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State parks, wildlife refuges, and public lands across the County, from Maine's first state park to the Allagash Wilderness Waterway.
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Parks
State parks, wildlife refuges, and public lands across the County.
Aroostook State Park
Presque Isle
Maine's very first state park, established 1938. 898 acres encompassing Quaggy Jo Mountain and Echo Lake, camping, hiking, 15 miles of groomed cross-country ski trails, swimming, and fishing. Off U.S. Route 1 south of Presque Isle.
Aroostook National Wildlife Refuge
Limestone / Caribou / Caswell / Connor
5,252 acres on the former Loring Air Force Base, 13 miles of foot trails through northern hardwood forest, streams, ponds, wetlands, and grasslands. Moose, moose tracks, and boreal birds. Open year-round, half hour before sunrise to half hour after sunset.
Allagash Wilderness Waterway
Allagash
A federally designated Wild and Scenic River, 92 miles of river corridor and canoe camper's paradise through the North Maine Woods. Reserve campsites ahead.
Deboullie Public Reserved Land
North of Ashland
21,871 acres of remote camping and fishing on crystal-clear trout ponds surrounded by low rugged mountains, 30 miles from the Canadian border. Historic fire tower hike.
Fort Kent Blockhouse
Fort Kent
A surviving War of 1812 blockhouse and State Historic Site, the northernmost point of the U.S. Eastern Seaboard, marking the border dispute between Great Britain and the United States.