Story Trails of Maine, a free mobile application featuring self-guided tours, adventures, and scavenger hunts across different Maine communities, has been developed by Farmington Underground.

The app is intended to allow people to learn the stories of various communities, support local businesses, and explore the outdoors with friends and family.

“We want to give people an accessible way to explore their communities with a fun adventure,” creator Joe Musumeci said in a news release. “We work with the features already in a community to share forgotten history or lead people to interesting sites. This can work in locations of any size, and our goal is that once you complete one story trail, you will want to try another one in a different part of Maine.”

Each town’s story trail has its own tale to follow, with different locations to visit. Story trails also include short puzzles to solve and clues to find in the various local areas. Trails typically take about one hour to complete, but they are all self paced and self guided so the participant gets to control the experience.

Story trails are available in Farmington, Orono and China.

“Our newest trail in China leads groups through the four historic villages in the town, where they will need to look for a clue at each location, take a picture, and then solve a short puzzle using the app,” said Musumeci. “It’s a lot of fun, and the locations are so interesting to explore.”

Story Trails of Maine is available for free download on the iOS App Store and Google Play Store.

People interested in having a story trail set up in their area can email [email protected].