Tyler Brook Preserve
Monday, March 16, 2009 at 10:09AM
This trail is located on Tyler Brook Road just off the Mills Road beside Tyler Brook and just south of Beachwood Road and the Batson River. Access is on the paved road to left side of a private drive with
parking available for 4 to 6 vehicles. The trail is currently 1 mile long, has several seasonally wet areas but has very scenic marsh and river views including lovely waterfalls. There are benches and picnic areas available in tranquil settings. Our long term goal is to connect with other lands owned by the Trust in Cape Porpoise. The original road to Kennebunk once passed through the back corner of this property, crossing the brook by way of the “stepping stones’. It was here that John Tyler had a mill and built his house using a large rock as its back, named in Bradbury’s History of Kennebunkport as “Tyler’s Back”. In 1725 Mrs. Batson was killed by Indians in this area.
Reader Comments (2)
Delightful that this trail exist. I was raised in a house overlooking Tyler brook during the 60s and 70s. I spent many hours walking and exploring up to the falls, swimming the cold waters during high tides on sweltering summer days, fishing for tiny crabs and minnows and generally all things young boys like to do as they become young men. Once while climbing a large granite bolder near the falls, I startled myself when I came nose to nose with a large bobcat.There used to be a population of leopard frogs in the upper part of the marsh. Always thought the brook just large enough to support a small number of brook trout in the several pool and falls between the marsh and the swamp, but I never saw any in there. Down stream of the overlook the brook bends around a hump that I always wondered was a shell mound, although it's a good mile from the good clamming on Batson's river.
Loved the brook so much, my son's middle name is Tyler.
We cross country skiied this trail today and it had lots of snow, well marked and good for beginners and more, no hills. Beautiful views and more.