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Map of the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, 2023 The Bibby and Harold Alfond Children's Garden at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens. Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, May 2015. Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens is a botanical garden in Boothbay, Maine. It was opened in 2007. [1] [2] The gardens have been named one of Maine's top attractions.
This is a list of all lighthouses in the U.S. state of Maine as identified by the United States Coast Guard. [ 1 ] There are fifty-seven active lights in the state, two of which are maintained as private aids; nine are standing but inactive, and three have been destroyed, one of which has been replaced by a skeleton tower.
The Maine Coastal Island Registry (CIR) catalogs 3,166 of these coastal islands, along with some notable inland freshwater islands, such as Frye Island in Sebago Lake. According to the most recent CIR data, 1,846 islands are registered to private owners, while 204 islands, which contain four or more structures, are exempt from registration.
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 ...
The Midcoast is a region of the U.S. state of Maine that includes the coastal counties of Waldo, Knox, Lincoln, and Sagadahoc; and the towns of Brunswick and Harpswell in Cumberland County. [1] Some of the towns are: The Midcoast is a popular tourist destination, and many people own summer homes in the region.
As Washington County, Massachusetts, from part of Lincoln County. George Washington, the first President of the United States. 31,555. 3,255 sq mi (8,430 km 2) York County. 031. Alfred. 1652. As Yorkshire County, Massachusetts, from the southern part of the District of Maine.
Southern Maine Coast is a region of the U.S. state of Maine. It commonly includes the coastal areas of York County and Cumberland County. Some notable towns are Biddeford, Kittery, York, Wells, Ogunquit, Kennebunk, Kennebunkport, Saco, Old Orchard Beach and Scarborough. The region also contains Portland, the largest city in the state.
Acadia National Park is a national park of the United States located along the mid-section of the Maine coast, southwest of Bar Harbor. The park includes about half of Mount Desert Island, part of the Isle au Haut, the tip of the Schoodic Peninsula, and portions of sixteen smaller outlying islands. The park contains the tallest mountain on the ...