List of Maine state parks

This list includes 35 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 exceptions of Baxter State Park, which is operated by the Baxter State Park Authority, and Peacock Beach, which is under local management. Template:Location map+

State parks

Name	County	Town	Area<ref name=dacf2/>		Estab- lished	River / lake / other	Image	Remarks
			acres	ha
Allagash Wilderness Waterway	Aroostook, Piscataquis		Template:Convert	1966	Allagash River		Canoeing, fishing, hunting, camping
Androscoggin Riverlands	Androscoggin	Turner	Template:Convert		Androscoggin River		Canoeing, multi-use trails along 12 miles of river frontage
Aroostook State Park	Aroostook	Presque Isle	Template:Convert	1938	Echo Lake		Swimming, hiking, camping
Baxter State Park	Piscataquis		Template:Convert	1931			Hiking on Mount Katahdin
Birch Point State Park	Knox	Owls Head	Template:Convert	1999	Penobscot Bay		Pocket beach
Bradbury Mountain State Park	Cumberland	Pownal	Template:Convert	1939			Mountain biking
Camden Hills State Park	Knox, Waldo	Camden, Lincolnville	Template:Convert	1947			Trails: hiking, horseback riding, mountain biking, cross-country skiing, snowmobiling
Cobscook Bay State Park	Washington	Edmunds Township	Template:Convert	1964	Cobscook Bay		Tide watching
Crescent Beach State Park	Cumberland	Cape Elizabeth	Template:Convert	1966	Atlantic Ocean		Saltwater beach, hiking trails
Damariscotta Lake State Park	Lincoln	Jefferson	Template:Convert	1970	Damariscotta Lake		Sandy beach
Ferry Beach State Park	York	Saco	Template:Convert		Atlantic Ocean		Sandy beach
Fort Point State Park	Waldo	Stockton Springs	Template:Convert	1974	Penobscot Bay		Scenic vistas, fishing
Grafton Notch State Park	Oxford	Grafton Township	Template:Convert	1963	Bear River		Hiking
Holbrook Island Sanctuary State Park	Hancock	Brooksville	Template:Convert	1971	Penobscot Bay		Hiking, kayaking, swimming, birdwatching
Lake St. George State Park	Waldo	Liberty Township	Template:Convert		Lake St. George		Camping, swimming, boating, hiking
Lamoine State Park	Hancock	Lamoine	Template:Convert	1949	Frenchman's Bay		Camping, kayaking
Lily Bay State Park	Piscataquis	Greenville	Template:Convert	1959	Moosehead Lake		Fronts the state's largest lake
Mackworth Island	Cumberland	Falmouth	Template:Convert	1946	Casco Bay		Hiking, scenic vistas
Moose Point State Park	Waldo	Searsport	Template:Convert	1952	Penobscot Bay		Hiking, scenic vistas
Mount Blue State Park	Franklin	Weld	Template:Convert	1955	Webb Lake		Beach, hiking, camping
Mount Kineo State Park	Piscataquis	Kineo Township	Template:Convert		Moosehead Lake		Trails, vistas
Owls Head Light State Park	Knox	Owls Head	Template:Convert		Penobscot Bay		Beaches, lighthouse
Peacock Beach State Park	Sagadahoc	Richmond	Template:Convert		Pleasant Pond		Locally managed
Peaks-Kenny State Park	Piscataquis	Dover-Foxcroft, Bowerbank	Template:Convert	1964	Sebec Lake		Beach, boating, camping
Penobscot River Corridor	Piscataquis, Somerset		Template:Convert		Penobscot River		Remote, wilderness recreation, fishing, hiking, canoeing
Popham Beach State Park	Sagadahoc	Phippsburg	Template:Convert		Atlantic Ocean		Sandy beach
Quoddy Head State Park	Washington	Lubec	Template:Convert	1962	Atlantic Ocean	File:West Quoddy Head Light.jpg	Historic lighthouse
Range Ponds State Park	Androscoggin	Poland	Template:Convert	1965	Range Ponds		Sandy beach
Rangeley Lake State Park	Franklin	Rangeley, Rangeley Plantation	Template:Convert	1960	Rangeley Lake	File:Rangeley Lake SP Maine.jpg	Lakeside camping
Reid State Park	Sagadahoc	Georgetown	Template:Convert	1946	Sheepscot Bay	File:Reid State Park south view.JPG	Swimming, sandy beaches
Roque Bluffs State Park	Washington	Roque Bluffs	Template:Convert	1969	Englishman Bay		Hiking trails
Sebago Lake State Park	Cumberland	Naples, Casco	Template:Convert	1938	Sebago Lake	File:Sebago-state-park1.jpg	Boating, swimming, camping
Shackford Head State Park	Washington	Eastport	Template:Convert	1989	Cobscook Bay	File:CobscookBay.jpg	Shoreline and inland hiking
Swan Lake State Park	Waldo	Swanville	Template:Convert		Swan Lake		Swimming, canoeing
Two Lights State Park	Cumberland	Cape Elizabeth	Template:Convert	1961	Casco Bay	File:Darkening sky at Maine beach.jpg	Historic lighthouses
Vaughan Woods State Park	York	South Berwick	Template:Convert	1949	Salmon Falls River	File:Vaughan Woods Memorial State Park.jpg	Old-growth forest
Warren Island State Park	Waldo	Islesboro	Template:Convert	1959	Penobscot Bay		Access by private boat
Wolfe's Neck Woods State Park	Cumberland	Freeport	Template:Convert	1969	Casco Bay		Osprey watching

