Birch Point State Park

#7687 among destinations in the United States

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Birch Point State Park is a public recreation area occupying 62 acres on Penobscot Bay in the town of Owls Head, Knox County, Maine. The state park features a sandy, crescent-shaped "pocket beach" with scenic views of the Muscle Ridge Islands dotting Muscle Ridge Channel. The park is managed by the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry. ()

Established: 1999 (25 years ago)Coordinates: 44°2'19"N, 69°5'52"W

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Birch Point State Park – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Owls Head Light, Rockland Residential Historic District, Rockland Breakwater, Farnsworth Art Museum.

4.6 miNE
Lighthouse, Vernacular architecture
Owls Head Light, Owls Head
117 min walk • The Owls Head Light is an active aid to navigation located at the entrance of Rockland Harbor on western Penobscot Bay in the town of Owls Head, Knox County, Maine. The lighthouse is owned by the U.S. Coast Guard and licensed to the American Lighthouse Foundation.
4.7 miN
Park, Italianate architecture, Greek Revival architecture
Rockland Residential Historic District, Rockland
120 min walk • The Rockland Residential Historic District encompasses a predominantly residential area west of the downtown of Rockland, Maine.
4.6 miN
Lighthouse
Rockland Breakwater, Rockland
119 min walk • The Rockland Breakwater is a breakwater sheltering the harbor of Rockland, Maine. More than 4,000 feet long, it was built in the 1890s by the United States Army Corps of Engineers out of locally quarried granite to improve the harbor's ability to shelter ships from coastal storms.
4.5 miN
Museum, Historical place, Art museum
Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland
114 min walk • The Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland, Maine, United States, is an art museum that specializes in American art.
4.4 miN
44°6'8"N • 69°6'28"W
Maine Lighthouse Museum, Rockland
113 min walk • Museum, Specialty museum, Lighthouse
4.5 miN
Cinema, Concerts and shows, Theater
Strand Theatre, Rockland
114 min walk • The Strand Theatre is a historic performing arts venue at 345 Main Street in downtown Rockland, Maine. Built in 1923 in the wake of a fire that destroyed part of the downtown, it is a rare example of Egyptian Revival architecture, and the only one of three theaters built in Rockland in that period to survive.
4.6 miN
Ship
Stephen Taber, Rockland
119 min walk • Stephen Taber is a two-masted schooner, built in 1871, operating as a "windjammer" in the tourist trade out of Rockland, Maine.
3.9 miNW
Historical place, Scenic walking areas, Church
Finnish Heritage House, South Thomaston
100 min walk • The Finnish Congregational Church and Parsonage is a historic church at 172 St. George Road in South Thomaston, Maine, United States.
1.9 miN
44°3'59"N • 69°6'4"W
Owls Head Transportation Museum, Owls Head
50 min walk • Specialty museum, Museum
4.3 miS
Lighthouse
Whitehead Light, Whitehead Island
111 min walk • Whitehead Light is a lighthouse on Whitehead Island, on Muscle Ridge Channel, in the southwestern entrance to Penobscot Bay, Maine. It is in the town of St.George. Established in 1804, it is one of Maine's oldest light stations, with its present tower built in 1852 to a design attributed to Alexander Parris.
4.6 miN
Lighthouse
Rockland Harbor Breakwater Light, Rockland
118 min walk • Rockland Harbor Breakwater Light is a historic lighthouse complex at the end of the Rockland Breakwater in the harbor of Rockland, Maine. Replacing a light station at Jameson Point, the light was established in 1902, about two years after completion of the breakwater. Now automated, it continues to serve as an active aid to navigation.