Nature reserves in Maine
Land set aside and kept that way — refuges, game lands and wilderness, each held by somebody who says so on the record.
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1,587 nature reserves are published in Maine. The list below holds the 700 best-documented.
- Acadia National Park
- Wolfe's Neck Woods State Park
- Réserve écologique internationale Thomas-Sterry-Hunt
- Allagash Wilderness Waterway
- Knight's Pond Preserve
- Pettengill Farm
- Rangeley Lake State Park
- Bumpkin Island
- Garcelon Bog Conservation Area
- Mark Island
- Barred Island Preserve
- Hickey Island Preserve
- Wreck Island
- Great Works Wildlife Management Area
- Bass Island
- Lake Saint George State Park
- Flint Island
- Cape Island
- Wood Island
- Lily Bay State Park
- Morgan Meadow Wildlife Management Area
- Bradbury Island
- Cobscook Bay State Park
- Whaleback Shell Midden State Historic Site
- Pine Grove Preserve
- Ferry Beach State Park
- Indian Point-Blagden Preserve
- Vaughan Woods State Park
- Florida Lake Preserve
- Jordan River Preserve
- Black Brook Flowage Wildlife Management Area
- Howard Hill Conservation Area
- Davis Family Forest
- Clara and Samuel Lebovitz Forest Preserve
- Martin Stream Wildlife Management Area
- Ezra Smith Wildlife Conservation Area
- Oyster Creek Preserve
- Cascade Stream Gorge Conservation Area
- Maquoit Bay Preserve
- Cobscook Bay Wildlife Management Area
- Northern Retreat - Crooked River Headwaters Conservation Easement
- Prouts Neck Bird Sanctuary
- Goose River Woodlands
- Mathews Wildlife Habitat
- Happy Farm Conservation Easement
- Bethel Community Forest
- State Park Property
- Freedom Forest Preserve
- Stover Preserve
- Flint Mountain Wildlands Preserve
- Weskeag Headlands Preserve
- Hidden Pond Preserve
- Ferry Landing Natural Area
- Red Rose Preserve
- Ghost Meadow Wildlife Commons
- Doughty Point and Island Preserve
- Trafton Meadow Preserve
- Step Falls Preserve
- Governer Coburn Drive Larch Plantation
- Long Hill Road Preserve
- Pike Lands Preserve
- Simpson Woods
- Captain Alfred Skolfield Preserve
- Peaks Island Land Preserve
- Mount Kineo State Park
- Hutchins Marsh Preserve
- Packard-Littlefield Farm Conservation
- Geele Farm Preserve
- Cobbossee Stream Conservation Area
- Frances B. Wood Preserve
- Sturtevant Farm Scenic Area
- Long Meadow Brook Reserve
- Cold Rain Pond Wildlife Management Area
- Hidden Valley Nature Center
- Garber Overlook
- Hutchinson Pond
- Big Reed Forest Reserve
- Yankee Bog
- Overlook Estates
- Kimball Farm North Preserve
- Keyes Woods Preserve
- Andrews Preserve
- Bauneg Beg Mountain Conservation Area - South
- Kingdom Woods Conservation Area
- Hales Pond Woodland Preserve
- Grover-Herrick Preserve
- Irony Island
- Cobscook Bay Wildlife Management Area (Race Point Unit)
- Great Brook Preserve Conservation Easement
- Bliss Woods
- Frog Pond
- Northern Star Conservation Easement
- Spring Brook Wildlife Management Area
- Peaks Island Land Preserve
- Bamford Woodland Conservation Area
- Greater Commons
- No Name Pond Conservation Area
- Zak Preserve
- Wyman Memorial Forest
- Northern Retreat - Crooked River Headwaters Conservation Easement
- Loon Lake Conservation Easement
- Lowell Preserve
- Hunter Cove Uplands
- Corea Heath Preserve
- Chesley Meadows Preserve
- Seboeis Public Reserved Land
- West Sky Conservation Easement
- North Point OCT Easement
- Downeast Lakes Community Forest
- Stewart Family Preserve
- Salt Marsh Cove Preserve
- Square Lake Public Reserved Land
- Center Point Preserve
- Whiskeag Field
- Stone Barn Farm Preserve
- Pond Farm Wildlife Management Area
- Butler Head Preserve
- Thomaston Town Forest
- Blue Horizons Preserve
- Wakefield Wildlife Santuary
- Middle River Park
- Mill Brook Preserve SouthBuilt 2019
- Carrying Place Preserve
- Kennebec Highlands
- Vassalboro Wildlife Habitat
- Stephenson Preserve
- Clarry Hill Preserve
- Eagles Way Preserve
- Indian Point CCLT easement
- Noble Hill Preserve
- Stump Pond Wildlife Management Area
- Salt Pond Preserve
- Whitten Hill Preserve
- Littlefield Woods
- The Pool Preserve
- Dwight B. Demeritt Forest
- Shiloh Pond Community Forest
- Bowdoin College Grant W Public Reserved Land
- Hundred Acre Wood
- Hall Preserve
- Tracy Shore
- Stetser Preserve
- Goat Island
- Peaks Island Land Preserve
- Taylor Field
- Maggie's Nature Park
- Lobster Lake State Park Property
- Pleasant Hill Woods Preserve
- A.W. Smith Preserve
- Jacobs-Stanley Conservation Area
- Marsh Meadow Preserve
- Macwahoc Plantation Public Reserved Land
- Murray Preserve
- McCurdy Islands Preserve
- Johnson Field Preserve
- Hobbs Brook Wildlife Commons
- Appalachian National Scenic Trail
- Ice Pond Preserve
- Kennebago 3000 Conservation Area
- Dri-Ki Point
- Mary Grant Nature Preserve
- Ridgewell Preserve
- Meadow Brook Preserve
- Muddy River Property
- Snow's Cove Preserve
- Rines Wetland & Wildlife Preserve
- River's Edge
- Conifer Reserve
- Palermo Preserve
- Storer Farm Community Preserve
- Irion Reserve
- Negutaquet Conservation Area
- Peaks Island Land Preserve
- Camp Gustin
- Downeast Lakes Community Forest
- Howard Property
- Northern Retreat - Crooked River Headwaters Conservation Easement
- Gannett Woods
- White Island Preserve
- Gambo Preserve
- Codyville Plt NE Public Reserved Land
- Duley Farm Preserve
- Chappell Easement
- Donahue Tract
- Pollard Flat Wildlife Management Area
- Silver Lake
- Caribou Bog Conservation Area
- Whaleboat Island
- Waterman Brook Preserve
- Borestone Mountain Audubon Sanctuary
- Indian Point Preserve
- Pleasant River Lake
- Grand Lake Stream Plantation Public Reserved Land
- Chessey Preserve
- Stage Island
- Loring Conant Preserve
- Aranyani Santuary
- Chandler Family Woodlot
- Moosehorn Wilderness
- Moulton Farm
- Polypod Island
- Chandler Preserve
- Davidson Preserve
- Great Haith Wildlife Commons
- Probert Memorial Forest
- Miles Island Preserve
- Peaks Island Land Preserve
- David Priest (Dwinal Pond) Wildlife Management Area
- Hall Environmental Reserve
- Mount Pisgah Conservation Area
- Douglas Memorial Woods
- Twin Bridges Preserve
- Heath Parcel
- Rockland Bog Overlook
- North Acres Wildlife Conservation Area
- Beaver Pond Preserve
- Dunton Preserve
- Northern Headwaters Preserve
- Coleman Mixed Woods
- Lupine Field
- Conifer Reserve
- Trundy Point
- La Verna Preserve
- Berkovich Property CCLT easement
- Strong Wildlife Management Area
