Birch Point State Park

Birch Point State Park
Maine State Park
Country	United States
State	Maine
County	Knox
Town	Owls Head

Elevation	23 ft (7 m) ^[1]
Coordinates	44°02′19″N 69°05′44″W / 44.03861°N 69.09556°W / 44.03861; -69.09556Coordinates: 44°02′19″N 69°05′44″W / 44.03861°N 69.09556°W / 44.03861; -69.09556 ^[1]

Area	98.6 acres (40 ha) ^[2]

Established	Unspecified
Management	Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry

Location in Maine
Website: Birch Point State Park

Birch Point State Park is a state park in Owls Head, Knox County, Maine.^[3] Birch Point is known for scenic views of Penobscot Bay as well as its crescent-shaped sand beach, known geologically as a "pocket beach."^[4] The park offers swimming, fishing, and picnicking.

References

1 2 "Birch Point". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
↑ Li Yu Chan; Gordon Padelford; Theo Papademetriou. "The State of State Parks in Maine". The State of Maine's Environment 2010. Waterville, Me.: Colby College Environmental Studies Program. Retrieved July 30, 2014.
↑ "Birch Point State Park". Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry. Retrieved July 30, 2014.
↑ "Birch Point Beach State Park, Owls Head, Mid-coast Maine" (PDF). Geologic Site of the Month. Maine Geological Survey. June 2009. Retrieved July 30, 2014.

External links

Birch Point State Park 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 Trails	Appalachian Trail

National Estuarine Research Reserves	Wells

State

State Parks	Allagash Wilderness Waterway 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 Lilly Bay Moose Point Mount Blue 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 Fort McClary Fort O'Brien John Paul Jones Katahdin Iron Works Mayall Mills Whaleback Shell Midden

State Forests	Durham State Forest

Maine Department of Conservation (web)

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