Breakwater and Marie Reed Park

Breakwater and Marie Reed Park is a park in Knox County, Mid Coast, Maine. Breakwater and Marie Reed Park is situated nearby to the neighborhood Glen Cove, as well as near Blackinton Corners.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Rockland Breakwater and Strand Theatre.

Rockland Breakwater

Breakwater

Photo: Tania Dey PhD, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Rockland Breakwater is a breakwater sheltering the harbor of Rockland, Maine. More than 4,000 feet long, it was built in the 1890s by the United States Army Corps of Engineers out of locally quarried granite to improve the harbor's ability to shelter ships from coastal storms.

Strand Theatre

Movie theater

Photo: Rachel Winslow, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Strand Theatre is a historic performing arts venue at 345 Main Street in downtown Rockland, Maine. Built in 1923 in the wake of a fire that destroyed part of the downtown, it is a rare example of Egyptian Revival architecture, and the only one of three theaters built in Rockland in that period to survive. Strand Theatre is situated 1½ miles southwest of Breakwater and Marie Reed Park.

Rockland station

Railway station

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Rockland station is a railway station located at Union and Pleasant Streets in Rockland, Maine. It is the eastern terminus of the Rockland Branch, a state-owned track connecting Rockland and Brunswick. Rockland station is situated 1½ miles southwest of Breakwater and Marie Reed Park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Glen Cove and Rockland.