Peacock Beach State Park

Peacock Beach State Park
Maine State Park
Country	United States
State	Maine
County	Sagadahoc
Town	Richmond

Elevation	259 ft (79 m) ^[1]
Coordinates	44°09′25″N 69°51′33″W / 44.15694°N 69.85917°W / 44.15694; -69.85917Coordinates: 44°09′25″N 69°51′33″W / 44.15694°N 69.85917°W / 44.15694; -69.85917 ^[1]

Established	Unspecified
- Local management	2010
Management	Town of Richmond

IUCN category	V - Protected Landscape/Seascape

Location in Maine
Website: Peacock Beach

Peacock Beach State Park is a locally managed, public recreation area on Pleasant Pond in Richmond, Maine. The park is on U.S. Route 201^[2] between the Maine Turnpike (I-95) and I-295, about 12 miles (20 km) south of Augusta. The Town of Richmond took over operation of the park in 2010.^[3] The park offers facilities for picnicking and swimming.^[4]

History

It cost the state around $23,000 a year to operate the park. It was not regularly staffed, and the entrance fee was collected with a box at the gate that visitors were expected to place their fee into. Prior to 2010, it had been estimated that as few as 10 percent of visitors paid the fee.

In 2010, the state decided not to open the park as a cost-saving measure and offered a 25-year lease to the Town of Richmond to operate the park. The town accepted the offer at its June 3, 2010 town meeting. The town does not staff the park, aside from conducting regular maintenance with part-time employees. The collection box for payment of the entry fee has been maintained, but the town has considered staffing the entrance to increase fee collection.^[5]^[6]^[7]

References

1 2 "Peacock Beach State Park". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
↑ "Peacock Beach". Town of Richmond. Retrieved December 8, 2015.
↑ "Richmond: "The Most Walkable Community"" (PDF). Mainely Richmond. Town of Richmond. July 2010. p. 6. Retrieved July 27, 2014.
↑ "Explore Richmond's Recreational Areas" (PDF). Mainely Richmond. Town of Richmond. July 2015. p. 10. Retrieved December 8, 2015.
↑ "Park's supervision may change". Kennebec Journal. 16 March 2010. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
↑ "Richmond may take library, state park". Kennebec Journal. 1 June 2010. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
↑ "News Briefs". Kennebec Journal. 27 July 2010. Retrieved 9 August 2013.

External links

Peacock Beach Town of Richmond

Protected areas of Maine

Federal

National Parks and Historic Sites	Acadia National Park Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument Saint Croix Island International Historic Site

National Wildlife Refuges	Aroostook Carlton Pond Waterfowl Production Area Cross Island Franklin Island Moosehorn Petit Manan Pond Island Rachel Carson Seal Island Sunkhaze Meadows

National Forests	White Mountain

National Trails	Appalachian Trail

National Estuarine Research Reserves	Wells

State

State Parks	Allagash Wilderness Waterway Aroostook Baxter Birch Point Bradbury Mountain Camden Hills Cobscook Bay Crescent Beach Damariscotta Lake Ferry Beach Fort Point Grafton Notch Holbrook Island Sanctuary Lake St. George Lamoine Lilly Bay Moose Point Mount Blue Peacock Beach Peaks-Kenny Penobscot River Corridor Popham Beach Quoddy Head Range Ponds Rangeley Lake Reid Roque Bluffs Shackford Head Sebago Lake Swans Falls Campground Swan Lake Two Lights Vaughan Woods Warren Island Wolfe's Neck Woods

State Historic Sites	Bible Point Colburn House Colonial Pemaquid Eagle Island Fort Baldwin Fort Edgecomb Fort Halifax Fort Kent Fort Knox Fort McClary Fort O'Brien John Paul Jones Katahdin Iron Works Mayall Mills Whaleback Shell Midden

State Forests	Durham State Forest

Maine Department of Conservation (web)

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