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By Staff The Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands is expecting a busy spring at state parks and public lands, after they shattered attendance records in 2020 with more than 3 million visitors to the state-run sites. The Bureau of Parks and Lands, which is part of the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, said it anticipates the popularity of its outdoor destinations to continue this spring and urged those who plan to visit to plan ahead or have an alternative plan to a...

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AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine users of state parks shattered records for attendance last year as they sought outside adventures amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Maine Department of...

For the first time, total state park attendance topped three million visitor-days.

By Ernie Clark, Bangor Daily News Staff The increased use of two popular Piscataquis County locations helped Maine break the record for visits at its state parks in 2020. Day use at Peaks-Kenny State Park on Sebec Lake in Dover-Foxcroft increased by 20 percent while camping visits experienced a 6 percent gain, according to year-end statistics compiled by the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry’s Bureau of Parks and Lands.

State park campers prepare for 2021 camping season, reservations open Feb. 1 Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry Mon, 01/11/2021 - 6:00pm AUGUSTA - The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestrys (DACF) Bureau of Parks and Lands (BPL) has compiled its year-end Maine State Park visitation statistics. As expected, 2020 activity broke all records for recreation visits, which includes day-use and camping. For the first time, total State Park attendance top...

The number of campers and day-use visitors hit an all-time high in 2020 – even though camping season was delayed two to four weeks because of the pandemic.