Moose Point State Park

Moose Point State Park
Maine State Park

Country	United States
State	Maine
County	Waldo
Town	Searsport

Elevation	151 ft (46 m) ^[1]
Coordinates	44°26′22″N 68°56′52″W / 44.43944°N 68.94778°W / 44.43944; -68.94778Coordinates: 44°26′22″N 68°56′52″W / 44.43944°N 68.94778°W / 44.43944; -68.94778 ^[1]

Area	186 acres (75 ha) ^[2]

Established	1963
Management	Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry

IUCN category	V - Protected Landscape/Seascape

Location in Maine
Website: Moose Point State Park

Moose Point State Park is a day-use recreation area located in Searsport, Maine, near the Belfast town line. The state park overlooks Penobscot Bay off U.S. Route 1^[3] and features panoramic views, hiking trails, tidal pools, and picnicking facilities.^[2]

History

The park was first 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, Clifford Carver and his relatives offered the land to the State of Maine as a park in 1951. It opened in 1963.^[4]

Gallery

Memorial plaque in the park
Informational sign about the park

References

1 2 "Moose Point State Park". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
1 2 "Moose Point State Park". Maine Office of Tourism. Retrieved December 7, 2015.
↑ "Moose Point State Park". Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
↑ See gallery images for source of information.

External links

Moose 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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