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Winslow Memorial Park (also known as Winslow Park) is a coastal park and campground in Freeport, Maine, United States. [1] Set in 90 acres (0.14 sq mi), it is located near the southern end of the Harraseeket River, near its mouth with Casco Bay, at the eastern end of Staples Point Road. The northern side of the park looks out over Staples Cove.
YORK, Maine — A new effort is under way to spruce up the town in low-cost ways as the Planning Department looks to place “pocket parks” around York. The corner of Railroad Avenue near the ...
York: Kittery: 2 0.81 Site of the Maine Sailors' and Soldiers' Memorial by Bashka Paeff: Katahdin Iron Works: Piscataquis: T6R9 23 9.3 Site of an ironworks in operation from 1845 to 1890 Storer Garrison State Historic Site: York: Wells: 0 0 A plaque commemorating the site of the Storer Garrison Whaleback Shell Midden: Lincoln: Damariscotta: 11 4.5
Lamoine State Park is a public recreation area occupying 55 acres (22 ha) on the shore of Frenchman's Bay in the town of Lamoine, Maine. [1] The state park offers broad views of the mountains on Mount Desert Island, the narrow Eastern Bay portion of Frenchman Bay, and Lamoine's working waterfront. [3]
Wolfe's Neck Woods State Park is a public recreation area located on Casco Bay on the southeastern side of Freeport, Maine. The state park occupies 244 acres (99 ha) on a narrow peninsula, Wolfe's Neck, that runs between Casco Bay and the Harraseeket River. [1] It includes white pine and hemlock forests, salt marsh estuary, and rocky shore. [3]
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]
York residents may have to pay more to park at the beach next year as town officials and Ellis Park board debate over parking meter prices.
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]