Reid State Park

Jan Mulherin

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Jan Mulherin

Leeds, ME

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Title

Reid State Park

Artist

Jan Mulherin

Medium

Photograph - Digital Photography

Description

Reid State Park bears the distinct honor as being Maine's first State-owned Saltwater Beach. In 1946, prosperous businessman and Georgetown resident Walter E. Reid donated land to the State of Maine to be preserved forever, and a few years later Reid State Park in Maine became a reality.

Today, thousands of visitors enjoy Reid State Park's long, wide sand beaches like Mile and Half Mile, which are rare in Maine. Enjoyed as a recreational resource, the beaches are also essential nesting areas for endangered least terns and piping plovers and resting and feeding areas for other shorebirds. Rarer than beaches along Maine's coast are large sand dunes, like those at Reid. For a geologic tour of the beaches visit The Geology of Mile and Half Mile Beaches. (VisitMaine.com)

From the top of Griffith Head, a rocky headland overlooking the park, visitors can view sweeping seascapes and spot the lighthouses on Seguin Island, The Cuckolds, and Hendricks Head. Visitors can also see several islands, including: Damariscove, a thriving fishing community in Colonial times; Outer Head, protected as a tern sanctuary; and Southport, where noted naturalist Rachel Carson wrote Silent Spring. (VisitMaine.com)

I am proud to have this image featured in the following Fine Art America Groups:

Water Forms: May 22, 2018
New England Photographs: May 23, 2018
New England Photographers Photographing New England: May 27, 2018
Water, Water and Water: May 29, 2018

The keywords associated with this image are Reid State Park, state park, ocean, coast, coastline, beach, beaches, clouds, storm, rain, stormy, cloudy, nature, Maine, New England and Jan Mulherin.

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