Popham Beach State Park | |
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Location | Phippsburg, Maine, United States |
Coordinates | 43°44′18″N 69°47′54″W / 43.738436°N 69.798309°W[1] |
Area | 605 acres (245 ha)[2] |
Elevation | 20 ft (6.1 m) |
Established | 1923 |
Administrator | Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry |
Website | Popham Beach State Park |
Popham Beach State Park is a public recreation area covering 605 acres (245 ha) on the Atlantic Ocean in the town of Phippsburg, Sagadahoc County, Maine.[1] It is the state's highest volume day use State Park.[3] The state park occupies a dynamic shoreline landscape that has created a peninsula between the mouth of the Morse River and the Atkins Bay portion of the Kennebec River. The park is managed by the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry.