May 7, 2014
The Easily-traveled Victory Trail. Writing about Lake Sebago’s “lost” beach last week made me want to go back. I’d almost forgotten the Sebago trails in Harriman, what a pleasant hike the Victory Trail offers, how peaceful that shore is once...
May 4, 2014
As in last year, and the year before, Sebago Beach at Harriman State Park will be closed for 2014. I don’t know if it will ever reopen, but I was told it won’t. You can still hike in to see this beach. It seems to change all the time as the sands shift,...
Feb 19, 2014
This Year, I’m Getting the Permit. Harriman State Park is large enough to embody the notion of two types of park: an idyll, a place where one goes to escape the city and especially other people, and a place that draws from one of the largest urban areas in the...
Oct 25, 2013
Sometimes you are working on a problem, or you’re hung up on a project at work, and although it’s stuck in your head, you’re not bearing down on it. That’s when I hike. An unmarked trail off Harriman State Park’s Island Pond Road —...
Jun 26, 2013
Are you on Instagram? Don’t forget to place a #Harriman hashtag on your photos, and they’ll show up in our Instagram feed, in the right column of the home page. (Thanks to Bob Sether for permission to use this beautiful kayak picture on Lake Sebago, in...
