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200 Main Street, Yarmouth, MAINE 04096
Monday - Friday: 8:30am - 4:30pm
Camp SOCI
Camp SOCI
Counsins Street - Parking at Sandy Point Beach
Across Cousins Street from the Sandy Point Beach parking lot entrance are steps and a path leading to Camp SOCI (Scouts Of Cousins Island), a small pleasant wooded parcel atop a high steep bluff. There is a grassy amphitheater in the center of the parcel (a good picnic spot) and a trail along the top edge of the high bluff overlooking the water. This trail runs through a mature red oak and pine stand, and looks across to the mainland at the former Homewood Inn site and Princes Point. There is a long, steep and narrow stairway leading down to the shore. At mid to low tide, it is possible to follow the shoreline north under the bridge to Sandy Point Beach. This property is recognized by birders as an important stopover for migratory songbirds. Please stay off the fragile, erodible bluff slopes.
CAMP SOCI MANAGEMENT PLAN
A major goal of the Town’s Open Space Plan (2019) was to draft management plans for all the Town owned open spaces. Management plans serve as a useful tool to advise the Town on management and maintenance decisions within open spaces by:
• Summarizing natural resources and recreational values of a property.
• Summarizing current use, user conflicts, and existing deed or resource restrictions.
• Offering guidance for stewardship and maintenance decisions.
• Establishing guidelines for allowed and prohibited uses.
The Parks & Lands Committee (PLC) worked on planning and drafting the management plan and reached a final draft of the plan to present to Council in October 2025. The sub committee, made up of residents, abutters, PLC members, and YCS staff, hosted site visits, sub committee meetings, and a public meeting at the Town Hall before presenting to Council..
