Crescent Beach State Park

Crescent Beach State Park
Maine State Park
Country	United States
State	Maine
County	Cumberland
Town	Cape Elizabeth

Elevation	7 ft (2 m) ^[1]
Coordinates	43°33′53″N 70°13′41″W / 43.56472°N 70.22806°W / 43.56472; -70.22806Coordinates: 43°33′53″N 70°13′41″W / 43.56472°N 70.22806°W / 43.56472; -70.22806 ^[1]

Area	242 acres (98 ha) ^[2]

Established	1966 ^[3]
Management	Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry

IUCN category	V - Protected Landscape/Seascape

Location in Maine
Website: Crescent Beach State Park

Crescent Beach State Park is state-operated, public recreation area on the Atlantic Ocean in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, United States. The state park features a mile-long, crescent-shaped beach for swimming and sunbathing, fishing, sea kayaking, and trails for hiking and cross-country skiing.^[3]

In the news

The state has leased 100 acres of the park from The Sprague Corporation (owned by the privately held Black Point Corporation)^[4] since 1961. In 2013, the state's lease was extended for five years at a cost of $500,000. Under the original 50-year lease, the state paid $1 per year for use of the land, an amount that increased to $10,000 annually with a series of one-year lease extensions that began in 2011. The state has expressed interest in purchasing the entire property, one of the largest revenue-generating parks in Maine, when the current lease expires in 2018.^[5] In 2012, the Maine State Employees Association (MSEA) protested the possible privatization of the park by Governor Paul LePage's administration, saying privatization would endanger the entire public park system.^[6]

References

1 2 "Crescent Beach State Park". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
↑ "Outdoors in Maine: State Parks, Public Lands, and Historic Sites" (PDF). Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry. Retrieved December 7, 2015.
1 2 "Crescent Beach State Park". Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry. Retrieved July 29, 2014.
↑ "About Us". Black Point Corporation. Retrieved December 7, 2015.
↑ Graff, Will (March 8, 2013). "Lease signed, state now eyes buying Crescent Beach in Cape Elizabeth". The Forecaster (Falmouth, Maine). Retrieved July 29, 2014.
↑ Graff, Will (August 9, 2012). "Crescent Beach negotiations not improving; state employee union launches petition". The Forecaster (Falmouth, Maine). Retrieved December 7, 2015.

External links

Crescent Beach State Park 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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