# List of Maine state parks

This list includes 35 state parks, public reserved lands, and state historic sites in the U.S. state of Maine. They are operated by the Maine Department of Conservation, with the exceptions of Baxter State Park, which is operated by the Baxter State Park Authority, and Peacock Beach, which is under local management.

## State parks

| Name | County | Town | Area | Area | Estab- lished | River / lake / other | Image | Remarks |
| Name | County | Town | acres | ha | Estab- lished | River / lake / other | Image | Remarks |
| Allagash Wilderness Waterway | Aroostook, Piscataquis | | 24,164 | 9,779 | 1966 | Allagash River | | Canoeing, fishing, hunting, camping |
| Androscoggin Riverlands | Androscoggin | Turner | 2,674 | 1,082 | | Androscoggin River | | Canoeing, multi-use trails along 12 miles of river frontage |
| Aroostook State Park | Aroostook | Presque Isle | 898 | 363 | 1938 | Echo Lake | | Swimming, hiking, camping |
| Baxter State Park | Piscataquis | | 209,501 | 84,782 | 1931 | | | Hiking on Mount Katahdin |
| 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 | Washington | Edmunds Township | 871 | 352 | 1964 | Cobscook Bay | | Tide watching |
| Crescent Beach State Park | Cumberland | Cape Elizabeth | 242 | 98 | 1966 | Atlantic Ocean | | Saltwater beach, hiking trails |
| 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 |
| Holbrook Island Sanctuary State Park | Hancock | Brooksville | 1,345 | 544 | 1971 | Penobscot Bay | | Hiking, kayaking, swimming, birdwatching |
| Lake St. George State Park | Waldo | Liberty Township | 358 | 145 | | Lake St. George | | Camping, swimming, boating, hiking |
| Lamoine State Park | Hancock | Lamoine | 55 | 22 | 1949 | Frenchman's Bay | | Camping, kayaking |
| Lily Bay State Park | Piscataquis | Greenville | 924 | 374 | 1959 | Moosehead Lake | | Fronts the state's largest lake |
| Mackworth Island | Cumberland | Falmouth | 100 | 40 | 1946 | Casco Bay | | Hiking, scenic vistas |
| Moose Point State Park | Waldo | Searsport | 146 | 59 | 1952 | Penobscot Bay | | Hiking, scenic vistas |
| 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 managed |
| Peaks-Kenny State Park | Piscataquis | Dover-Foxcroft, Bowerbank | 813 | 329 | 1964 | Sebec Lake | | Beach, boating, camping |
| Penobscot River Corridor | Piscataquis, Somerset | | 12,500 | 5,100 | | Penobscot River | | Remote, wilderness recreation, fishing, hiking, canoeing |
| Popham Beach State Park | Sagadahoc | Phippsburg | 605 | 245 | | Atlantic Ocean | | Sandy beach |
| Quoddy Head State Park | Washington | Lubec | 541 | 219 | 1962 | Atlantic Ocean | | Historic lighthouse |
| Range Ponds State Park | Androscoggin | Poland | 740 | 300 | 1965 | Range Ponds | | Sandy beach |
| Rangeley Lake State Park | Franklin | Rangeley, Rangeley Plantation | 870 | 350 | 1960 | Rangeley Lake | | Lakeside camping |
| Reid State Park | Sagadahoc | Georgetown | 770 | 310 | 1946 | Sheepscot Bay | | Swimming, sandy beaches |
| Roque Bluffs State Park | Washington | Roque Bluffs | 274 | 111 | 1969 | Englishman Bay | | Hiking trails |
| Sebago Lake State Park | Cumberland | Naples, Casco | 1,342 | 543 | 1938 | Sebago Lake | | Boating, swimming, camping |
| Shackford Head State Park | Washington | Eastport | 87 | 35 | 1989 | Cobscook Bay | | Shoreline and inland hiking |
| Swan Lake State Park | Waldo | Swanville | 67 | 27 | | Swan Lake | | Swimming, canoeing |
| Two Lights State Park | Cumberland | Cape Elizabeth | 41 | 17 | 1961 | Casco Bay | | Historic lighthouses |
| Vaughan Woods State Park | York | South Berwick | 165 | 67 | 1949 | Salmon Falls River | | Old-growth forest |
| Warren Island State Park | Waldo | Islesboro | 70 | 28 | 1959 | Penobscot Bay | | Access by private boat |
| Wolfe's Neck Woods State Park | Cumberland | Freeport | 244 | 99 | 1969 | Casco Bay | | Osprey watching |