- River Locks Preserve
- Hedgehog Mountain
- Narraguagus Junction Wildlife Management Area
- Riverfront Woods Preserve
- James Dorso Wildlife Management Area
- Nelson Preserve
- EcoVenture Campus
- Devil's Back Trail Area
- Moose Crossing
- Bradley Pond Farm Preserve
- Sam Ball Woods Preserve
- Peat Bog
- Sugar Bush
- Singing Cove
- Sunkhaze Meadows National Wildlife Refuge (Sandy Stream Unit)
- Lafcadio's Woods Preserve
- Effie L. Berry Conservation Area
- Kilkenny Cove Preserve
- Bracket Boyd Pond
- Jordan Homestead Preserve
- Merrifield Tree Farm
- ACE Ballfield
- Round Top Farm
- Lewiston Road Woodlot
- Seapoint Preserve
- Whiskeag Creek Wetlands
- Little Falls Brook Preserve
- Hendricks Head Preserve
- Hook Rock Preserve
- Canton Rivershore Conservation Area
- Flagstaff Township Public Reserved Land
- Rowe Station Road Woodlot
- Reed Plantation NW Public Reserved Land
- Hammond Forest
- Moulton's Mill Preserve
- Valentine Farm
- Baker Lake Public Reserved Land
- Davis Conservation Easement
- Stockman Island
- Indian Cellar Preserve
- Little Yarmouth Island Preserve
- Payeur Preserve
- Maguire Preserve
- Apple Ridge Parcel
- Ball Field Preserve
- Hawkes Preserve
- Chretien Donation
- Sabra-Creeper Hill Reserve
- Round Island
- Little French Island
- Canton Rivershore Conservation Area
- Seboeis Plantation Public Reserved Land
- Seaduck Point Preserve
- Cobscook Bay Wildlife Management Area (Dennison Point Unit)
- Janet Winslow Preserve
- Chapman Field & Forest
- Crooked River Forest (Woodsum Brook)
- Jessie Bullens-Crewe Property CCLT easement
- Public Reserved Land
- LeBlanc Rivershore Preserve
- Gould Landing
- Higgins Mountain Preserve
- Smelt Brook Preserve
- Alden Hill Conservation Area
- Rogers Property
- Packard-Littlefield Farm
- Abenaki Field
- Sewall Woods Preserve
- Judy Kane Preserve
- Starboard Rock Preserve
- Deer Point CCLT easement
- Ducktrap River Preserve
- Clayton Lane - KLT
- Meadowbrook Farm Conservation Area
- Fogg Farm Conservation Area
- KELT Easement
- Hatchery Brook Preserve
- Sherman Lake Wildlife Management Area
- Starr and Virginia Lampson Preserve
- Thurston Mill Monument
- Mobil Donation
- Gardiner Easement
- Treat Island Preserve
- Walpole Woods
- Tolla Wolla Wildlife Management Area
- Cobscook Bay Wildlife Management Area
- Ledgewood Preserve
- Taft Point Preserve
- Pringle Wildlife Preserve
- French Mountain
- Church Property
- Woodward Cove
- Freeman Farm Conservation Easement
- Dwight B. Demeritt Forest
- Charles Pond Reserve
- Brewer Woods
- Stone Preserve
- Indian River Conservation Area
- Land Stewards Donation
- Alan E. Hutchinson Wildlife Management Area
- College Island
- Patten Stream Preserve
- Kezar Outlet Fen Reserve
- Thorne Head Preserve
- Hacker's Hill Preserve
- Mount Percival Preserve
- Falmouth Conservation Corridor I
- Peaks Island Land Preserve
- Trolley Marsh Preserve
- Mount Phillip
- Scott's Landing Preserve
- Sears Island Conservation Area
- Ash Point Preserve
- Vassalboro Wildlife Habitat
- Hunter Cove Wildlife Sanctuary
- Scully Preserve
- Seal Cove Shore Preserve
- Hallelujah Farm
- Saint Albans Wildlife Management Area
- Mèmak Preserve
- Cobscook Bay Wildlife Management Area
- Musquash Pond Preserve
