This is a very busy preserve especially on weekends, so the best birding times are during the week. The diverse habitats are good for forest and wetland birding, and the long shoreline offers good views of near shore seabirds.

La Verna Preserve features 3,600 feet of stunning rocky ocean shoreline, 2.5 miles of trails, and a diverse array of wildlife habitats. Except for the sedge meadows and shrub swamps along Meadow Brook, the 120-acre La Verna preserve is almost entirely forested. Oak-Northern hardwoods forest is the most widespread natural community on the preserve. This mixed upland type is dominated by red oak, red maple, and varying amounts of red spruce, white birch, and white pine. There is a vibrant vernal pool by the trail. Other important wildlife habitat is found throughout the preserve.

Take ME-32 south from Round Pond. Go 3.5 miles south of the Round Pond Post Office (which is the same as 3 miles north of New Harbor Center). Notice Ocean Hill cemetery on your right. Soon after the cemetery, there is a parking area for the preserve on the right (west side of the road). The trail begins directly across ME-32 from the parking lot.

La Verna Preserve features the Hoyt Trail (0.6 mi), which follows the right-of-way across from the parking area, Main Trail (0.6 mi), Ellis Trail (0.8 mi), and Tibbitts Trail (0.7 mi). In addition, the entire rocky coastline of the preserve is walkable at all tides and affords panoramic views of outer Muscongus Bay and the islands.