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Fort Point State Park is a public recreation area that overlooks Penobscot Bay from the easternmost tip of Cape Jellison in the town of Stockton Springs, Maine. The state park's 156 acres (63 ha) feature the Fort Point Light and the site of historic Fort Pownall. The park offers hiking trails, picnicking, and fishing. [1] [3]
Damariscotta Lake State Park: Lincoln: Jefferson: 19 7.7 1970 Damariscotta Lake Sandy beach Ferry Beach State Park: York: Saco: 117 47 Atlantic Ocean: Sandy beach Fort Point State Park: Waldo: Stockton Springs: 156 63 1974 Penobscot Bay: Scenic vistas, fishing Grafton Notch State Park: Oxford: Grafton Township 3,129 1,266 1963 Bear River: Hiking
The Fort Point Light, or Fort Point Light Station, is located in Fort Point State Park, in Stockton Springs, Maine. [2] [3] A lighthouse at this point has served as an active aid to navigation since 1835; the present lighthouse dates to 1857, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Maine's 120-acre (0.49 km 2) Fort Point State Park is located on Fort Point, a smaller peninsula extending eastward from the cape, that includes both the colonial-era Fort Pownall and the Fort Point Light Station.
Fort Pownall was a British fortification built during the French and Indian War, whose remains are located at Fort Point State Park in Stockton Springs, Maine. [2] The fort was named for Governor Thomas Pownall, who oversaw its construction. It never saw action, and was destroyed during the American Revolutionary War by the actions of both ...
Pages in category "State parks of Maine" The following 39 pages are in this category, out of 39 total. ... Fort Point State Park; G. Grafton Notch State Park; H.
C-54 similar to the one which crashed on Fort Mountain. On June 20, 1944, a C-54-A cargo plane on the Newfoundland to Washington, D.C. leg of trans-Atlantic TWA Flight 277 from England was pushed 70 miles (110 km) north of its planned course by stormy weather, which prevented obtaining visual or radio location fixes.
Two Lights State Park is a public recreation area occupying 41 acres (17 ha) of headland on Cape Elizabeth, Maine, that offers views of Casco Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. [1] The state park , which opened in 1961, is named after the twin Cape Elizabeth Lights , although there are no lighthouses in the park itself.