Crescent Beach State Park lies along a stunning mile-long crescent-shaped sandy beach on the Atlantic Ocean in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, just eight miles south of Portland.
Boothbay Harbor, Maine, is a picturesque coastal town with a rich history dating back to the early 1600s when English fishermen and farmers first settled the region.
Pemaquid Point Lighthouse, located in Bristol, Maine, was originally built in 1827 under the order of President John Quincy Adams to aid navigation at the entrance to Muscongus Bay.
Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument in northern Maine covers about 87,563 acres of rugged forest, mountains, and rivers, including part of the East Branch of the Penobscot River.
Cobscook Bay State Park covers 888 acres on the western shore of Cobscook Bay in Washington County, Maine, near Dennysville, where the bay's dramatic tides—averaging 24 feet and reaching up to 28 feet, known as boiling tides in the Maliseet-Passamaquoddy language—surround the park on three sides.
Aroostook State Park, Maine's first state park established in 1938, spans 898 acres near Presque Isle in Aroostook County, encompassing Quaggy Jo Mountain—named from the Native American term Qua Qua Jo meaning twin-peaked—and scenic Echo Lake stocked with brook trout.
Vaughan Woods State Park spans 165 acres along the scenic Salmon Falls River on the western edge of South Berwick, Maine, near the New Hampshire border.
Acadia National Park, located mainly on Mount Desert Island in Maine, was first established as Sieur de Monts National Monument by President Woodrow Wilson in 1916 through lands donated by private citizens to preserve the area's natural beauty.
Sebago Lake in Maine is the state's second-largest and deepest lake, covering over 30,000 acres with a maximum depth of 316 feet, stretching about 12 miles in length.
Bradbury Mountain State Park covers 800 acres in Pownal, Cumberland County, Maine, one of the state's original five parks established after federal land acquisition in 1939.
Ferry Beach State Park spans 117 acres on Saco Bay in Saco, Maine, between Old Orchard Beach and Camp Ellis, featuring miles of white sand beaches, gentle Atlantic waves, grassy dunes, and rare tupelo trees at the northern edge of their range in a unique pocket swamp.
