The Pine Tree State 22 cities 424 towns 16 Counties 51 plantations 33,215 square miles 6,000 Lakes and Ponds 3,478 miles of coastline 17 million acres of Forest 416 unorganized townships 32,000 miles of Rivers & Streams 65 - Historical Coastal Lighthouses Winter temperatures averaging 20F Summer temperatures averaging 70F Population Census: Estimate 1.4 million 92-mile Allagash Wilderness Waterway 542,629 acres of state and national parks America's first chartered city : York-1641 Became the 23rd State on March 15, 1820 Softshell Clam harvest approximately 6.2 million pounds Lobster - almost 78.8 million pounds harvested for 2025 Mt. Katahdin -5,268 ft above sea level approximately 1 mile high Forestry commercial and landowner harvest totals 322,239 acres Baxter State Park - Mt. Katahdin & northern end of Appalachian Trail Acadia National Park in Bar Harbor is the only national park in New England Potatoes rank 6th in production nationally 1.8B lbs harvested an 52,000 acres in production Maine harvested over 74 million pounds of blueberries in 2023, producing over 99% of blueberries in the United States 320 miles long 210 miles wide Capital: Augusta (page updated 9/8/2022)