Dodge Point Preserve

Dodge Point Preserve
Maine Preserve
Country	United States
State	Maine
County	Lincoln

City	Newcastle

Coordinates	43°59′25″N 69°33′54″W / 43.99028°N 69.56500°W / 43.99028; -69.56500Coordinates: 43°59′25″N 69°33′54″W / 43.99028°N 69.56500°W / 43.99028; -69.56500

Area	500 acres (202 ha)

Established	1989
Management	Damariscotta River Association

IUCN category	V - Protected Landscape/Seascape

Location in Maine
Website: http://www.damariscottariver.org/trail/dodge-point-public-reserved-land/

Dodge Point Preserve is a state-owned conservation area in Newcastle, Maine. It includes 500 acres (200 ha) of land, with 8,000 feet (2,400 m) of frontage on the Damariscotta River. Public facilities include hiking trails and a dock. The preserve was established in 1989, and is managed by a partnership between the state and the Damariscotta River Association.

Features

The preserve is located in southern Newcastle, with River Road passing through the western third of the property. A parking area and trailhead with informational kiosk is located at the road's northern entry into the reserve. The landscape is dominated by red pine, dating to the land's use as a tree farm, and still subject to occasional harvest by the state. There are more than 5 miles (8.0 km) of marked hiking trails. Near the northern boundary lies Ice Pond, a site historically used for ice harvesting. One section of the shoreline is called Brickyard Beach, for the large number of bricks and brickmaking detritus found there, left from 18th and 19th-century brickmaking operations.^[1]

History

The preserve's land has seen human activity since prehistoric times; at least one prehistoric archaeological site (now listed on the National Register of Historic Places has been found there. In the 19th century, the land was cleared for farming, resulting in the creation of the stone walls found throughout the property. In the 20th century, the property was used as a tree farm prior to its acquisition by the state in 1989.^[2]

References

↑ "Dodge Point Reserve". Damariscotta River Association. Retrieved 2016-04-11.
↑ "Dodge Point Loop" (PDF). State of Maine. Retrieved 2016-04-11.

Protected areas of Maine

Federal

National Parks and Historic Sites	Acadia National Park Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument Saint Croix Island International Historic Site

National Wildlife Refuges	Aroostook Carlton Pond Waterfowl Production Area Cross Island Franklin Island Moosehorn Petit Manan Pond Island Rachel Carson Seal Island Sunkhaze Meadows

National Forests	White Mountain

National Trails	Appalachian Trail

National Estuarine Research Reserves	Wells

State

State Parks	Allagash Wilderness Waterway Aroostook Baxter Birch Point Bradbury Mountain Camden Hills Cobscook Bay Crescent Beach Damariscotta Lake Ferry Beach Fort Point Grafton Notch Holbrook Island Sanctuary Lake St. George Lamoine Lilly Bay Moose Point Mount Blue Peacock Beach Peaks-Kenny Penobscot River Corridor Popham Beach Quoddy Head Range Ponds Rangeley Lake Reid Roque Bluffs Shackford Head Sebago Lake Swans Falls Campground Swan Lake Two Lights Vaughan Woods Warren Island Wolfe's Neck Woods

State Historic Sites	Bible Point Colburn House Colonial Pemaquid Eagle Island Fort Baldwin Fort Edgecomb Fort Halifax Fort Kent Fort Knox Fort McClary Fort O'Brien John Paul Jones Katahdin Iron Works Mayall Mills Whaleback Shell Midden

State Forests	Durham State Forest

Maine Department of Conservation (web)

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Dodge Point Preserve

Features

History

See also

References