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Vacation
in Maine is where to find the best places to stay, dine, shop and play in the
State of Maine. This site is dedicated to making your Maine vacation plans
easier. Here you will find the best Hotels, Motels, Bed and Breakfast,
Vacation Rentals, Restaurants, Camping, Recreation and Shopping. New businesses
are added weekly, so bookmark this page and come back often. There are four
distinctive seasons of vacations in the State of Maine. Take advantage of all of
them. We want your Vacation to Maine to be the best vacation ever. Choose from
the Maine Region List to the left to start planning your Maine vacation or if
you prefer click on a region of the Maine map to start your vacation planning.
Our Mission
To become the first and only necessary reference site for vacationers to the
State of Maine.
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Maine Profile
The Pine Tree State
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Maine is recognized as one of the most healthful states in the
nation with summer temperatures averaging 70F and winter temperatures averaging 20 F. It
has 5,500 miles of coastline, is about 320 miles long and 210 miles wide, with a total
area of 33,215 square miles or about as big as all of the other five New England States
combined. It's comprised of 16 counties with 22 cities, 435 towns, 33 plantations, 424
unorganized townships and 3 Indian reservations.
Maine abounds in natural assets - 542,629 acres of state and
national parks, including the 92-mile Allagash Wilderness Waterway, Acadia National Park
(one of the top ten most visited national parks in the United States), and Baxter State
Park (location of Mt. Katahdin and the northern end of the Appalachian Trail). It has one
county (Aroostook) so big (6,453 square miles) that it actually covers an area greater
than the combined size of Connecticut and Rhode Island. Maine has one mountain which is
approximately one mile high - Mt. Katahdin (5,271 ft. above sea level) and also claims
America's first chartered city: York, 1641.
Maine produces 99% of all the blueberries in the country making
it the single largest producer of blueberries in the United States. Potatoes rank 7th in
acreage and 10th in annual production. Maine is nationally famed for its shellfish; over
47 million pounds of lobster were harvested in 1998. The total of all shellfish and fin
fish harvested was approximately 247 million pounds with a total value of $277 million in
1998.
State Facts :
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Capital: Augusta
Population: Approximately 1.2 million
Gemstone: Tourmaline
Fossil: Pertica quadrifaria
Cat: Maine Coon Cat
Insect: Honeybee
Animal: Moose
Flag: The coat of arms of the State of Maine is placed on a blue
field of the same shade of blue in the flag of the United States. Adopted by the
Legislature of 1909.
Motto: Dirigo (I lead)
Tree: White Pine, adopted by the Legislature of 1945.
Floral Emblem: White pine cone and tassel (Pinus strobus,
linnaeus).
Bird: Chickadee (Parus atricapillus) Adopted by the Legislature
of 1927.
Fish: Landlocked Salmon
Contact Information
- Telephone
- (207) 938-2967
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- Postal address
- 705 Old Ferry Rd., Hartland, Me 04943
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- Electronic mail
- General Information:
info@vacationinme.com
Sales: sales@vacationinme.com
Webmaster:
webmaster@vacationinme.com
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