Cobscook Bay State Park is a public recreation area occupying on the western shore of
Cobscook Bay
Cobscook Bay is located in Washington County in the state of Maine. It opens into Passamaquoddy Bay, within the Bay of Fundy. Cobscook Bay is immediately south of the island city of Eastport, the main island of which (Moose Island) straddles the ...
in
Washington County,
Maine
Maine () is a U.S. state, state in the New England and Northeastern United States, Northeastern regions of the United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Provinces and territories of Canad ...
. The park offers a view of dramatically changing tides that on average can rise to high with some reaching as high as . The name Cobscook is a
Maliseet-Passamaquoddy word for boiling tides. The
state park is located on
Whiting Bay
Whiting Bay ( gd, Eadar Dhà Rubha, "between two headlands") is a village located on the Isle of Arran in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland south of Lamlash and south of Brodick. It is the island of Arran's third largest settlement behind Lamlash a ...
approximately south of
Dennysville and north of
Whiting. It is managed by the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry.
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History
The park was created in 1964 when the Federal government offered to lease to the state of Maine lands that remain part of Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge
Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge is one of the northernmost National Wildlife Refuges in the Atlantic Flyway, a migratory route that follows the eastern coast of North America. The refuge provides important feeding and nesting habitat for many ...
. The long-term agreement was arranged at no cost to the state.[
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Activities and amenities
The park offers hiking trails, picnicking, camping, boat launch, and bird watching. Over 200 species of birds have been noted, including the American bald eagle
The bald eagle (''Haliaeetus leucocephalus'') is a bird of prey found in North America. A sea eagle, it has two known subspecies and forms a species pair with the white-tailed eagle (''Haliaeetus albicilla''), which occupies the same niche ...
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References
External links
Cobscook Bay State Park
Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
Cobscook Bay State Park Guide & Map
Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
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State parks of Maine
Protected areas of Washington County, Maine
Protected areas established in 1964
Campgrounds in Maine
1964 establishments in Maine