Merepoint Bay
Merepoint Bay is a bay in Cumberland County, Lakes and Mountains, Maine. Merepoint Bay is situated nearby to the hamlet Birch Island, as well as near the neighborhood North Harpswell.- Type: Bay
- Also known as: “Mare Point Bay”, “Marepoint Bay”, and “Mere Point Bay”
- Address: ME
Places of Interest
Highlights include Harpswell Cattle Pound and Harpswell Meetinghouse.
Harpswell Cattle Pound
Historic site
The Harpswell Cattle Pound is a stone enclosure in Harpswell, Maine, United States. It was used to hold stray animals until they could be reunited with their owners.
Harpswell Meetinghouse
Place of worship
Photo: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Harpswell Meetinghouse is a historic colonial meeting house on Maine State Route 123 in Harpswell, Maine. Built in 1757-59 to provide space for both religious services and town meetings, it is a little-altered and well-preserved example of a once-common form, and is the oldest such surviving building in the state of Maine.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Harpswell and Freeport.
Harpswell
Village
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Harpswell is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States, on Casco Bay in the Gulf of Maine. The population was 5,031 at the 2020 census. Harpswell is composed of a peninsula contiguous with the rest of Cumberland County, called Harpswell Neck, as well as three large islands connected by bridges: Sebascodegan Island, Orr's Island, and Bailey Island.
Freeport
Freeport is just north of Portland in Maine and hosts the headquarters of L.L Bean. Because of the popularity of L.L. Bean, other stores were drawn to the area and it has become a shopping destination.
South Freeport
Neighborhood
Photo: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 3.0.
South Freeport is an unincorporated village in the town of Freeport, Cumberland County, Maine, United States. The community is located on Casco Bay, 2.6 miles south of the village of Freeport.
Merepoint Bay
- Category: body of water
- Location: Cumberland County, Lakes and Mountains, Maine, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
43.83008° or 43° 49′ 48″ northLongitude
-70.01033° or 70° 0′ 37″ westOpen location code
87MFRXJQ+2VOpenStreetMap ID
node 369066516OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bayGeoNames ID
4971786
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Localities in the Area
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