Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge
Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge is a nature reserve in Cumberland County, Lakes and Mountains, Maine. Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge is situated nearby to the neighborhood Pleasant Hill, as well as near Broadview Park.Places of Interest
Highlights include Spurwink Church and Higgins Beach.
Spurwink Church
Church
Photo: Rich Brooks, CC BY 2.0.
Spurwink Congregational Church is a historic church at 533 Spurwink Avenue in Cape Elizabeth, Maine. Built in 1802 and significantly renovated in 1830, it is the town's oldest public building.
Higgins Beach
Beach
Photo: Ken Gallager, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Higgins Beach is a small beach located in the state of Maine, United States. It is located in the town of Scarborough in Cumberland County. The beach is north of Prouts Neck and Old Orchard Beach and south of Crescent Beach State Park.
Forest City Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Forest City Cemetery is a 97-acre cemetery in South Portland, Maine, owned and operated by the adjacent city of Portland. There are approximately 30,000 burials in the cemetery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cape Elizabeth and Scarborough.
Cape Elizabeth
Photo: Southgeist, CC BY 3.0.
Cape Elizabeth is an upscale community about 5 miles southeast of Portland, Maine on the Southern Maine coast. Its centerpiece is the 90 acre Fort Williams bought by the town in 1964.
Scarborough
Photo: RikSchuiling, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Scarborough is a town in Cumberland County on the southern coast of the U.S. state of Maine. Located about 7 miles south of Portland, Scarborough is part of the Portland–South Portland–Biddeford, Maine metropolitan statistical area.
South Portland
Photo: Paul VanDerWerf, CC BY 2.0.
South Portland is a city in Cumberland County, Maine, United States, and is the fourth-most populous city in the state, incorporated in 1898. At the 2020 census, the city population was 26,498.
Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge
- Type: Nature reserve
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Cumberland County, Lakes and Mountains, Maine, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
43.5969° or 43° 35′ 49″ northLongitude
-70.2784° or 70° 16′ 42″ westOpen location code
87MFHPWC+PJOpenStreetMap ID
way 450226932OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserve
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