## State historic sites

| Name | County | Town | Area | Area | Image | Remarks |
| Name | County | Town | acres | ha | Image | Remarks |
| Bible Point | Aroostook | | 27 | 11 | | Campsite of the young Teddy Roosevelt on Mattawamkeag Lake |
| Colburn House State Historic Site | Kennebec | Pittston | 6 | 2.4 | | Home of patriot and shipbuilder Reuben Colburn |
| Colonial Pemaquid State Historic Site | Lincoln | Bristol | 19 | 7.7 | | Site of colonial settlement dating from the early 1600s |
| Eagle Island State Historic Site | Cumberland | Harpswell | 17 | 6.9 | | Casco Bay home of explorer Admiral Robert Peary |
| Fort Baldwin State Historic Site | Sagadahoc | Phippsburg | 10 | 4.0 | | Early 20th-century coastal defense fortification near the mouth of the Kennebec River |
| Fort Edgecomb State Historic Site | Lincoln | Edgecomb | 3 | 1.2 | | Two-story, octagonal wooden blockhouse on Davis Island |
| Fort Halifax State Historic Site | Kennebec | Winslow | 0.75 | 0.30 | | British colonial outpost on the Sebasticook River |
| Fort Kent State Historic Site | Aroostook | Fort Kent | 3 | 1.2 | | Fortification built during the Aroostook War at the confluence of the Fish and Saint John rivers |
| Fort Knox State Historic Site | Waldo | Prospect | 124 | 50 | | Nineteenth-century coastal fortification on the Penobscot River |
| Fort McClary State Historic Site | York | Kittery Point | 27 | 11 | | Nineteenth-century coastal fortification at the mouth of the Piscataqua River |
| Fort O'Brien State Historic Site | Washington | Machiasport | 2 | 0.81 | | Site of fortification on the Machias River destroyed during both the American Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 |
| Fort Popham State Historic Site | Sagadahoc | Phippsburg | 4 | 1.6 | | Civil War-era coastal fortification at the mouth of the Kennebec River |
| Fort Pownall | Waldo | Stockton Springs | 3 | 1.2 | | In Fort Point State Park |
| John Paul Jones State Historic Site | 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 | | Oyster shell midden on the Damariscotta River |

## Public reserved lands

| Name | County | Town | Area | Area | Estab- lished | River / lake / other | Image | Remarks |
| Name | County | Town | acres | ha | Estab- lished | River / lake / other | Image | Remarks |
| Bald Mountain | Franklin | | 1,873 | 758 | | | | |
| Bigelow Preserve | Franklin, Somerset | | 35,000 | 14,000 | | | | |
| Bradley | Penobscot | | 9,113 | 3,688 | | | | |
| Chains of Ponds | Franklin | | 1,119 | 453 | | | | |
| Chamberlain Lake | Piscataquis | | 10,290 | 4,160 | | | | |
| Cutler Coast | Washington | | 12,238 | 4,953 | | | | |
| Day's Academy | Piscataquis | | 7,309 | 2,958 | | | | |
| Dead River | Somerset | | 7,031 | 2,845 | | | | |
| Deboullie | Aroostook | | 21,871 | 8,851 | | | | |
| Dodge Point | Lincoln | | 548 | 222 | | | | |
| Donnell Pond | Hancock | | 15,391 | 6,229 | | | | |
| Duck Lake | Hancock, Washington | | 25,220 | 10,210 | | | | |
| Eagle Lake | Aroostook | | 24,416 | 9,881 | | | | |
| Four Ponds | Franklin | | 6,018 | 2,435 | | | | |
| Gero Island | Piscataquis | | 4,051 | 1,639 | | | | |
| Great Heath | Washington | | 6,207 | 2,512 | | | | |
| Holeb | Somerset | | 20,155 | 8,156 | | | | |
| Kennebec Highlands | Franklin, Kennebec | | 6,076 | 2,459 | | | | |
| Little Moose | Piscataquis | | 15,055 | 6,093 | | | | |
| Machias River Corridor | Washington | | 10,026 | 4,057 | | | | |
| Mahoosuc | Oxford | | 31,807 | 12,872 | | | | |
| Moosehead Lake | Piscataquis | | 14,500 | 5,900 | | | | |
| Mount Abram | Franklin | | 6,214 | 2,515 | | | | |
| Nahmakanta | Piscataquis | | 43,966 | 17,792 | | | | |
| Pineland | Cumberland | | 646 | 261 | | | | |
| Richardson | Oxford | | 22,728 | 9,198 | | | | |
| Rocky Lake | Washington | | 11,150 | 4,510 | | | | |
| Round Pond | Aroostook | | 20,349 | 8,235 | | | | |
| Salmon Brook Lake Bog | Aroostook | | 1,857 | 752 | | | | |
| Scraggly Lake | Penobscot | | 9,092 | 3,679 | | | | |
| Scopan | Aroostook | | 20,135 | 8,148 | | | | |
| Seboeis Unit | Penobscot, Piscataquis | | 21,369 | 8,648 | | | | |
| Seboomook | Somerset | | 41,500 | 16,800 | | | | |
| Telos | Aroostook | | 22,962 | 9,292 | | | | |
| Tumbledown | Franklin | | 10,555 | 4,271 | | | | |
| Wassataquoik | Penobscot | | 2,099 | 849 | | | | |