Frenchboro Preserve steward Terry Towne hikes through a section of fallen trees near Northeast Point on the Maine Coast Heritage Trust's Frenchboro Preserve. The MCHT is planning two rural campsites on the preserve.

A sailboat cruises near East Cove off of the Maine Coast Heritage Trust's Frenchboro Preserve. One of the planned campsites will be located to the left in this image with a view of both Great Duck Island and Mount Desert Island.

The racing yacht American Promise, loaded with trash picked up from islands owned by the Maine Coast Heritage Trust, motors toward Frenchboro to remove trash washed up on the shores of the MCHT preserve.

Eastern Beach on the Maine Coast Heritage Trust's Frenchboro Preserve is the plannned location of a rural campsite. The trust wants to install two campsites, offering visitors the opportunity to spend the night in a unique setting.

Wild cranberries grow in a decaying blowdown along the shoreline trail at the preserve. Wild blueberries are also commonly seen along the trail.

Visitors to the Frenchboro Preserve are required to carry in and carry out all waste, including human waste.

Towne looks out over part of Bluff Head from the shoreline trail on Frenchboro Preserve.

Driftwood lies on the rocks near Bluff Head.

A buoy sits on the rocky shore of West Cove.

Trail hikers get an unspoiled view of the rugged coastline.

Towne traverses a steep section of trail on the Maine Coast Heritage Trust's Frenchboro Preserve.

The view from Deep Cove looking toward Southwest Point has more than a mile of untouched rugged coastline.