Casco Bay island park honoring North Pole explorer closed for season due to storm damage

Back-to-back storms in January washed away the only pier at Eagle Island, where Adm. Robert Peary built a summer home.

State parks on pace for another record year

COVID-19 restrictions are largely a thing of the past, but the influx of visitors to Maine State Parks that started as a response to pandemic isolation hasn't slowed.

See famous paintings by Maine masters at these state parks

The program, running through October, is a collaboration among the Portland Museum of Art, Maine's Bureau of Parks and Lands, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens and Freeport retailer L.L. Bean.

State beaches, Acadia National Park opening with COVID-19 changes

Summertime hot spots such as Popham and Crescent beaches will open on Monday but parking could be even scarcer than normal because of capacity restrictions.

Maine state parks nearing 3 million visitors a year

Visits to the state's 48 parks grew by 11 percent in 2018, with Sebabo Lake, Lily Bay and Bradbury Mountain leading the way.

People with physical disabilities frustrated by lack of wheelchair access at state parks

Paul LePage says government may shut down but state parks won't

Rep. Donna Bailey’s bill would give disabled free access to state parks

Costs of state park annual pass going up

Maine State Park reservations system to open