The
Pine
Tree
State
22 cities
424 towns
16 Counties
51 plantations
33,215 square miles
6000 Lakes and Ponds
3,500 miles of coastline
17 million acres of Forest
416 unorganized townships
32,000 miles of Rivers and Streams
Winter temperatures averaging 20F
Summer temperatures averaging 70F
Population: approximately 1.2 million
92-mile Allagash Wilderness Waterway
America's first chartered city: York, 1641
Became the 23rd State on March 15, 1820
542,629 acres of state and national parks
Harvested over 57 million pounds of lobster in 2000
Harvested over 128 million pounds of finfish in 2000
Harvested approximately 7 million pounds of shellfish in 2000
Mt. Katahdin (5,268 ft. above sea level) approximately 1 mile high
Baxter State Park - Mt. Katahdin & northern end of Appalachian Trail
Acadia National Park (second most visited national park in the United States)
Potatoes rank 6th in production nationally in 2000 with 62,000 acres in production
Largest Blueberry crop in the nation in 2000; 60,000 acres in production producing 74.5 million pounds
320 miles long
210 miles wide
Capital: Augusta

(page updated 10/17/01)