List of Maine state parks

This list includes state parks, public reserved lands, and state historic sites in the U.S. state of Maine. They are operated by the Maine Department of Conservation, with the exception of Baxter State Park, which is operated by the Baxter State Park Authority.

State parks

Name	County	Locality	Area ^[1]		Estab- lished	River / lake / other	Remarks
Allagash Wilderness Waterway	Aroostook, Piscataquis		22,840 acres	9,240 ha	1966	Allagash River	Canoeing, fishing, hunting, camping
Androscoggin Riverlands	Androscoggin	Turner	2,588 acres	1,047 ha		Androscoggin River	Canoeing, multi-use trails along 12 miles of river frontage
Aroostook State Park	Aroostook	Presque Isle	904 acres	366 ha	1938	Echo Lake	Swimming, hiking, camping
Baxter State Park	Piscataquis		209,501 acres	84,782 ha	1931		Hiking on Mount Katahdin
Birch Point State Park	Knox	Owls Head	62 acres	25 ha		Penobscot Bay	Pocket beach
Bradbury Mountain State Park	Cumberland	Pownal	590 acres	240 ha	1939		Mountain biking
Camden Hills State Park	Knox, Waldo	Camden, Lincolnville	5,710 acres	2,310 ha			Trails: hiking, horseback riding, mountain biking, cross-country skiing, snowmobiling
Cobscook Bay State Park	Washington	Edmunds Township	871 acres	352 ha	1964	Cobscook Bay	Tide watching
Crescent Beach State Park	Cumberland	Cape Elizabeth	244 acres	99 ha	1966	Atlantic Ocean	Saltwater beach, hiking trails
Damariscotta Lake State Park	Lincoln	Jefferson	19 acres	7.7 ha	1970	Damariscotta Lake	Sandy beach
Ferry Beach State Park	York	Saco	117 acres	47 ha		Atlantic Ocean	Sandy beach
Fort Point State Park	Waldo	Stockton Springs	156 acres	63 ha	1974	Penobscot Bay	Scenic vistas, fishing
Grafton Notch State Park	Oxford	Grafton Township	3,192 acres	1,292 ha		Bear River	Hiking
Holbrook Island Sanctuary State Park	Hancock	Brooksville	1,345 acres	544 ha	1971	Penobscot Bay	Hiking, kayaking
Lake St. George State Park	Waldo	Liberty Township	358 acres	145 ha		Lake St. George	Camping, swimming, boating, hiking
Lamoine State Park	Hancock	Lamoine	55 acres	22 ha		Frenchman's Bay	Camping, kayaking
Lily Bay State Park	Piscataquis	Greenville	924 acres	374 ha	1961	Moosehead Lake	Fronts the state's largest lake
Mackworth Island	Cumberland	Falmouth	100 acres	40 ha	1946	Casco Bay	Hiking, scenic vistas
Moose Point State Park	Waldo	Searsport	146 acres	59 ha	1980s	Penobscot Bay	Hiking, scenic vistas
Mount Blue State Park	Franklin	Weld	7,489 acres	3,031 ha	1955	Webb Lake	Beach, hiking, camping
Mount Kineo State Park	Piscataquis	Kineo Township	800 acres	320 ha		Moosehead Lake	Trails, vistas
Owls Head Light State Park	Knox	Owls Head	13 acres	5.3 ha		Penobscot Bay	Beaches, lighthouse
Peacock Beach State Park	Sagadahoc	Richmond	10 acres	4.0 ha		Pleasant Pond	Locally managed
Peaks-Kenny State Park	Piscataquis	Dover-Foxcroft, Bowerbank	813 acres	329 ha	1964	Sebec Lake	Beach, boating, camping
Penobscot River Corridor	Piscataquis, Somerset		12,500 acres	5,100 ha		Penobscot River	Remote, wilderness recreation
Popham Beach State Park	Sagadahoc	Phippsburg	605 acres	245 ha		Atlantic Ocean	Sandy beach
Quoddy Head State Park	Washington	Lubec	605 acres	245 ha	1962	Atlantic Ocean	Historic lighthouse
Range Ponds State Park	Androscoggin	Poland	740 acres	300 ha		Range Ponds	Sandy beach
Rangeley Lake State Park	Franklin	Rangeley, Rangeley Plantation	870 acres	350 ha		Rangeley Lake	Lakeside camping
Reid State Park	Sagadahoc	Georgetown	770 acres	310 ha	1946	Sheepscot Bay	Swimming, sandy beaches
Roque Bluffs State Park	Washington	Roque Bluffs	274 acres	111 ha	1969	Englishman Bay	Hiking trails
Sebago Lake State Park	Cumberland	Naples, Casco	1,342 acres	543 ha	1938	Sebago Lake	Boating, swimming, camping
Shackford Head State Park	Washington	Eastport	87 acres	35 ha	1989	Cobscook Bay	Shoreline and inland hiking
Swan Lake State Park	Waldo	Swanville	67 acres	27 ha		Swan Lake	Swimming, canoeing
Two Lights State Park	Cumberland	Cape Elizabeth	41 acres	17 ha	1961	Casco Bay	Historic lighthouses
Vaughan Woods State Park	York	South Berwick	165 acres	67 ha	1949	Salmon Falls River	Old-growth forest
Warren Island State Park	Waldo	Islesboro	70 acres	28 ha	1959	Penobscot Bay	Access by private boat
Wolfe's Neck Woods State Park	Cumberland	Freeport	244 acres	99 ha	1969	Casco Bay	Osprey watching

