Conservation Area

Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Waldo County, Mid Coast, Maine. Conservation Area is situated nearby to the village Stockton Springs, as well as near the locality Cape Junction.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sears Island.

Island

Sears Island, known as Wassumkeag or shining beach by the indigenous Wabanaki tribes of northern New England, is located off the coast of Searsport in Waldo County, Maine, at the top of Penobscot Bay.

Nearby places include Searsport and Stockton Springs.

Searsport is an incorporated town and deep water seaport located at the confluence of the Penobscot River estuary and the Penobscot Bay immediately northwest of Sears Island and Cape Jellison in Waldo County, Maine, United States.

Village

Stockton Springs is a town in Waldo County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,533 at the 2020 census. Stockton Springs is home to Fort Point State Park and Fort Point Light, both located on Fort Point, a peninsula on Cape Jellison.

Latitude

44.4493° or 44° 26′ 58″ north

Longitude

-68.8828° or 68° 52′ 58″ west

Operator

FriendsofSearsIsland.org

Open location code

87PHC4X8+PV

OpenStreetMap ID

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

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