The best nature areas in Maine (198)

Spednic Lake Provincial Park

National park 258 km²

Deboullie Public Reserved Land

National park 92 km²

Scopan Public Reserved Land

National park 77 km²

Mount Blue State Park

National park 35 km²

Grafton Notch State Park

National park 12 km²

Bradley-Sunkhaze Preserve

Protected area 52 km²

Baxter State Park

Nature reserve 875 km²

Upper St. John River Forest

Nature reserve 725 km²

ZEC Chapais

Nature reserve 386 km²

Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument

Nature reserve 359 km²

Pingree Conservation Easement

Nature reserve 335 km²

Allagash Wilderness Waterway

Nature reserve 231 km²

Seboomook Lake Public Reserved Land

Nature reserve 201 km²

Debsconeag Lake Wilderness Area

Nature reserve 176 km²

ZEC Louise-Gosford

Nature reserve 165 km²

Katahdin Iron Works

Nature reserve 160 km²

Umbagog National Wildlife Refuge

Nature reserve 157 km²

Acadia National Park

Nature reserve 153 km²

Bigelow Preserve

Nature reserve 148 km²

Appalachian National Scenic Trail

Nature reserve 140 km²

Nahmakanta Public Reserved Land

Nature reserve 135 km²

Duck Lake Public Reserved Land

Nature reserve 133 km²

Reed Forest

Nature reserve 131 km²

Downeast Lakes Community Forest

Nature reserve 128 km²

Roach Ponds

Nature reserve 124 km²

Barnard Forest

Nature reserve 116 km²

Zec Jaro

Nature reserve 115 km²

Pleasant River Headwaters Forest

Nature reserve 113 km²

Second College Grant

Nature reserve 108 km²

Seboeis Public Reserved Land

Nature reserve 108 km²

Spring River - Narraguagus Forest Preserve

Nature reserve 105 km²

Eagle Lake Public Reserved Land

Nature reserve 104 km²

Holeb Public Reserved Land

Nature reserve 101 km²

Telos Public Reserved Land

Nature reserve 94 km²

Boundary Headwaters Conserved Land

Nature reserve 93 km²

Downeast Lakes Community Forest

Nature reserve 88 km²

Round Pond Public Reserved Land

Nature reserve 84 km²

Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge: Bering Unit

Nature reserve 83 km²

Pingree Conservation Easement

Nature reserve 82 km²

Mount Abraham Public Reserved Land

Nature reserve 62 km²

Little Moose Public Reserved Land

Nature reserve 57 km²

Cutler Coast Public Reserved Land

Nature reserve 52 km²

Pierce Pond Watershed

Nature reserve 50 km²

Mahoosuc Public Reserved Land

Nature reserve 48 km²

Crocker Mountain Public Reserved Land

Nature reserve 47 km²

Sunkhaze Meadows National Wildlife Refuge

Nature reserve 47 km²

Machias River Corridor Public Lands

Nature reserve 47 km²

Mattawamkeag River Wildlife Management Area

Nature reserve 46 km²

Nahmakanta Unit Ecological Reserve

Nature reserve 46 km²

Pingree Conservation Easement

Nature reserve 45 km²

Scraggly Lake Public Reserved Land

Nature reserve 45 km²

Rocky Lake Public Land

Nature reserve 42 km²

Mahoosuc Ecological Reserve

Nature reserve 41 km²

Tumbledown Public Reserved Land

Nature reserve 40 km²

Richardson Public Reserved Land

Nature reserve 40 km²

Redington Forest

Nature reserve 39 km²

Bradley Public Reserved Land

Nature reserve 38 km²

Richardson Public Reserved Land (Upper Section)

