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Scarborough Marsh
Covering more than 3,000 acres, Scarborough Marsh is the largest contiguous salt marsh system in Maine. Salt marshes filter pollution from the water and provide food and shelter for numerous species of birds, fish, mammals, and shellfish. The salt marsh is currently owned and managed by the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (MDIFW).
Scarborough Marsh Audubon Center
The Scarborough Marsh is a great place to explore the state’s largest salt marsh by foot or canoe. The Scarborough Marsh Audubon Center provides a variety of guided and self-guided walks, and canoe tours, as well as exhibits, a nature trail, canoe rentals and a Maine Audubon Nature Store. All guided programs are led by trained naturalists.
What can you do at the Scarborough Marsh?
- Watch the shorebirds feeding in the marsh.
- Rent a canoe or launch your own.
- Join a canoe tour led by Audubon naturalists.
- Discover the marsh on your own through natural history displays and a self-guided nature trail.
- Go to one of many natural history programs for all ages throughout the summer.
- Shop at the Maine Audubon Nature Store for books, toys, Maine-made gifts and bird-feeding and optic equipment.
- Try out their hands-on activities and displays for all ages.
- See the aquarium, mounted birds and mammals, and, interactive exhibits featured at the center.
(For more information go to: Scarborough Marsh Audubon Center)
Directions & Contact
92 Pine Point Rd.
Scarborough, ME 04074
May–September: 207.883.5100
October–April: 207.781.2330
smac@maineaudubon.org
Trails are open daily dawn to dusk.
From U.S. Route One in Scarborough, turn east onto Pine Point Road (also marked as Route 9 West). Scarborough Marsh Audubon Center is located .8 miles on the left.
2025 Scarborough Marsh Season has ended. The Visitor Center and boat rentals will reopen in May 2026.
