Camden Hills State Park

Camden Hills State Park
Maine State Park
Camden from the summit of Mount Battie
Country	United States
State	Maine
Counties	Knox, Waldo
Towns	Camden, Lincolnville

Elevation	259 ft (79 m) ^[1]
Coordinates	44°16′56″N 69°02′20″W / 44.28222°N 69.03889°W / 44.28222; -69.03889Coordinates: 44°16′56″N 69°02′20″W / 44.28222°N 69.03889°W / 44.28222; -69.03889 ^[1]
Highest point	Mount Megunticook ^[2]
- elevation	1,365 ft (416 m)
- coordinates	44°14′29″N 69°04′04″W / 44.24139°N 69.06778°W / 44.24139; -69.06778

Area	5,710 acres (2,311 ha)

Established	Unspecified
Management	Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry

Location in Maine
Website: Camden Hills State Park

Camden Hills State Park is a publicly owned recreation area overlooking Penobscot Bay in the town of Camden in Knox County, Maine.^[3] The state park covers 5,710 acres (2,310 ha)^[4] including Mount Battie,^[5] with an elevation of nearly 800 feet (240 m),^[6] and 1,385-foot-high (422 m) Mount Megunticook,^[7] the tallest peak in the park.^[8] In addition to trails for hiking, horseback riding, mountain biking, cross-country skiing, snowmobiling, and snowshoeing, the park also offers opportunities for hunting and camping.^[3]

References

1 2 "Camden Hills State Park". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
↑ "Mount Megunticook". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
1 2 "Camden Hills State Park". Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry. Retrieved July 29, 2014.
↑ "Outdoors in Maine: State Parks, Public Lands, and Historic Sites" (PDF). Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, Bureau of Parks and Lands. Retrieved December 3, 2015.
↑ "Mount Battie". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
↑ Berry, Henry N., IV (July 2001). "The Bedrock Geology of Mount Battie, Camden, Maine" (PDF). Geologic Site of the Month. Maine Geological Survey. Retrieved December 3, 2015.
↑ Sarnacki, Aislinn (December 1, 2015). "1-Minute Hike: Mount Megunticook, Camden, ME". Bangor Daily News. Act Out with Aislinn. Retrieved December 3, 2015.
↑ Finan, Kelly. "Camden Hills State Park: Megunticook Trail, Adams Lookout Trail" (PDF). Natural Heritage Hikes. Maine Natural Areas Program. Retrieved December 3, 2015.

External links

Camden Hills State Park Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
Camden Hills State Park Map Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry

Protected areas of Maine

Federal

National Parks and Historic Sites	Acadia National Park 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 Major Reuben Colburn House 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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