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Storer Farm Community preserve
Location and Description:
Location: Vienna, Maine
Property Description: Nestled against the Franklin County line in northwest Kennebec County, this preserve features woodlands and a perennial stream at an elevation between 650 and 750 feet. A mostly level, short trail allows for a leisurely walk in the Vienna hills.
Usage and Directions:
Directions: From Route 41 (Town House Road) in Vienna turn north on the Davis Road. Travel for about 1.6 miles. Look for a small parking area, KLT sign, and registration box on the left (west side) of the road. The ground is soft on the east side of the road!
Allowable Uses: hiking, nature observation, snowshoeing, hunting in season. No motorized vehicles are allowed except for snowmobiles on the designated trail, when the ground is frozen. Dogs are allowed on a leash or under voice command. Please clean up after your pets.
Trail: A short 0.3 mile trail begins at the KLT sign and features the Preserve’s woodlands and stream.
Parking: Parking lot is located on the left near the KLT sign and the start of the trail.
Luna Moth
Photo: Theresa Kerchner
History:
The natural resources around you were valued by the Wabanaki peoples for thousands of years before the Town of Vienna was incorporated. The closest Abenaki (one of the Wabanaki tribes) settlement was in what is now Farmington Falls along the Sandy River and these native peoples could have used today’s Storer Preserve for hunting and gathering. Many Abenakis fled to Quebec in the 1700’s and, erroneously, were viewed as strictly a Canadian tribe.
At the time of the Revolutionary War and up until 1820, Maine was part of Massachusetts. In the late 1700’s, large landowners, known as the “great proprietors”, divided and sold lots in what is now Vienna. The Storer Farm Community property was purchased by Elijah Bunker in the early 1800’s. A succession of owners led to Corporal Thomas Franklin Storer for whom the property is named. Storer was a corporal in the Union Army. Another succession of owners led to the Storer Farm Community who purchased the property in 1975 and generously donated this 70-acre woodland to KLT in 2020.
