Our Stay in Ellsworth, ME
May 2025
A Rainy Road Trip to Maine
- May 10, 2025
- 365 mi
- ~ 6.5 hrs
A rainy day driving to our new destination. We took a detour, avoiding traffic through Boston, MA. We had been stuck in traffic a few days earlier and instead wanted to drive longer than be stuck again.
It started raining the moment we closed the door in Plymouth, MA, continued during the drive, and only stopped after we arrived 6.5 hours later in Ellsworth, ME, where we planned to spend a week exploring the area.
Running the Down East Sunrise Trail
I found another perfect running trail close to our Airbnb, the Down East Sunrise Trail. This corridor is an 87-mile multi-use trail between Ellsworth and Ayers Junction. Before it was a trail, it was a railway. One of its well-known users was President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
I am always excited to find these converted rails because they are usually well-maintained, and they ascend or descend gently, so they are never too steep for a run. I enjoyed my three Ellsworth’s runs here, also because the weather, sunny but cool, was fabulous.