State historic sites

Name	County	Locality	Area ^[1]		Remarks
Bible Point	Aroostook		27 acres	11 ha	Campsite of the young Teddy Roosevelt on Mattawamkeag Lake
Colburn House State Historic Site	Kennebec	Pittston	6 acres	2.4 ha	Home of patriot and shipbuilder Reuben Colburn
Colonial Pemaquid State Historic Site	Lincoln	Bristol	19 acres	7.7 ha	Site of colonial settlement dating from the early 1600s
Eagle Island State Historic Site	Cumberland	Harpswell	17 acres	6.9 ha	Casco Bay home of explorer Admiral Robert Peary
Fort Baldwin State Historic Site	Sagadahoc	Phippsburg	10 acres	4.0 ha	Early 20th-century coastal defense fortification near the mouth of the Kennebec River
Fort Edgecomb State Historic Site	Lincoln	Edgecomb	3 acres	1.2 ha	Two-story, octagonal wooden blockhouse on Davis Island
Fort Halifax State Historic Site	Kennebec	Winslow	0.75 acres	0.30 ha	British colonial outpost on the Sebasticook River
Fort Kent State Historic Site	Aroostook	Fort Kent	3 acres	1.2 ha	Fortification built during the Aroostook War at the confluence of the Fish and Saint John rivers
Fort Knox State Historic Site	Waldo	Prospect	124 acres	50 ha	Nineteenth-century coastal fortification on the Penobscot River
Fort McClary State Historic Site	York	Kittery Point	27 acres	11 ha	Nineteenth-century coastal fortification at the mouth of the Piscataqua River
Fort O'Brien State Historic Site	Washington	Machiasport	2 acres	0.81 ha	Site of fortification on the Machias River destroyed during both the American Revolutionary War and the War of 1812
Fort Popham State Historic Site	Sagadahoc	Phippsburg	4 acres	1.6 ha	Civil War-era coastal fortification at the mouth of the Kennebec River
Fort Pownall	Waldo	Stockton Springs	3 acres	1.2 ha	In Fort Point State Park
John Paul Jones State Historic Site	York	Kittery	2 acres	0.81 ha	Site of the Maine Sailors' and Soldiers' Memorial by Bashka Paeff
Katahdin Iron Works	Piscataquis	T6R9	23 acres	9.3 ha	Site of an ironworks in operation from 1845 to 1890
Storer Garrison State Historic Site	York	Wells	0 acres	0 ha	A plaque commemorating the site of the Storer Garrison
Whaleback Shell Midden	Lincoln	Damariscotta	11 acres	4.5 ha	Oyster shell midden on the Damariscotta River

