page_title: Camden, Maine
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Camden, Maine / Geography
caption_attribution_description: English: The view fron the peak of Bald Mountain, camden, maine.
context_page_description: Camden is a town in Knox County, Maine, United States. The population was 4,850 at the 2010 census. The population of the town more than triples during the summer months, due to tourists and summer residents. Camden is a famous summer colony in the Mid-Coast region of Maine. Similar to Bar Harbor, Nantucket and North Haven, Camden is well known for its summer community of wealthy Northeasterners, mostly from Boston, New York and Philadelphia.
context_section_description: According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 26.65 square miles (69.02 km²), of which, 18.24 square miles (47.24 km²) of it is land and 8.41 square miles (21.78 km²) is water. Drained by the Megunticook River, Camden is located beside Penobscot Bay and the Gulf of Maine, part of the Atlantic Ocean. Principal bodies of water include: Megunticook Lake, Hosmer Pond (54 acres), Impoundment (Seabright Pond) (74 acres) and Lily Pond (32 acres). Mount Megunticook has an elevation of 1385 feet (419 m).
  The town is crossed by U. S. Route 1 and state routes 52 and 105. It borders the towns of Rockport to the south, Hope to the southwest, and Lincolnville to the north.
caption: The view from Bald Mountain, Camden
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