road Loop

• Fore River Parkway Trail · trek · Cumberland · ~4 km · Must-see
• Crawford Path · trek · Coös · ~131 km · Must-see
• Forest City Trail · trek · Cumberland · ~0 km
• Startbird · trek · Cumberland · ~0 km
• Oxford Cumberland Canal Trail · trek · Cumberland · ~1 km
• Stroudwater Trail · trek · Cumberland · ~3 km
• Fore River Trail · trek · Cumberland · ~3 km
• Canco Woods · trek · Cumberland · ~4 km
• Long Creek Trail · trek · Cumberland · ~5 km
• Tobogan Run · trek · Cumberland · ~5 km

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