Public reserved lands

Name	County	Area ^[1]
Bald Mountain	Franklin	1,873 acres	758 ha
Bigelow Preserve	Franklin, Somerset	36,700 acres	14,900 ha
Bradley	Penobscot	9,059 acres	3,666 ha
Chains of Ponds	Franklin	1,141 acres	462 ha
Chamberlain Lake	Piscataquis	9,557 acres	3,868 ha
Cutler Coast	Washington	12,170 acres	4,930 ha
Day's Academy	Piscataquis	7,275 acres	2,944 ha
Dead River	Somerset	4,771 acres	1,931 ha
Deboullie	Aroostook	21,871 acres	8,851 ha
Dodge Point	Lincoln	506 acres	205 ha
Donnell Pond	Hancock	14,496 acres	5,866 ha
Duck Lake	Hancock, Washington	25,220 acres	10,210 ha
Eagle Lake	Aroostook	23,882 acres	9,665 ha
Four Ponds	Franklin	6,015 acres	2,434 ha
Gero Island	Piscataquis	3,845 acres	1,556 ha
Great Heath	Washington	6,067 acres	2,455 ha
Holeb	Somerset	19,651 acres	7,952 ha
Kennebec Highlands	Franklin, Kennebec	6,000 acres	2,400 ha
Little Moose	Piscataquis	15,047 acres	6,089 ha
Machias River Corridor	Washington	10,026 acres	4,057 ha
Mahoosuc	Oxford	27,253 acres	11,029 ha
Moosehead Lake	Piscataquis	12,673 acres	5,129 ha
Mount Abram	Franklin	6,214 acres	2,515 ha
Nahmakanta	Piscataquis	42,818 acres	17,328 ha
Pineland	Cumberland	600 acres	240 ha
Richardson	Oxford	17,757 acres	7,186 ha
Rocky Lake	Washington	10,904 acres	4,413 ha
Round Pond	Aroostook	20,349 acres	8,235 ha
Salmon Brook Lake Bog	Aroostook	1,857 acres	752 ha
Scraggly Lake	Penobscot	9,057 acres	3,665 ha
Scopan	Aroostook	17,985 acres	7,278 ha
Seboeis	Penobscot, Piscataquis	21,369 acres	8,648 ha
Seboomook Unit	Somerset	41,436 acres	16,769 ha
Telos	Aroostook	22,806 acres	9,229 ha
Tumbledown	Franklin	9,990 acres	4,040 ha
Wassataquoik	Penobscot	2,099 acres	849 ha

References

1 2 3 "Outdoors in Maine: State Parks, Public Lands, and Historic Sites" (PDF). Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry. Retrieved December 9, 2015.

External links

Official Maine State Parks search site

Protected areas of Maine

Federal

National Parks and Historic Sites	Acadia National Park Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument Saint Croix Island International Historic Site

National Wildlife Refuges	Aroostook Carlton Pond Waterfowl Production Area Cross Island Franklin Island Moosehorn Petit Manan Pond Island Rachel Carson Seal Island Sunkhaze Meadows

National Forests	White Mountain

National Trails	Appalachian Trail

National Estuarine Research Reserves	Wells

State

State Parks	Allagash Wilderness Waterway Aroostook Baxter Birch Point Bradbury Mountain Camden Hills Cobscook Bay Crescent Beach Damariscotta Lake Ferry Beach Fort Point Grafton Notch Holbrook Island Sanctuary Lake St. George Lamoine Lilly Bay Moose Point Mount Blue Peacock Beach Peaks-Kenny Penobscot River Corridor Popham Beach Quoddy Head Range Ponds Rangeley Lake Reid Roque Bluffs Shackford Head Sebago Lake Swans Falls Campground Swan Lake Two Lights Vaughan Woods Warren Island Wolfe's Neck Woods

State Historic Sites	Bible Point Colburn House Colonial Pemaquid Eagle Island Fort Baldwin Fort Edgecomb Fort Halifax Fort Kent Fort Knox Fort McClary Fort O'Brien John Paul Jones Katahdin Iron Works Mayall Mills Whaleback Shell Midden

State Forests	Durham State Forest

Maine Department of Conservation (web)

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