Quarry Road Recreation Area

Join us for a ribbon cutting Thursday, October 24 - 3 p.m. with Friends of Quarry Road Trails to be held at Quarry Road Trails Building 300 Quarry Rd., Waterville

A great place to network and market your business. After Hours is hosted, or co-hosted, by chamber members in our region and is one of many benefits we offer our chamber members. Hors d'oeuvres, beer, wine, and other beverages are available, or you could win the 50/50 raffle and fabulous door prizes donated by area […]

Join Maine Master Naturalists Harry Vayo and Serena Sanborn on a walk at Quarry Road to explore the ways nature gets ready for winter. Explore ferns, leaf change, and thoughts on migration. Mini sketchbooks and pencils will be provided for all participants. ***Click for more info and to get tickets***

Join Maine Master Naturalists Harry Vayo and Serena Sanborn on a walk at Quarry Road to explore the ways nature gets ready for winter. Explore ferns, leaf change, and thoughts on migration. Mini sketchbooks and pencils will be provided for all participants. Cost: $10. Eligible for the Youth Arts Access Fund. REGISTER

What wonderful wildflowers are blooming in spring? Begin the wildflower art walk at the Paul J. Schupf Art Center beneath Tessa Greene O’Brien’s mural Fields Alive with Pollen and Wings, followed by a walk at Quarry Road to explore, draw, and discover! Led by wildflower enthusiasts and Maine Master Naturalists Harry Vayo and Serena Sanborn. […]

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The community is invited to Quarry Road Trails for Kids Fun Day.  This free community event features fun activities for kids, including trail walks, scavenger hunts, pumpkin art, prizes, and more! Waterville Creates staff will be there to lead an art project, weaving colorful yarn and natural objects on Y-shaped sticks. LEARN MORE

Visit this Fall Festival for apple slinging, trail walks, a nature scavenger hunt, pumpkin and leaf art, pumpkin bowling, a bean bag toss, a ski swap, and lots of raffles and prizes! FMI

Join us for a tour of the night sky and an exploration of the lovely nocturnal moths of early fall. Maine Master Naturalist, Serena Sanborn, and  John Meader, of Northern Stars Planetarium, will lead the nature tour highlighting local moths and not-so-local constellations! John will share a bit of constellation lore and will use a […]

Free Day Passes for Skiing and Fat Biking at Quarry Road Trails are available; ski equipment will be available at rental cost and snow shoes at no cost.

Join us for a tour of the night sky in a properly socially distanced star party at Quarry Rd, near the yurt, after the MIFF film Latcho Drom. John Meader, of Northern Stars Planetarium, will lead a tour of the constellations visible, sharing his knowledge of stars, visible planets, and the Milky Way which will […]

Enjoy some peaceful and fun adventures at Parents' Night Out at Quarry Road Trails! Childcare for up to 15 children will be offered while parents enjoy the trails. The child's dinner is included in the price ($10).

On Saturday, November 2, the community is invited between 9:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. for the Quarry Road Trails Fall Festival in Waterville. All are invited to this free community event to enjoy fun activities, explore the trails and learn about winter programs, volunteer opportunities, recent updates and future plans. Quarry Road Trails is located […]

The Quarry Road Summer Race Series is a weekly trail running series held at the Quarry Road Recreation Area in Waterville, Maine. Our goal is to create a fun, family friendly series that will provide a summer of great experiences for runners in the Greater Waterville Area. Each week participants will complete different courses of […]

Group and self-guided ski and snowshoe tours, followed by soup , snacks and a guest speaker.

Local residents and visitors are invited to enjoy a day of cross-country skiing and other winter activities at Quarry Road Trails in Waterville on Saturday, January 12.  This free community event, hosted by the City of Waterville, is the second of three Community Ski Free Days scheduled for the 2018-2019 winter season. The Welcome Center […]

Local residents and visitors are invited to enjoy a day of cross-country skiing and other winter activities. The free community event is hosted by the City of Waterville and is the first of three Community Ski Free days scheduled for this wonderful winter season. The welcome center is open to provide free snowshoes for loan, […]

Family-friendly activities will include trail walks, pumpkin bowling, apple slinging, bean bag toss, face painting, and more. Common Street Arts and the Children’s Discovery Museum will offer a pop-up museum and pumpkin art. Cider making and fall refreshments will be provided at no charge and 92 Moose will be on-hand with a live radio broadcast […]

Calling All Youth Mountain Bikers... Come Catch a Smile with the Central Maine Cycling Club Junior Dirt Riders every week this summer. We will be hosting our weekly Youth Mountain Bike Ride at Quarry Trails in Waterville. The rides are open to all riders from High School age and younger who have the ability to […]