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The park was developed as a dairy farm by the Carver family in 1859. At one point, the 186-acre property had a house, barn, two silos, and sixty head of cattle. After most of the buildings burned down in 1927, the descendants of Captain George A. Carver offered the land to the State of Maine as a park in 1952. [4] [5] It opened in 1963. [6]
Birch Point State Park: Knox: Owls Head: 62 25 1999 Penobscot Bay: Pocket beach Bradbury Mountain State Park: Cumberland: Pownal: 730 300 1939 Mountain biking Camden Hills State Park: Knox, Waldo: Camden, Lincolnville: 5,710 2,310 1947 Trails: hiking, horseback riding, mountain biking, cross-country skiing, snowmobiling Cobscook Bay State Park ...
Resident Brian Dumont started the petition called “Reject the Proposal to Increase Camping Around Sand Pond.” As of Feb. 23, the petition had collected 1,053 signatures towards its goal of 1,500.
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). The name Cobscook is a Maliseet-Passamaquoddy ...
Local landowner Michael Patterson is pursuing his vision for a new campground near Sand Pond in Sanford, Maine. The association has approximately 50 members so far, according to Dumont.
Peaks-Kenny State Park is a seasonal public recreation area covering 813 acres (329 ha) on the south shore of Sebec Lake, mostly located in the town of Dover-Foxcroft, Maine. The state park grounds include a white sand beach at South Cove, 56 campsites, picnic area, hiking trails, and canoe and kayak rentals. [1] The park is 1 of 5 Maine State ...
Shackford Head State Park is a public recreation area on Moose Island in the city of Eastport, Washington County, Maine. The 87-acre (35 ha) state park occupies a peninsula that separates Cobscook Bay and Broad Cove. The land is named for John Shackford, an American Revolutionary War soldier who once owned the headlands. [3] The park is managed ...
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.