Mere Point Boat Launch

Mere Point Boat Launch is a slipway in Cumberland County, Lakes and Mountains, Maine. Mere Point Boat Launch is situated nearby to Gallows Island, as well as near the nature reserve Birch Island South Preserve.

Places of Interest Nearby

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 Cattle Pound is situated 2½ miles southeast of Mere Point Boat Launch.

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. Harpswell Meetinghouse is situated 2½ miles southeast of Mere Point Boat Launch.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Harpswell and South Freeport.

Harpswell

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.

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. Harpswell is situated 2½ miles southeast of Mere Point Boat Launch.

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. South Freeport is situated 4½ miles west of Mere Point Boat Launch.

Freeport

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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.

Mere Point Boat Launch

Type: Slipway
Categories: recreation area and transportation
Location: Cumberland County, Lakes and Mountains, Maine, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

43.82798° or 43° 49′ 41″ north

Longitude

-70.01658° or 70° 0′ 60″ west

Open location code

87MFRXHM+59

OpenStreetMap ID

node 12375023783

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=slipway

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