Moose Point State Park

State park in Waldo County, Maine

44°25′22″N 68°56′52″W / 44.42278°N 68.94778°W / 44.42278; -68.94778^[1]Area146 acres (59 ha)^[2]Elevation0 ft (0 m)^[1]Established1952AdministratorMaine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and ForestryWebsiteMoose Point State Park

Moose Point State Park is a day-use public recreation area overlooking Penobscot Bay in Searsport, Maine, located off U.S. Route 1 near the Belfast town line. The state park features panoramic views, hiking trails, tidal pools, and picnicking facilities.^[3]

History

The park was developed as a dairy farm by the Carver family in 1859. At one point, the 186-acre property had a house, barn, two silos, and sixty head of cattle. After most of the buildings burned down in 1927, the descendants of Captain George A. Carver offered the land to the State of Maine as a park in 1952.^[4]^[5] It opened in 1963.^[6]

Gallery

Memorial plaque in the park
Sign on US1

References

^ ^a ^b "Moose Point". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
^ "Outdoors in Maine: State Parks, Public Lands, and Historic Sites" (PDF). Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry. September 2016. Retrieved August 8, 2017.
^ "Moose Point State Park". Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
^ Sarnacki, Aislinn (2017). Family Friendly Hikes in Maine. Down East Books. p. 48. ISBN 9781608935857. Retrieved August 8, 2017.
^ Sarnacki, Aislinn (March 19, 2013). "1-Minute Hike: Moose Point State Park in Searsport". Bangor Daily News. Act Out With Aislinn. Retrieved August 8, 2017.
^ Information on a plaque in the park.

External links

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Moose Point State Park Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
Moose Point State Park Guide Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry

Protected areas of Maine

Federal

National Parks and Historic Sites	Acadia National Park Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument Saint Croix Island International Historic Site
National Wildlife Refuges	Aroostook Carlton Pond Waterfowl Production Area Cross Island Franklin Island Moosehorn Petit Manan Pond Island Rachel Carson Seal Island Sunkhaze Meadows
National Forests	White Mountain
National Cemeteries	Acadia National Cemetery Togus National Cemetery
National Trails	Appalachian Trail
National Estuarine Research Reserves	Wells
National wild and scenic rivers	Allagash Wilderness Waterway York River

State

State Parks	Allagash Wilderness Waterway Androscoggin Riverlands Aroostook Baxter Birch Point Bradbury Mountain Camden Hills Cobscook Bay Crescent Beach Damariscotta Lake Ferry Beach Fort Point Grafton Notch Holbrook Island Sanctuary Lake St. George Lamoine Lily Bay Mackworth Island Moose Point Mount Blue Mount Kineo State Park Owls Head Light State Park Peacock Beach Peaks-Kenny Penobscot River Corridor Popham Beach Quoddy Head Range Ponds Rangeley Lake Reid Roque Bluffs Shackford Head Sebago Lake Swans Falls Campground Swan Lake Two Lights Vaughan Woods Warren Island Wolfe's Neck Woods
State Historic Sites	Bible Point Colburn House Colonial Pemaquid Eagle Island Fort Baldwin Fort Edgecomb Fort Halifax Fort Kent Fort Knox (Penobscot Narrows Observatory) Fort McClary Fort O'Brien John Paul Jones Katahdin Iron Works Mayall Mills Whaleback Shell Midden
State Forests	Durham