10-mile Chase Rd. Loop

Stillwater to Kittredge, through the Bangor City Forest to Tripp Dr. parking lot, right on Stillwater, left on Chase Rd., right on State St. in Veazie, right on Mt. Hope Avenue, cross Hogan and continue on Mt. Hope to a right on Howard, end at Stillwater.

5-mile Mt. Hope Loop

5 miles: Out Mt. Hope to the corner of State, then along the river to the Dorothea Dix entrance/hill, around the buildings, through the fields, and back along Mt. Hope.

8.5-mile Griffin-Burleigh Loop

8.5 mile road run: From Mt. Hope to Grove, Grove to Stillwater, past Broadway park, jog up to Congress, right on Kenduskeag Ave., cross I-95, right on Griffin Rd., cross Broadway, continue straight on Burleigh Rd., right onto Essex, cross I-95 again, left on Milford, right on Forest, left on Stillwater, right on Howard, around the end of Stillwater Park on Juniper, left on Dartmouth, around to Mt. Hope. Pretty thin shoulder on some sections.

7-mile Kenduskeag Loop

7 miles with some killer hills! Down Howard St. to State, State to Harlow, over the Kenduskeag Stream and left up Nelson (what an incline!) Right onto Ohio to finish the hill, then a long swoop down 14th St., Valley Ave. back to Harlow, left up Center St. past City Hall (also a nice hill), right up Somerset and around Chapin Park, Garland to Maple, jog on Mt. Hope to Birch (small hill), right on Fern (nice hill), left on Juniper, Howard St. along the outside of Stillwater Park, Dartmouth, Yale, back to Mt. Hope.

Chase Road Loop (8 miles)

From Mt. Hope along Dartmouth to Howard, then Stillwater all the way out to Chase Road, around to State, along Mt. Hope Cemetery and the Penobscot, up the Dorothea Dix hill, across the fields, back on Mt. Hope. 8 miles of mostly pavement. The middle section of Chase Road is especially beautiful.

East side hills

Nice little back-and-forth between Mt. Hope and Stillwater.

Rabbit Trail Figure 8 in the City Forest

4.5 miles of beautiful trail! From the Tripp Drive parking lot on the East Trail past the Bog Boardwalk, left onto Rabbit Trail, right onto West Trail, right onto Rabbit Trail, left onto West Trail, through the Arboretum, and back to the parking lot.

70-minute east side run

About a 7-mile "figure 8" with several great uphills. From Fruit Street School on Mt. Hope down Howard, State St. through Cascade Park, up the Dorothea Dix hill, out to Mt. Hope Cemetery (great hill), State St. along the river, back up Dorothea Dix, and home via Mt. Hope Ave.