Nature reserve 38 km²

Mahoosuc Public Reserved Land

Nature reserve 37 km²

Boundary Mountains Preserve

Nature reserve 37 km²

Leavitt Plantation Forest

Nature reserve 36 km²

Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge: Edmunds Unit

Nature reserve 35 km²

Donnell Pond Public Reserved Land

Nature reserve 34 km²

Cold Stream Forest Public Reserved Land

Nature reserve 33 km²

Coburn Gore Forest Conservation Easement

Nature reserve 32 km²

Township 6 Conservation Easement

Nature reserve 32 km²

Day Academy Grant Public Reserved Land

Nature reserve 31 km²

Alder Stream Wilderness Preserve

Nature reserve 30 km²

Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge

Nature reserve 30 km²

Appalachian National Scenic Trail

Nature reserve 29 km²

Kennebago Headwaters

Nature reserve 29 km²

Robinson Peak Conservation Easement

Nature reserve 28 km²

Great Heath Public Reserved Land

Nature reserve 26 km²

Bud Leavitt Wildlife Management Area

Nature reserve 26 km²

Reed Deadwater Wildlife Management Area

Nature reserve 26 km²

Camden Hills State Park

Nature reserve 25 km²

Lt. Gordon Manuel Wildlife Management Area

Nature reserve 25 km²

Four Ponds Public Reserved Land

Nature reserve 25 km²

East Grand Lake Public Reserved Land

Nature reserve 25 km²

Orbeton Stream Conservation Easement

Nature reserve 24 km²

Major Gregory Sanborn Wildlife Management Area

Nature reserve 23 km²

Réserve naturelle du Lac-du-Portage

Nature reserve 23 km²

Vernon S. Walker Wildlife Management Area

Nature reserve 23 km²

Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge

Nature reserve 22 km²

Gene Letourneau (Frye Mountain) Wildlife Management Area

Nature reserve 21 km²

Dead River Public Reserved Land

Nature reserve 21 km²

Northern Retreat - Crooked River Headwaters Conservation Easement

Nature reserve 21 km²

Amherst Mountains Community Forest

Nature reserve 20 km²

Millinocket Forest Public Reserved Land

Nature reserve 20 km²

Aroostook National Wildlife Refuge

Nature reserve 20 km²

Big Reed Forest Reserve

Nature reserve 20 km²

Moosehorn Wilderness

Nature reserve 19 km²

Bangor Water Supply Lands

Nature reserve 19 km²

Headwaters Forest

Nature reserve 19 km²

Grafton Forest Wilderness Preserve (North Tract)

Nature reserve 19 km²

Sugar Island Public Reserved Land

Nature reserve 18 km²

Penobscot River Trails

Nature reserve 18 km²

Chamberlain Lake Public Reserved Land

Nature reserve 18 km²

Baker Mountain

Nature reserve 17 km²

St. John Ponds Ecological Reserve

Nature reserve 17 km²

Crystal Bog Preserve

Nature reserve 17 km²

Big Spencer Ecological Reserve

Nature reserve 16 km²

Merrymeeting Bay Wildlife Management Area

Nature reserve 16 km²

Dickwood Lake Wildlife Management Area

Nature reserve 16 km²

Steep Falls Wildlife Management Area

Nature reserve 16 km²

Mount Agamenticus Conservation Region

Nature reserve 16 km²

Great Pond Mountain Wildlands (Hothole Valley)

Nature reserve 15 km²

South Branch Forest

Nature reserve 15 km²

Silver Lake

Nature reserve 14 km²

Trout Mountain Preserve

Nature reserve 14 km²

Jugtown Forest

Nature reserve 14 km²

Stowe Mountain Conservation Easement

Nature reserve 14 km²

East Grand Lake-Weston Conservation Easement

Nature reserve 14 km²

Cold Stream/Ayers Brook Preserve

Nature reserve 14 km²

Plymouth Bog Wildlife Management Area

Nature reserve 14 km²

Frenchman Bay Community Forest

Nature reserve 13 km²

Kennebago 3000 Conservation Area

Nature reserve 13 km²

Gero Island Public Reserved Land

Nature reserve 13 km²

Androscoggin Riverlands State Park

Nature reserve 12 km²

Rocky Lake Preserve

Nature reserve 12 km²

Scarborough Marsh Wildlife Management Area

Nature reserve 12 km²

Baker Lake Public Reserved Land

Nature reserve 12 km²

Chamberlain Lake Ecological Reserve

Nature reserve 12 km²

Pleasant Mountain Preserve

Nature reserve 11 km²

Pope Mountain Conservation Easement

Nature reserve 11 km²

Waterboro Barrens Preserve

Nature reserve 11 km²

Sandy Bay Township Public Reserved Land

Nature reserve 11 km²

Alonzo H. Garcelon Wildlife Management Area South

Nature reserve 11 km²

Holmes Stream Community Forest

Nature reserve 11 km²

Katahdin Lake North Public Reserved Land

Nature reserve 10 km²

Bingham Forest

Nature reserve 10 km²

David Priest (Dwinal Pond) Wildlife Management Area

Nature reserve 10 km²

Meadowbrook Forest

Nature reserve 10 km²

Alonzo H. Garcelon Wildlife Management Area North

Nature reserve 10 km²

Downeast Lakes Community Forest

Nature reserve 10 km²

Caribou Bog Wildlife Management Area

Nature reserve 9 km²

Lobster Lake State Park Property

Nature reserve 9 km²

Stephen Phillips Memorial Preserve (West Shore)

