A canoe drifts silently across Kidney Pond in Baxter State Park with Katahdin in the background. Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Staff Photographer
In addition to its variety of state parks, Maine also boasts Acadia National Park and 8 natural wildlife reserves. They stretch across the state from the Aroostook National Wildlife Preserve down to Fort McClary State Historic Site in Kittery. To give you a better picture of where you may want to go, we created this map. It’s advisable to check websites for specific hours of operation and other details.
STATE PARKS
Aroostook State Park
87 State Park Road, Presque Isle
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Baxter State Park
64 Balsam Drive, Millinocket
Website
Bradbury Mountain State Park
528 Hallowell Road, Pownal
Website
Camden Hills State Park
280 Belfast Road,Camden
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Cobscook Bay State Park
40 South Edmunds Road, Edmunds Township
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Crescent Beach State Park
109 Bowery Beach Road, Cape Elizabeth
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Damariscotta Lake State Park
8 State Park Road, Jefferson
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Ferry Beach State Park
95 Bayview Road, Saco
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Fort McClary State Park
Pepperell Road (Rt. 103), Kittery Point
Website
Fort Point State Park
207 Lighthouse Road, Stockton Springs
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Fort Knox State Park
740 Fort Knox Road, Prospect
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Grafton Notch State Park
1941 Bear River Road, Newry
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Lake Saint George State Park
278 Belfast Augusta Road, Liberty
Website
Lamoine State Park
23 State Park Road, Lamoine
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Lily Bay State Park
425 Lily Bay Road, Beaver Cove
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Moose Point State Park
310 West Main Street, Searsport
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Mt. Blue State Park
299 Center Hill Road, Weld
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Owls Head State Park
186 Lighthouse Road, Owls Head
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Peacock Beach State Park
U.S. Route 201, Richmond
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Peaks-Kenny State Park
401 State Park Road, Dover-Foxcroft
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Popham Beach State Park
10 Perkins Farm Lane, Phippsburg
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Quoddy Head State Park
973 South Lubec Road, Lubec
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Range Ponds State Park
26 State Park Road, Poland Spring
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Rangeley Lake State Park
1 State Park Road, Rangeley
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Reid State Park
375 Seguinland Road, Georgetown
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Roque Bluffs State Park
145 Schoppee Point Road, Roque Bluffs
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Scarborough Beach State Park
418 Black Point Road, Scarborough
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Sebago Lake State Park
11 Park Access Road, Casco
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Shackford Head State Park
Off Route 190, Eastport
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Swan Lake State Park
100 State Park Road, Swanville
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Two Lights State Park
7 Tower Drive, Cape Elizabeth
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Vaughan Woods State Park
28 Oldfields Road, South Berwick
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Warren Island State Park
Lincolnville (offshore)
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Wolfe’s Neck Woods State Park
426 Wolfe’s Neck Road, Freeport
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NATIONAL PARK
Hikers walk along the Jesep Path through a a strand of white birch and hemlock trees in Acadia National Park. Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Staff Photographer
Acadia National Park
Bar Harbor
Website
WILDLIFE RESERVES
Mist, sun and fall foliage combine to make a colorful palette behind a covered bridge over Fernald Brook at the Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge in Kennebunk. Gregory Rec/Staff Photographer
Aroostook National Wildlife Refuge
97 Refuge Road, Limestone
Website
Cross Island National Wildlife Refuge
Cutler (offshore)
Website
Franklin Island National Wildlife Refuge
Friendship (offshore)
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Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge
103 Headquarters Road, Baring
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Pond Island National Wildlife Refuge
Rockport (offshore)
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Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge
321 Port Road, Wells
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Seal Island National Wildlife Refuge
Matinicus (offshore)
Website
Sunkhaze Meadows National Wildlife Refuge
446 Main Road, Milford
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