Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge
The Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge is a 9,125-acre of estuary salt marsh and uplands that drain into the Webhannet River, or about one-ninth of the river's watershed.Photo: Captain-tucker, CC BY 3.0.
- Type: Park
- Description: nature reserve in Kennebunk, Maine, US
- Also known as: “Rachael Carson Refuge” and “Rachael Carson Wildlife Refuge”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Rock Rest.
Rock Rest
House
Photo: Robm154, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rock Rest is a historic house and African-American traveler's accommodation at 167 Brave Boat Harbor Road in Kittery, Maine. The property was operated as a summer guest house by Clayton and Hazel Sinclair between 1946 and 1977, and is one of the few known places in Maine that explicitly welcomed African-American guests in an era when racial discrimination in public accommodations was common.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include York Harbor and York.
York Harbor
Neighborhood
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York Harbor is a census-designated place in the town of York in York County, Maine, United States. The population was 3,033 at the 2010 census. York Harbor is a distinguished former Gilded Age summer colony noted for its resort architecture. York Harbor is situated 2½ miles north of Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge.
York
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York is a town on the Southern Coast in Maine. It includes the villages of York Beach, York Harbor, and Cape Neddick.
Newcastle
Village
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New Castle is a town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 1,000 at the 2020 census. It is the easternmost town in New Hampshire and the smallest by area, and it is the only town in the state located entirely on islands. Newcastle is situated 3½ miles southwest of Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge.
Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge
- Category: National Wildlife Refuge
- Location: York County, Maine, New England, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Malayalam—“Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge”
- Dutch: “Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge”
- French: “refuge faunique national Rachel Carson”
- French: “Refuge faunique national Rachel Carson”
- German: “Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge”
- Malayalam: “റേച്ചൽ കാഴ്സൺ ദേശീയ വന്യജീവി സങ്കേതം”
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Notable Places Nearby
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