- Winnick Woods
- Pope Conservation Area
- Edgar M. Tennis Preserve
- Chalk Pond Preserve
- Plummer Point Preserve
- McClellan-Poor Preserve
- Randall Orchards Preserve
- Birch Island South Preserve
- Gott Pasture Preserve
- Wilson Wing Moose Pond Reserve
- Mill River Wildlife Management Area
- Pickerel Pond Conservation Area
- Spruce Island Preserve
- Northern Retreat - Crooked River Headwaters Conservation Easement
- Vassalboro Wildlife Habitat
- Cosima’s Preserve
- Sevigny Donation
- Memorial Woods
- Conservation Easement
- Lyle Frost Wildlife Management Area
- Mayberry Hill Preserve
- Baker Forest
- Little Cobbossee Oatway Preserve
- Buckle Island Harbor Preserve
- Bremen Town Forest
- Johns Pond Conservation Easement
- Pleasant Point Nature Preserve
- Perkinstown Wildlife Commons
- White Tail Crossing
- Carely-Grant Woods
- Wilbur Preserve at Cox’s Head
- Pulpit Harbor Preserve
- Nonesuch River Parcel
- Pleasant Hill Preserve
- Stickney Preserve
- Flagstaff Township Public Reserved Land
- Simon Trail Conservation Easement
- Tipping Rock Preserve
- Small - Burnham Conservation Area
- Thorncrag Nature Sanctuary
- Kelsey Brook
- Five Kezar Ponds Reserve
- Long Ledges Preserve
- Hallelujah Farm
- Dwight B. Demeritt Forest
- Saint Pierre Preserve
- Grafton Forest Wilderness Preserve (North Tract)
- Redmond's Brook Preserve
- Flying Pond Farm Conservation Area
- Mast Landing Audubon Sanctuary
- Caribou Bog Wildlife Management Area
- Redington Forest
- Gawler Wildlife Management Area
- Carlson Woods Preserve
- Readfield Town Forest
- Appalachian National Scenic Trail
- Merrymeeting Fields Preserve
- Captain Harris Homestead Preserve
- Spear Farm Estuary Preserve
- Rosmarin and Saunders Family Forest
- Shorewood Conservation Easement
- Day Academy Grant Public Reserved Land
- Upper Coombs Island
- Barrows-Louderback Preserve
- Fernald's Neck Preserve
- Alan E. Hutchinson Wildlife Management Area
- CEI Easement
- Crooked River Forest (Intervale)
- Dow Property
- Sebago Lake State Park
- The Mountain
- Watershed Preserve
- Library Park
- McHatton Brook Preserve
- Mill Pond Overlook
- Mill Pond Preserve
- Neds Point Preserve
- Tatnic Hills Preserve
- Seawards Mills Conservation Area
- Talking Brook Public Land
- McIntosh Lot Preserve
- Giant’s Stairs Trail
- Ducktrap River Preserve
- Long Point Preserve
- Venture Brook Community Forest
- Great Heath Public Reserved Land
- Settlement Quarry Preserve
- Marsh River Bog
- Number 14 Twp N Public Reserved Land
- Tibbett Island Preserve
- Lone Mountain Wilderness Sanctuary
- Lake George Lot
- Frog Hollow Farm Preserve
- Gibby's Trail
- Frost Gully Woods
- Ram Island
- Cary Plantation E Public Reserved Land
- Gulf Hagas-Whitecap
- Rutherford Island Preserve
- Erickson Fields
- Pine Hill Preserve
- Pleasant Pond Floodplain Forest
- Gannon Parcel
- Branch Lake Public Forest
- Great Pond Mountain Wildlands (Dead River East)
- Whitney Memorial Forest
- Millet Island
- Wayne and Halvor Merrill Forest
- John R. Bridges Reserve
- Webster Plantation Public Reserved Land
- Spectacle Island Preserve
- Paradise Pond Preserve
- Bangor Water Supply Lands
- Linekin Preserve
- Marble Fen Nature Preserve
