Sebago Lake State Park

State park in Cumberland County, Maine

43°54′43″N 70°34′12″W / 43.912°N 70.570°W / 43.912; -70.570^[1]Area1,342 acres (5.43 km²)^[2]Elevation259 ft (79 m)^[3]Established1938AdministratorMaine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and ForestryWebsiteSebago Lake State Park

Sebago Lake State Park is a public recreation area encompassing 1,342 acres (543 ha) on the north shore of Sebago Lake in the towns of Naples and Casco, Cumberland County, Maine. It opened in 1938 as one of Maine's original five state parks.^[1] The mostly forested park is divided into east and west sections by the Songo River.^[4] It is managed by the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry.

Activities and amenities

The park offers 250 campsites in two campgrounds, Naples Beach and Witch Cove, each with beaches and boat ramps. Boating and swimming are also available at the day-use area in the park's east section. Other park features include hiking trails and roadway biking.^[1]

Geology

The primary geological unit of Sebago Lake State Park is the Sebago Granite.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Sebago Lake State Park". Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry. Retrieved February 15, 2023.
^ "State Parks, State Historic Sites and Public Reserved Lands" (PDF). Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry. September 2016. Retrieved July 17, 2017.
^ "Sebago Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
^ Johnston, Robert (September 2002). "Geology of Sebago Lake State Park". Maine Geological Survey. Retrieved July 17, 2017.
^ University of Maine at Farmington; Gibson, David; Osthoff, Donald; University of Maine at Farmington; Rerrick, Chase; University of Maine at Farmington (2017). "Field Relations, Petrography and Provenance of Mafic Dikes, Western Maine". New England Intercollegiate Geological Conference 2017. Bates College: 273–286. doi:10.26780/2017.001.0015.

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Sebago Lake State Park Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
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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 Cemeteries	Acadia National Cemetery Togus National Cemetery
National Trails	Appalachian Trail
National Estuarine Research Reserves	Wells
National wild and scenic rivers	Allagash Wilderness Waterway York River

State

State Parks	Allagash Wilderness Waterway Androscoggin Riverlands 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 Lily Bay Mackworth Island Moose Point Mount Blue Mount Kineo State Park Owls Head Light State Park 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 (Penobscot Narrows Observatory) Fort McClary Fort O'Brien John Paul Jones Katahdin Iron Works Mayall Mills Whaleback Shell Midden
State Forests	Durham

Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry

v t e Presumpscot River Watershed
Tributaries	Bear River Chute River Crooked River East Branch Piscataqua River Little River Muddy River North Branch Little River Northwest River Piscataqua River Pleasant River Songo River Sticky River Tenny River
Lakes	Brandy Pond Crescent Lake Crystal Lake Highland Lake (Bridgton) Highland Lake (Windham) Keoka Lake Little Sebago Lake Long Lake Panther Pond Peabody Pond Pleasant Lake Sebago Lake Thomas Pond Trickey Pond
Towns	Albany Bridgton Casco Cumberland Falmouth Frye Island Gorham Gray Harrison Naples Norway Otisfield Portland Raymond Sebago Standish Sweden Waterford Westbrook Windham
Landmarks	Babb's Bridge Bridgton and Saco River Railroad Cumberland and Oxford Canal Oriental Powder Company Roosevelt Trail S. D. Warren Paper Mill Sebago Lake State Park Songo Lock