Short Loop

Short 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 Short 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.

How to reach Short Loop — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 43.81901, -70.17253. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Short Loop

• Royal River Park · park · Cumberland · ~2 km · Must-see
• Old Meeting House · church · Cumberland · ~3 km · Must-see
• Winslow Memorial Park · park · Cumberland · ~6 km · Must-see
• Wolfe's Neck Woods State Park · sanctuary · Cumberland · ~9 km · Must-see
• Cousins Island Chapel · church · Cumberland · ~9 km · Must-see
• Knight's Pond Preserve · sanctuary · Cumberland · ~9 km · Must-see
• Littlejohn Island Preserve · sanctuary · Cumberland · ~9 km · Must-see
• Bradbury Mountain State Park · park · Cumberland · ~11 km · Must-see
• Great Falls Historic District (Windham, Maine) · waterfall · Cumberland · ~20 km · Must-see
• Bailey Island · river spot · Cumberland · ~21 km · Must-see
• Payson Park · park · Cumberland · ~21 km · Must-see
• Fort Gorges · fort · Cumberland · ~22 km · Must-see
• Battery Steele · fort · Cumberland · ~22 km · Must-see
• Fort Sumner Park · fort · Cumberland · ~23 km · Must-see
• Back Cove · beach · Cumberland · ~23 km · Must-see
• Portland Observatory · attraction · Cumberland · ~23 km · Must-see
• Umbrella Cover Museum · museum · Cumberland · ~23 km · Must-see
• Mayor Baxter Woods · sanctuary · Cumberland · ~23 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Short Loop

Other treks near Short Loop

• Fore River Parkway Trail · trek · Cumberland · ~26 km · Must-see
• Crawford Path · trek · Coös · ~132 km · Must-see
• East Coast Greenway · trek · Cumberland · ~3 km
• West Side Trail · trek · Cumberland · ~6 km
• Lake Loop Trail · trek · Cumberland · ~14 km
• North Loop Trail · trek · Cumberland · ~15 km
• Cross Falmouth Trail · trek · Cumberland · ~16 km
• Portland Public Trails · trek · Cumberland · ~17 km
• Presumpscot River Trails · trek · Cumberland · ~17 km
• Ledgewood Connector · trek · Cumberland · ~19 km

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