Where indicated, the trails are wheelchair and stroller accessible.The CommUnity Trail system is open to the public.To encourage the participation of all community members in trail use and stewardship.To serve as a public advocate for the protection of and access to natural places within our areaand as emissaries for alternative transportation and healthy life styles.To create a network of multi-use trails within Unity, and ultimately connecting Unity with surrounding Towns, the EastCoast Greenway, and Frye Mountain Nature Preserve.Phase III: In 2014, The Waldo County Trails Coalition will be connecting the trails at the MOFGA fairgrounds with the Mount View school complex. Phase II: In 2013, The Waldo County Trails Coalition will be connecting the Sheepscot Wellspring Land Alliance trail system and George’s River Land Trust trail system at Frye Mountain with the Mount View School complex. Phase I: In 2012, The Waldo County Trails Coalition will be connecting the CommUnity Trail System in downtown Unity and the Unity College trail system with the newly developed trail system at the MOFGA fairgrounds in Unity. Financial support for Phase 1 of this project has been provided by the Davis Conservation Foundation. This project is being coordinated by Unity Barn Raisers who has received a technical assistance grant from the National Park Service Rivers, Trails and Conservation Assistance Program. We have come together to link these existing trail systems, creating a trail from Unity to Frye Mountain. Together we currently maintain over 40 miles of trails on lands owned by the organizations and by private landowners. These organizations are Unity Barn Raisers (UBR), Sheepscot Wellspring Land Alliance (SWLA), Sebasticook Regional Land Trust (SRLT), Unity College, Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (MOFGA), and Maine Farmland Trust (MFT). The Waldo County Trails Coalition includes six organizations, five of which currently manage hiking trails in the region between Unity and Frye Mountain. The trail system will enhance local recreational opportunities, community wellness, transportation, and economic opportunities. The path may be built to accommodate bicycles in some sections, depending on the interests of the landowners and the community and the suitability of the terrain. This trail network will welcome walkers throughout its length. View Regional School, and the Sheepscot Wellspring Land Alliance trail system in Montville and Knox that connects with trails in Frye Mountain Wildlife Management Area managed by the Georges River Land Trust. The Waldo County Trails Coalition is working to connect trails at Unity, MOFGA, Mt. Click here to watch my quick video documentary of this Maine settlement known for their potatoes and blueberries.UBR is proud to be a part of the Waldo County Trails Coalition. They travel by horse and buggy and, of course, don't have electricity. But as one Amish man here told me "we don't frown upon other Amish who feel that way, but we don't think a mustache has any military meaning." In other ways, these Amish are quite traditional. Mustaches have traditionally been frowned up by Amish men because of their alleged association with military service. Also, the men in these communities do often wear mustaches. Other unusual attributes of the Maine Amish: they do worship in a formal church building, unlike most Amish that worship in their homes. Once Unity becomes firmly established and of sufficient size, they'll have their own bishop and then will begin to explore creating a daughter settlement somewhere else. Unity does not have its own bishop yet, the settlement is not large enough, so the bishop in Smyrna also is in charge of Unity. While the Amish don't traditionally evangelize, some Amish do like to "serve as witnesses" or "lead by example." So while they maybe won't reach out and try to convert, they want their communities to serve as positive examples to outsiders. These Amish want their communities to serve as "beacons" in various places. The way it was explained to me is that the Amish in these communities don't want several church districts bunched together as is typically the case. Smyrna is a daughter settlement of Lindsay, Ontario, and Lindsay is a daughter of Aylmer, Ontario.
Unity is actually what is called a "daughter" settlement of Smyrna. The Smyrna and Unity settlements share ties. As of this writing there are three Amish settlements in Maine that I am aware of: Smyrna, Fort Fairfield, and Unity. The rural, rugged land and independent attitudes of Mainers have proven to be welcoming for the Amish. But over the past decade or so a few settlements have been established in the state. Maine is not a state synonymous with the Amish. Video Tour of Unity, Maine Amish Settlement
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