Ferry Beach State Park

Ferry Beach State Park
Maine State Park
Country	United States
State	Maine
County	York
City	Saco

Elevation	13 ft (4 m) ^[1]
Coordinates	43°28′34″N 70°23′23″W / 43.47611°N 70.38972°W / 43.47611; -70.38972Coordinates: 43°28′34″N 70°23′23″W / 43.47611°N 70.38972°W / 43.47611; -70.38972 ^[1]

Area	117 acres (47 ha) ^[2]

Established	1901 ^[3]
Management	Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry

Location in Maine
Website: Ferry Beach State Park

Ferry Beach State Park is a state-operated, public recreation area in Saco, York County, Maine.^[4] The park occupies 117 acres (47 ha) on Saco Bay north of the mouth of the Saco River. The park includes sandy Atlantic Ocean beaches, inland hiking trails and a nature center.^[5] The inland portion of the park is noted for its pocket swamp and tupelo trees found at the northern limit of the species's range.^[6]

References

1 2 "Ferry Beach 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 15, 2015.
↑ "Ferry Beach Park Association History". Ferry Beach Park Association. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
↑ "Ferry Beach State Park". Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
↑ "Check out three coastal state parks in Portland area". Bangor Daily News. June 24, 2011. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
↑ Kelly Finan. "Ferry Beach State Park" (PDF). Natural Heritage Hikes. Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry. Retrieved June 15, 2015.

External links

Ferry Beach State Park Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry

Protected areas of Maine

Federal

National Parks and Historic Sites	Acadia National Park Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument 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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