Cobscook Bay State Park

Cobscook Bay State Park
Maine State Park
Broad Cove in Cobscook Bay State Park at low tide
Country	United States
State	Maine
County	Washington
Township	Edmunds (unorganized)

Elevation	43 ft (13 m) ^[1]
Coordinates	44°50′29″N 67°09′01″W / 44.84139°N 67.15028°W / 44.84139; -67.15028Coordinates: 44°50′29″N 67°09′01″W / 44.84139°N 67.15028°W / 44.84139; -67.15028 ^[1]

Area	888 acres (359 ha)

Established	1964 ^[2]
Management	Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry

IUCN category	V - Protected Landscape/Seascape

Location in Maine
Website: Cobscook Bay State Park

Cobscook Bay State Park is a Maine state park surrounded on three sides by the salt waters of Cobscook Bay. It is located of U.S. Route 1 approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) south of Dennysville and 6 miles (9.7 km) north of Whiting. The park contains 888 acres (359 ha) of land and provides magnificent views of the ebb and flow of the tides. The name Cobscook is a Maliseet-Passamaquoddy word for boiling tides. Tides on average rises to 24 feet (7 m) high with some reaching as high as 28 feet (8.5 m). The park is a haven for bird watching with the park's over 200 species of birds, including the American bald eagle.^[2] In Whiting Bay visitors can dig to gather clams, for the park is the only state park that allows visitors to engage in clamming. Cunningham Mountain provides an excellent vantage point for watching sunrise.^[3]

In the news

The park is located on land leased from the neighboring Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge, a fact which caused controversy during the U.S. federal government shutdown in 2013 when refuge personnel closed the refuge and, by extension, the state park. The move was criticized by Governor Paul LePage, who stated that in the event of another shutdown, he would order the Washington County Sheriff to forcibly open Cobscook Bay State Park if necessary.^[4]

Gallery

Broad Cove at high tide

References

1 2 "Cobscook Bay State Park". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
1 2 "Cobscook Bay State Park". Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry. Retrieved July 29, 2014.
↑ National Geographic Guide to the State Parks of the United States. National Geographic Society. ISBN 9781426208898.
↑ Cox, Tim (October 18, 2013). "LePage vows Cobscook Bay State Park won’t be closed by federal action again". Bangor Daily News. Retrieved October 23, 2013.

External links

Cobscook Bay State Park Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
Cobscook Bay 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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