The Pine Tree State 22 cities 424 towns16 Counties 51 plantations 33,215 square miles6,000 Lakes and Ponds 3,478 miles of coastline 17 million acres of Forest 416 unorganized townships 32,000 miles of Rivers & Streams65 - Historical Coastal Lighthouses Winter temperatures averaging 20F Summer temperatures averaging 70FPopulation Census: Estimate 1.3 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, 1820Softshell Clam harvest approximately 7.1 million pounds Lobster - almost 120 million pounds harvested for 2018Mt. Katahdin -5,268 ft above sea level approximately 1 mile highForestry commercial and landowner harvest totals 322,239 acresBaxter State Park - Mt. Katahdin & northern end of Appalachian Trail Acadia National Park in Bar Harbor is the only national park in New EnglandPotatoes rank 6th in production nationally in 2015 with 50,500 acres in production 2018 statistics of wild blueberries sold at 46 cents a pound & over 50 million pounds harvested 320 miles long 210 miles wide Capital: Augusta (page updated 9/8/2022)