State historic sites

Name	County	Town	Area<ref name=dacf2/>		Image	Remarks
			acres	ha
Bible Point	Aroostook		Template:Convert		Campsite of the young Teddy Roosevelt on Mattawamkeag Lake
Colburn House State Historic Site	Kennebec	Pittston	Template:Convert	File:Colburn House State Historic Site.JPG	Home of patriot and shipbuilder Reuben Colburn
Colonial Pemaquid State Historic Site	Lincoln	Bristol	Template:Convert	File:Stone Castle of Fort William Henry, Pemaquid Beach, ME.jpg	Site of colonial settlement dating from the early 1600s
Eagle Island State Historic Site	Cumberland	Harpswell	Template:Convert	File:EagleIslandsegl.jpg	Casco Bay home of explorer Admiral Robert Peary
Fort Baldwin State Historic Site	Sagadahoc	Phippsburg	Template:Convert	File:FortBaldwinMaine.jpg	Early 20th-century coastal defense fortification near the mouth of the Kennebec River
Fort Edgecomb State Historic Site	Lincoln	Edgecomb	Template:Convert	File:Fort Edgecomb Davis Island Maine-4.jpg	Two-story, octagonal wooden blockhouse on Davis Island
Fort Halifax State Historic Site	Kennebec	Winslow	Template:Convert	File:Fort Halifax, U.S. Route 201, Winslow (Kennebec County, Maine).jpg	British colonial outpost on the Sebasticook River
Fort Kent State Historic Site	Aroostook	Fort Kent	Template:Convert	File:Fort Kent, Fort Kent (Aroostock County, Maine).jpg	Fortification built during the Aroostook War at the confluence of the Fish and Saint John rivers
Fort Knox State Historic Site	Waldo	Prospect	Template:Convert	File:FortKnoxPanorama.jpg	Nineteenth-century coastal fortification on the Penobscot River
Fort McClary State Historic Site	York	Kittery Point	Template:Convert	File:Fort McClary blockhouse Kittery Maine.jpg	Nineteenth-century coastal fortification at the mouth of the Piscataqua River
Fort O'Brien State Historic Site	Washington	Machiasport	Template:Convert	File:MachiasportME FortOBrienView.jpg	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	Template:Convert	File:Fort Popham and the Atkins Bay arm of the Kennebec River.jpg	Civil War-era coastal fortification at the mouth of the Kennebec River
Fort Pownall	Waldo	Stockton Springs	Template:Convert	File:Fort Pownall, Maine.png	In Fort Point State Park
John Paul Jones State Historic Site	York	Kittery	Template:Convert		Site of the Maine Sailors' and Soldiers' Memorial by Bashka Paeff
Katahdin Iron Works	Piscataquis	T6R9	Template:Convert	File:Katahdin Iron Works.jpg	Site of an ironworks in operation from 1845 to 1890
Storer Garrison State Historic Site	York	Wells	Template:Convert		A plaque commemorating the site of the Storer Garrison
Whaleback Shell Midden	Lincoln	Damariscotta	Template:Convert	File:Whaleback Shell Midden State Historic Site - 20070722 07999.JPG	Oyster shell midden on the Damariscotta River

Public reserved lands

Name	County	Town	Area<ref name=dacf2/>		Estab- lished	River / lake / other	Image	Remarks
			acres	ha
Bald Mountain	Franklin		Template:Convert
Bigelow Preserve	Franklin, Somerset		Template:Convert			File:Bigelow Avery Peak Maine.JPG
Bradley	Penobscot		Template:Convert
Chains of Ponds	Franklin		Template:Convert
Chamberlain Lake	Piscataquis		Template:Convert
Cutler Coast	Washington		Template:Convert
Day's Academy	Piscataquis		Template:Convert
Dead River	Somerset		Template:Convert
Deboullie	Aroostook		Template:Convert
Dodge Point	Lincoln		Template:Convert
Donnell Pond	Hancock		Template:Convert
Duck Lake	Hancock, Washington		Template:Convert
Eagle Lake	Aroostook		Template:Convert
Four Ponds	Franklin		Template:Convert
Gero Island	Piscataquis		Template:Convert
Great Heath	Washington		Template:Convert
Holeb	Somerset		Template:Convert
Kennebec Highlands	Franklin, Kennebec		Template:Convert
Little Moose	Piscataquis		Template:Convert
Machias River Corridor	Washington		Template:Convert
Mahoosuc	Oxford		Template:Convert
Moosehead Lake	Piscataquis		Template:Convert			File:Moosehead Lake.jpg
Mount Abram	Franklin		Template:Convert
Nahmakanta	Piscataquis		Template:Convert
Pineland	Cumberland		Template:Convert
Richardson	Oxford		Template:Convert
Rocky Lake	Washington		Template:Convert
Round Pond	Aroostook		Template:Convert
Salmon Brook Lake Bog	Aroostook		Template:Convert
Scraggly Lake	Penobscot		Template:Convert
Scopan	Aroostook		Template:Convert
Seboeis Unit	Penobscot, Piscataquis		Template:Convert
Seboomook	Somerset		Template:Convert
Telos	Aroostook		Template:Convert
Tumbledown	Franklin		Template:Convert			File:Tumbledown-mountain.jpg
Wassataquoik	Penobscot		Template:Convert

See also

• List of U.S. national parks
• Maine Wildlife Management Areas (WMA)

External links

• Official Maine State Parks search site