Nature reserve 9 km²

Sebago Lake Land Reserve

Nature reserve 9 km²

Venture Brook Community Forest

Nature reserve 9 km²

Bull Ring Preserve

Nature reserve 9 km²

Hirundo Wildlife Refuge

Nature reserve 9 km²

Wassataquoik Public Reserved Land

Nature reserve 9 km²

Surry Forest

Nature reserve 9 km²

Northern Retreat - Crooked River Headwaters Conservation Easement

Nature reserve 8 km²

Carrabassett Valley Public Lot

Nature reserve 8 km²

Maine State Lands

Nature reserve 8 km²

Northern Retreat - Crooked River Headwaters Conservation Easement

Nature reserve 8 km²

Mattawamkeag Lake Conservation Easement

Nature reserve 8 km²

Chesterville Wildlife Management Area

Nature reserve 8 km²

Downeast Lakes Community Forest

Nature reserve 8 km²

Bradford/Lagrange Public Reserved Land

Nature reserve 8 km²

Bald Mountain Public Reserved Land

Nature reserve 8 km²

The Basin Preserve

Nature reserve 8 km²

Kennebunk Plains Wildlife Management Area

Nature reserve 8 km²

Lyle Frost Wildlife Management Area

Nature reserve 8 km²

Kittery Water District Lands

Nature reserve 7 km²

Bog Brook Cove Preserve

Nature reserve 7 km²

Narraguagus Junction Wildlife Management Area

Nature reserve 7 km²

York Water District Lands

Nature reserve 7 km²

Salmon Brook Lake Bog Public Reserved Land

Nature reserve 7 km²

Schoodic Forest

Nature reserve 7 km²

Pleasant Bay Wildlife Management Area

Nature reserve 7 km²

Tiger Hill Community Forest

Nature reserve 7 km²

Moosehead Lake East Shore Public Reserved Land

Nature reserve 7 km²

Eaton Town Forest

Nature reserve 7 km²

Perley Mills Community Forest

Nature reserve 7 km²

Kennebec River Estuary Wildlife Management Area

Nature reserve 6 km²

Bog Brook Wildlife Management Area

Nature reserve 6 km²

Umbagog State Park

Nature reserve 6 km²

Borestone Mountain Audubon Sanctuary

Nature reserve 6 km²

Gulf Hagas-Whitecap

Nature reserve 6 km²

Cambridge Wildlife Management Area

Nature reserve 6 km²

Saddleback Mountain

Nature reserve 6 km²

Eaton Town Forest

Nature reserve 6 km²

Penobscot County Conservation Association Wildlife Management Area

Nature reserve 6 km²

Northern Retreat - Crooked River Headwaters Conservation Easement

Nature reserve 6 km²

Steve Powell Wildlife Management Area

Nature reserve 6 km²

Frankfort Town Forest

Nature reserve 6 km²

Cross Island National Wildlife Refuge

Nature reserve 6 km²

Lexington Wildlife Management Area

Nature reserve 6 km²

Great Wass Island Preserve

Nature reserve 6 km²

Otter Pond Public Reserved Land

Nature reserve 6 km²

Kezar Corridor Lands

Nature reserve 6 km²

Frenchman Bay Community Forest

Nature reserve 6 km²

Holbrook Island Sanctuary State Park

Nature reserve 6 km²

East Grand Lake-Orient Conservation Easement

Nature reserve 6 km²

Sebago Lake State Park

Nature reserve 6 km²

Grafton Forest Wilderness Preserve (South Tract)

Nature reserve 6 km²

Forest Legacy Conservation Area

Nature reserve 5 km²

Appleton Bog Preserve

Nature reserve 5 km²

Saco Heath Preserve

Nature reserve 5 km²

Hamilton Cove Preserve

Nature reserve 5 km²

Virgil Parris Forest

Nature reserve 5 km²

Gulf Hagas-Whitecap

Nature reserve 5 km²

Caswell Public Reserved Land

Nature reserve 5 km²

Appalachian National Scenic Trail

Nature reserve 5 km²

Morgan Meadow Wildlife Management Area

Nature reserve 5 km²