Maine Public Lands
1.5% of Maine is federal land: 305,213 of its 19,847,680 acres (2024 data). The largest federal land manager in Maine is the National Park Service, with 157,762 acres, 0.8% of the state. This guide covers 44 state parks, 4 National Park Service units, 1 national forest, 3 wilderness areas, and 10 national wildlife refuges.
Explore Maine public lands by type
Maine public land map
- National forests
- National parks, recreation areas and monuments (NPS)
- National wildlife refuges (FWS)
- State parks
- Wilderness areas (dashed)
Land managed by (switch layers on or off)
Land ownership: USGS PAD-US 4.1, dissolved by manager and simplified (parcels under about 2 square km not shown). Unit boundaries simplified. Not for navigation or legal boundaries.
List of all 62 places on this map
State parks (44)
- Aroostook State Park
- Baxter State Park
- Birch Point State Park
- Bradbury Mountain State Park
- Camden Hills State Park
- Cobscook Bay State Park
- Colburn House State Historic Site
- Colonial Pemaquid State Historic Site
- Crescent Beach State Park
- Damariscotta Lake State Park
- Eagle Island State Historic Site
- Ferry Beach State Park
- Fort Edgecomb State Historic Site
- Fort Halifax State Historic Site
- Fort Kent State Historic Site
- Fort Knox State Historic Site
- Fort McClary State Historic Site
- Fort O'Brien State Historic Site
- Fort Point State Park
- Fort Popham State Historic Site
- Grafton Notch State Park
- Holbrook Island Sanctuary State Park
- Lake St. George State Park
- Lamoine State Park
- Lily Bay State Park
- Moose Point State Park
- Mount Blue State Park
- Mount Kineo State Park
- Owls Head Light State Park
- Peacock Beach State Park
- Peaks-Kenny State Park
- Popham Beach State Park
- Quoddy Head State Park
- Range Ponds State Park
- Rangeley Lake State Park
- Reid State Park
- Roque Bluffs State Park
- Sebago Lake State Park
- Shackford Head State Park
- Swan Lake State Park
- Two Lights State Park
- Vaughan Woods State Park
- Warren Island State Park
- Wolfe's Neck Woods State Park
National parks, recreation areas and monuments (NPS) (4)
National forests (1)
Wilderness areas (3)
National wildlife refuges (FWS) (10)
- Aroostook National Wildlife Refuge
- Cross Island National Wildlife Refuge
- Franklin Island National Wildlife Refuge
- Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge
- Petit Manan National Wildlife Refuge
- Pond Island National Wildlife Refuge
- Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge
- Seal Island National Wildlife Refuge
- Sunkhaze Meadows National Wildlife Refuge
- Umbagog National Wildlife Refuge
Who manages Maine's land
| Agency | Acres | Share of Maine |
|---|---|---|
| Bureau of Land Management | 0 | 0% |
| U.S. Forest Service | 53,890 | 0.3% |
| U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | 75,962 | 0.4% |
| National Park Service | 157,762 | 0.8% |
| Department of Defense | 17,599 | 0.1% |
| All federal land | 305,213 | 1.5% |
Source: Congressional Research Service, Federal Land Ownership: Overview and Data (R42346), 2024 data, checked 2026-09-30.
Camping on Maine public land
3 of Maine's state parks have developed campgrounds on record; compare them in the Maine state parks table.
Common questions
- 1.5% of Maine is federal land: 305,213 of its 19,847,680 acres (2024 data).
- The largest federal land manager in Maine is the National Park Service, with 157,762 acres, 0.8% of the state.
- This guide lists 44 Maine state parks and recreation areas, 3 of them with camping on record.
- congress.gov (accessed 2026-09-30)
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