A new wheelchair-friendly trail opens at Gilsland Farm
Maine Audubon opened a trail of more than 2,000 feet at Gilsland Farm in Falmouth, through the woods to an overlook on the estuary.
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Maine Audubon opened a wheelchair-friendly trail at Gilsland Farm in Falmouth. It runs more than 2,000 feet, through forest, and ends at an overlook on the estuary.
The path is new, and it is built so someone using a wheelchair can get from the woods to that view without being turned around by the trail itself.
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Maine Audubon opened a new trail at Gilsland Farm in Falmouth, Maine. It is more than 2,000 feet long. A person using a wheelchair can use it. The path goes through the woods and ends at a view of an estuary, where a river meets the sea. The trail is new, and it is built so more people can reach that view.
- Where does the trail go after it leaves the woods?
- What does wheelchair-friendly mean on a trail?
- What is an estuary?
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