- Mailbox Pool Conservation Area
- Brandt Donation
- Peaks Island Land Preserve
- Webber-Rogers Farmstead Conservation A
- Hodson Preserve
- Delano Wildlife Management Area
- Morse Mountain Preserve
- Getchell Pasteur Wildlife Commons
- Casino Hill
- Codyville Plt W Public Reserved Land
- Jackson Woods
- Meserve Head Preserve
- Mill Stream Landing
- Castner Brook Community Forest
- Sanford's Pond
- Heller Field
- Crockett Cove Woods Preserve
- Bear Paw
- Memorial Woods
- Austin Cary Tree Farm
- Reach Beach
- Long Reach Preserve
- Tidal Falls Preserve
- Odell Property
- Kezar River Reserve
- Coggeshall Preserve
- Thorncrag Nature Sanctuary
- Chandler Mill Pond
- Hodgdon Island Preserve
- Mill Pond
- Tills Point Preserve
- Singing Meadows Preserve
- Powell Point Preserve
- Popple Hill Preserve
- Mills Overlook Preserve
- Hall Preserve
- Fuller Farm PreserveBuilt 2001
- St. George River Access
- Flagstaff Township Public Reserved Land
- Peaks Island Land Preserve
- Bennett Road Woodlot
- Hamilton Audubon Sanctuary
- Saunders Preserve
- Rocky Hills Preserve
- Bear Paw Preserve
- Reynolds Family Forest
- Reef Point Preserve
- Belvin Property CCLT easement
- Beaverdam Stream Preserve
- Madawaska Bog Wildlife Management Area
- Green Island
- Rachel's Cove
- Irving F. Thurston Wildlife Management Area
- Northern Retreat - Crooked River Headwaters Conservation Easement
- Trott Island
- F. Cunningham Preserve
- Lanes Island
- Georgia Fuller Wiesendanger Wildlife Protection Area
- Woodman Donation
- Granite Island Preserve
- Smith Farm
- Law Farm Nature Trails
- Parkman Hill Farm
- North Perry Creek Preserve
- Ladd Forest
- Hagge Woods
- Monmouth/Leeds Bog
- Flowing North Preserve
- Tidebrook Preserve
- Ingham Stream Preserve
- Indiantown Island Preserve
- Huff DonationBuilt 2008
- Schoolhouse Woods Preserve
- Flagstaff Township Public Reserved Land
- Martin Point Wildlife Reserve
- Fort Point Trail
- Harriman Point Preserve
- Wedgewood Parcel
- David Pond Woodland Conservation Area
- Thompson/Dinsmore Islands
- Douglas Mountain Preserve
- Bauneg Beg Mountain Conservation Area - North
- Klondike Mountain Preserve
- Crooked Farm Preserve
- Maude E. and Eugene Snow Natural Area
- Ministerial Island CCLT easement
- Tyler Pond Wildlife Management Area
- Flagstaff Township Public Reserved Land
- Jacobs Pines
- Whippoorwill Woods
- Cooley Center Pond Preserve
- Eaton Farm Preserve
- Hooper Pond Preserve
- Cow Island
- Basket Island
- Grants Meadow at Beaver Dam Heath
- Sturtevant Farm Conservation Area
- Stover’s Point Preserve
- McDonald Sanctuary
- Muncy Point
- Elbow Hill
- Lower Bay Reserve
- Forest Legacy Conservation Area
- Patoine Donation cont'd
- Peaks Island Land Preserve
- Sabattus Mountain
- Anna M. Tondreau Preserve
- Holman Conservation Area
- West Gosling Island
- Upper Birch Island
- Appalachee Preserve
- Sturtevant Farm Conservation Area
- Fern Hollow Preserve
- Brown Memorial Forest
- Peaks Island Land Preserve
- Pleasant Lake Preserve
- Devil's Back Trail Area
- McCurdy Island Preserve
- Peaks Island Land Preserve
- Intervale Gateway
- Rheault Conservation Easement
- Schoodic Forest
- Northern Retreat - Crooked River Headwaters Conservation Easement
