Friends of Clifford Park
A Community-based organization supporting, maintaining, and promoting recreational activities within Biddeford's Clifford Park
The trail can be accessed from Pool Street (ME-208/9) in Biddeford across from the intersection with Parent Avenue. Follow Pool Street approximately one quarter mile from Hill Street towards the ocean, and look for Clifford Park on the right. There are tennis courts, horseshoe pits, a basketball court, swings and a playground.
Clifford Park in Biddeford is a spider web of very twisty, rocky and rooty singletrack for mountain bikers or hikers. For bikers, this group of trails will challenge your technical skills. The trails are marked, but not universally well marked. Starting from the trailhead by the tennis courts, continue along the wide path approximately 250 yards to a sweeping left marked by black blazes to the first trail intersection and the entire network. Generally speaking, the outer loop is more level and wide and well suited for casual walking and riding, while the internal network is more challenging. A scenic waterfall is located just outside the park grounds along the east side near Parkside Drive (just off the red trail). The Community Bicycle Center is located at 44 Granite Street along the west side.
Park hours are dawn to dusk.
PDF Map: CP_Trails
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When Clifford Park was dedicated in 1896, it featured 86 acres of undeveloped land and a prominent main gate with two 6-foot stone pillars and an ornate wrought iron archway with the park's name on it.
The land and its gates were a gift to the City of Biddeford from the Clifford Family, whose sole request was that there always be signage on the property identifying the park in their memory.
Located on Pool Street, Clifford Park once was a popular spot for generations of mill laborers, whose families gathered there on weekends following a 60-hour work week.
In its heyday (1890s-1920s), the park boasted a performance grandstand and at least two ballparks. But, by 1940, the venue's popularity waned, its deteriorating attractions were removed and, eventually, the space was reclaimed by the natural landscape.
22 MILES OF HIKING TRAILS
People are rediscovering the park that now offers 140 acres of woods, streams and recreational facilities, 22 miles of hiking trails and a waterfall. Modern ammenites include tennis, pickleball and basketball courts, a playground, skate park, horseshoe pits, picnic areas and seasonal restrooms.
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