| Name
|
Image
|
Date
|
Location
|
County
|
Ownership
|
Description
|
| Appleton Bog Atlantic White Cedar Stand
|
|
1984
|
|
Knox
|
private
|
A large peatland with continuous forest cover and well-developed hummock-and- hollow topography.
|
| Carrying Place Cove Bog
|
|
1980
|
|
Washington
|
state
|
A tombolo that has been eroded by the sea.
|
| Colby-Marston Preserve
|
|
1973
|
|
Kennebec
|
private
|
Northern sphagnum bog located in a deep kettle hole, the sphagnum mat exceeds a depth of 40 feet (12 m).
|
| Crystal Bog
|
|
1973
|
46°02′04″N 68°19′49″W / 46.034472°N 68.330394°W / 46.034472; -68.330394 (Crystal Bog)
|
Aroostook
|
private
|
An undisturbed, sphagnum bog considered one of the largest and finest in Maine.
|
| Gulf Hagas
|
|
1968
|
45°29′03″N 69°19′23″W / 45.4841°N 69.323°W / 45.4841; -69.323 (Gulf Hagas)
|
Piscataquis
|
federal (Appalachian Trail)
|
Waterfalls, cliffs, and growth of spruce-fir forest on the gorge walls give the site unusual scenic beauty.
|
| The Hermitage
|
|
1977
|
|
Piscataquis
|
federal (Appalachian Trail)
|
One of the few undisturbed, old-growth white pine stands remaining in New England.
|
| Monhegan Island
|
|
1966
|
43°45′44″N 69°19′13″W / 43.762222°N 69.320278°W / 43.762222; -69.320278 (Monhegan Island)
|
Lincoln
|
private
|
Dense, almost pure stands of red spruce and over 400 species of wildflower.
|
| Mount Bigelow (Maine)
|
|
1975
|
45°08′50″N 70°17′21″W / 45.147277°N 70.289234°W / 45.147277; -70.289234 (Mount Bigelow (Maine))
|
Franklin, Somerset
|
state
|
Exceptionally scenic and wild, with some of the best summit views in the eastern United States.
|
| Mount Katahdin
|
|
1967
|
45°54′16″N 68°55′17″W / 45.904354°N 68.921274°W / 45.904354; -68.921274 (Mount Katahdin)
|
Piscataquis
|
state (Baxter State Park)
|
Kames, eskers, drumlins, kettleholes, moraines, and erratics provide a complete illustration of glacial geology.
|
| New Gloucester Black Gum Stand
|
|
1975
|
43°58′45″N 70°20′08″W / 43.979177°N 70.33552°W / 43.979177; -70.33552 (New Gloucester Black Gum Stand),
|
Cumberland
|
private
|
A small, remnant, forested swamp dominated mostly by virgin black gum.
|
| No. 5 Bog and Jack Pine Stand
|
|
1984
|
45°31′56″N 70°16′52″W / 45.532352°N 70.280986°W / 45.532352; -70.280986 (No. 5 Bog and Jack Pine Stand)
|
Somerset
|
state, private
|
The only large, intermontane peatland and one of the few expansive, virgin landscapes in the northeastern United States.
|
| Orono Bog
|
|
1973
|
44°52′09″N 68°43′32″W / 44.86907°N 68.725668°W / 44.86907; -68.725668 (Orono Bog)
|
Penobscot
|
municipal, private
|
A classic northern sphagnum bog.
|
| Passadumkeag Marsh and Bogland
|
|
1973
|
45°11′39″N 68°33′42″W / 45.194092°N 68.561578°W / 45.194092; -68.561578 (Passadumkeag Marsh and Bogland)
|
Penobscot
|
private
|
One of the largest, unspoiled wetlands in the state of Maine.
|
| Penny Pond-Joe Pond Complex
|
|
1973
|
44°24′27″N 69°49′40″W / 44.407626°N 69.827820°W / 44.407626; -69.827820 (Penny Pond-Joe Pond Complex)
|
Kennebec
|
private
|
Kettle hole bogs and ponds.
|
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