Roque Bluffs State Park

Roque Bluffs State Park
Maine State Park
Country	United States
State	Maine
County	Washington
Town	Roque Bluffs

Elevation	20 ft (6 m) ^[1]
Coordinates	44°36′54″N 67°29′16″W / 44.61500°N 67.48778°W / 44.61500; -67.48778Coordinates: 44°36′54″N 67°29′16″W / 44.61500°N 67.48778°W / 44.61500; -67.48778 ^[1]

Area	274 acres (111 ha) ^[2]

Established	1969 ^[3]
Management	Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry

Location in Maine
Website: Roque Bluffs State Park

Roque Bluffs State Park is a state-operated, public recreation area on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean in the town of Roque Bluffs, Washington County, Maine.^[3] The 274-acre (111 ha) state park overlooks Englishman Bay from Schoppee Point and includes 60-acre (24 ha) Simpson Pond and six miles of walking trails.^[4] Visitors can inspect glacial striations attesting to the Ice Age history of the Maine coast.^[5]

In the news

In July 2013, two women, one from nearby Machias and the other visiting from Pennsylvania, drowned after driving off a boat ramp in the park during high tide and inclement weather.^[6] The women had been rescued earlier in the day after getting lost while hiking in the fog.^[7]

References

1 2 "Roque Bluffs State Park". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
↑ "State Parks, State Historic Sites and Public Reserved Lands" (PDF). Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry (published 2015). September 18, 2014. Retrieved June 18, 2015.
1 2 "Roque Bluffs State Park". Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry. Retrieved July 25, 2014.
↑ Mack, Sharon Kiley (May 4, 2011). "Favorite Places in Maine: Roque Bluffs State Park". Bangor Daily News. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
↑ "Stop #29: Glacial Grooves - Roque Bluffs". Maine Ice Age Trail Guide and Map. The University of Maine Climate Change Institute. Retrieved June 18, 2015.
↑ Trotter, Bill; Cox, Tim (July 24, 2013). "2 women, one pregnant, dead after car drives off boat ramp". Bangor Daily News. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
↑ Hench, David (July 24, 2013). "Wrong turn led to hikers’ deadly Maine plunge". Portland Press Herald. Retrieved June 18, 2015.

External links

Roque Bluffs State Park Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
Roque Bluffs 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 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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