- Pleasant Pond Floodplain Forest
- Taylor Estates cont'd
- Mitchell Ledge Farm
- Besse Historic Conservation Area
- Bowcat Overlook
- Penobscot Island Preserve
- Redin Island
- Carrying Place Preserve
- Flying Point Preserve
- Molunkus Public Reserved Land
- Wesserunsett Stream Preserve
- Upper St. John River Forest
- Burnham Preserve
- Keg Lake Public Reserved Land
- Cobscook Bay Wildlife Management Area
- Kezar River Reserve
- Orono Bog Boardwalk
- Orange River Wildlife Management Area
- Reed Deadwater Wildlife Management Area
- Piper Stream Preserve
- Peaks Island Land Preserve
- Head Harbor Preserve
- Dunn's Depot Easement
- Rangeley River Conservation Area
- Lyle Frost Wildlife Management Area
- Sevigny Donation cont'd
- Cary Plantation W Public Reserved Land
- Boundary Mountains Preserve
- Flagstaff Township Public Reserved Land
- Levant Wetlands
- Brookhaven Preserve
- Ducktrap River Preserve
- Hammond Public Reserved Land
- Pete Noyes Preserve
- Old Harris Road Preserve
- Turtle Head Preserve
- The Bluffs OCT Easement
- Moses Woodman Preserve
- Sebago Cove Forest
- Cecil & Virginia Bramm Memorial Forest
- Hinds Conservation Easement
- Cliff Trail
- Lakewood Road Lots
- Pleasant Pond Floodplain Forest
- Cutts
- Long Meadow Brook Preserve
- Norton Preserve
- Kennebec Highlands Public Land
- St. John Ponds Ecological Reserve
- Katherine Breton Memorial Preserve
- Perham Bog Preserve
- Hidden Fields Parcel
- Littlejohn Island Preserve
- Bishop Healy Woods
- Number 21 Plt N Public Reserved Land
- The Pool Preserve
- Flagstaff Township Public Reserved Land
- Vienna Woods Conservation Area
- Franklin-McElheny Preserve
- Cobscook Bay Wildlife Management Area (Lily Lake Unit)
- Chandler Brook Preserve
- Fuller Forest Preserve
- Kittery Town Forest
- Hinds-Keleti Conservation Easement
- Orris Falls Conservation Area
- Vining Lake Community Preserve
- Lynch South
- Green Point Preserve
- Cutler Coast Public Reserved Land
- Mariaville Falls Preserve
- Stave Island Preserve
- Curtis Bog Conservation Area
- Cold Spring Farm Easement
- Griffin's Cove OCT Easement
- Gawler Wildlife Mangagement Area
- Cobscook Bay Wildlife Management Area - Commissary Point
- Wessurunsett Stream Point
- Hemlock Hollow Conservation Easement
- Tuckahoe Preserve
- Runaway Farm
- Emma's Easement at Farmers Hill
- Academy Hill Conservation Area
- Kelsey Brook
- Bass Rock Preserve
- Whittier Shore Land
- Elaine Stimson Warren Woods
- Boundary Headwaters Conserved Land
- Old Boston Preserve
- Small - Burnham Conservation Area
- Spring River Wildlife Management Area
- Near Point Preserve
- Peter Miller Woodland
- Long Cove Headwaters Preserve
- Fowler Bog Preserve
- Reed Plantation Central Public Reserved Land
- Great Pond II
- Cemetery Woodlot
- Cushman Preserve
- Flagstaff Township Public Reserved Land
- North Branch Preserve
- Flagstaff Township Public Reserved Land
- Pine Tree Preserve
- Peaks Island Land Preserve
- Rivermeadow Nature Preserve
- Barnard Forest
- Baker Hill Preserve
- Conifer Reserve
- Great Meadow Stream
- Height of Land
- Robinson Trail
- Magog Falls Trail Conservation Easement
- O'Brien Preserve
- Little Concord Pond State Park
- Kennebec Highlands
- Day Ridges Preserve