LEWISTON — A land trust trail survey and study will look at all of the Twin Cities’ walking trails and how they tie into each other.

The goal, according to Androscoggin Land Trust Executive Director Jonathan Labonte, is to plot out Lewiston-Auburn’s existing trail system and plan ways to link them to regional trails.

“Let’s fully inventory everything that’s been built and let’s identify the segments to connect those pieces,” Labonte said. “Let’s get on the ground and say ‘what do these segments look like, where could they go and are they on roads or off? Are they hiking trails or paved paths?'”

Labonte said the trail study would look at the area from the southern edge of Lewiston-Auburn’s downtowns north to the Gulf Island Pond and the new Riverlands State Park.

“Our goal will be to have identified all the segments that could be built and create a priority list of what the community believes should be built first,” Labonte said. “Then we can begin working through that list.”

Downtown trails include Auburn’s Riverwalk — which runs along the Androscoggin River from West Pitch Park south to Bonney Park — and the proposed Lewiston Greenway. Lewiston councilors are considering a bond package to build that trail along the river’s eastern bank between Sunnyside Park north to Tall Pines Drive.

In the south, those trails could connect to Lisbon’s trail system — and on to Brunswick and beyond.

In the north, they could connect to the Riverlands, the area that includes 2,588 acres along the west shore of the Androscoggin River, just north of the Auburn line, and about 200 acres along the east shore in Leeds.

The Riverlands includes significant wildlife habitat, shoreland along 8 miles of the river, old homesteads, scenic views and a recreational trail network needing maintenance. The park has 15 miles of multi-use trails and about 8 miles of hiking trails.

Labonte said the land trust hopes to begin working on the study this summer. One part includes taking members of the public out on unfinished or proposed trails.

“We’re looking at having some experiential trips, getting people on the trails or in the water and giving feedback about what trails could and should look like and which segments should be done next,” Labonte said.

The studies would be paid for with grants from the Environmental Funders Network and the Davis Conservation Fund and technical support from the National Park Service.

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