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Ferry Beach State Park: Saco: York: website, 127 acres [2] Fields Pond Audubon Center: Holden: Penobscot: website, 192 acres, operated by Maine Audubon Gilsland Farm Audubon Center: Falmouth: Cumberland: website, 65 acres, operated by Maine Audubon Hamilton Audubon Sanctuary: West Bath: Sagadahoc: website, 93 acres with 2.75 miles of trails ...
Mount Blue State Park: Franklin: Weld: 7,489 3,031 1955 Webb Lake: Beach, hiking, camping Mount Kineo State Park: Piscataquis: Kineo Township 800 320 Moosehead Lake: Trails, vistas Owls Head Light State Park: Knox: Owls Head: 13 5.3 Penobscot Bay: Beaches, lighthouse Peacock Beach State Park: Sagadahoc: Richmond: 10 4.0 Pleasant Pond Locally ...
The Royal River Conservation Trust (RRCT) is a volunteer-run conservation group based in Yarmouth, Maine, United States.Established in 1988 and funded by its members, it owns many preserves and trail networks, and has assisted in the creation of town-owned parks and preserves, state parks and state wildlife-management areas.
The Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge is a 9,125-acre (37 km 2) National Wildlife Refuge made up of several parcels of land along 50 miles (80 km) of Maine's southern coast. Created in 1966, it is named for environmentalist and author Rachel Carson , whose book Silent Spring raised public awareness of the effects of DDT on migratory ...
Aroostook State Park is public recreation area within the southern municipal boundary of the city of Presque Isle in Aroostook County, Maine. The state park's 898 acres (363 ha) encompass Quaggy Jo Mountain and sit adjacent to Echo Lake. "Quaggy Jo" is an altered version of the mountain's Native American name, "Qua Qua Jo", which means "twin ...
Sunkhaze Meadows National Wildlife Refuge is located in the Town of Milford, Penobscot County, Maine, approximately fourteen miles north of Bangor.The refuge was established in 1988 to ensure the ecological integrity of the Sunkhaze Meadows peat bog and the continued availability of its wetland, stream, forest and wildlife resources to the citizens of the United States.
The diversity of exceptional habitats provides excellent breeding and foraging areas for migratory birds, endangered species, resident wildlife, and rare plants. The refuge protects over 25,650 acres (103.8 km 2) of wetland and forested upland habitat along Umbagog Lake. About 70% of its area is in New Hampshire and 30% in Maine.
Cobscook Bay State Park is a public recreation area occupying 888 acres (359 ha) on the western shore of Cobscook Bay in Washington County, Maine.The park offers a view of dramatically changing tides that on average can rise to 24 feet (7.3 m) high with some reaching as high as 28 feet (8.5 m).