Popham Beach State Park

Popham Beach State Park
Maine State Park
Country	United States
State	Maine
County	Sagadahoc
Town	Phippsburg

Elevation	20 ft (6 m) ^[1]
Coordinates	43°44′17″N 69°47′59″W / 43.73806°N 69.79972°W / 43.73806; -69.79972Coordinates: 43°44′17″N 69°47′59″W / 43.73806°N 69.79972°W / 43.73806; -69.79972 ^[1]

Area	605 acres (245 ha) ^[2]

Established	Unspecified
Management	Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry

Location in Maine
Website: Popham Beach State Park

Popham Beach State Park is a state park on the Atlantic Ocean in Phippsburg, Sagadahoc County, Maine. The park occupies a portion of the Popham Beach shoreline that stretches between the mouths of the Kennebec and Morse rivers. The park offers lifeguard-supervised swimming, kayaking, and fishing.^[3]

Hours

Popham Beach State Park is open year round, 9 AM - Sunset daily. The park charges a fee to enter. ^[4]

Pets

The Maine department of Agriculture, Conservation, and forestry (Maine ACF) states that dogs are allowed on Popham state beach from October 1st to March 31st.

Erosion

Popham Beach suffers significant erosion issues, especially in the winter. There have been several efforts made to stop the erosion, including placing large boulders designed to hold off the surf. ^[5]

History

The state park sits near Fort Popham, a Civil War-era coastal defense fortification at the mouth of the Kennebec River. Excavations continue each summer for artifacts of the short lived Popham Colony, the first colony in what would come to be New England.

References

1 2 "Popham 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.
↑ "Popham Beach State Park". Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry. Retrieved August 7, 2014.
↑ http://www.maine.gov/cgi-bin/online/doc/parksearch/details.pl?park_id=22
↑ http://bangordailynews.com/slideshow/at-popham-there-is-no-beach-at-high-water-as-erosion-worsens/

External links

Popham 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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