- City:
- Pownal, ME
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation, Forestry and Agriculture
- New Deal Agencies:
- Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
- Started:
- 1936
- Completed:
- 1940
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Marked:
- Unknown
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
Bradbury Mountain State Park is a public recreation area in the town of Pownal, Cumberland County, Maine, managed by the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry. The state park covers 730 acres.
The park was created in the 1940s as one of Maine’s original five state parks after the land was acquired from the Federal government in 1939. This Park land was acquired by the Government under the Soil Conservation Land Utilization Program. Purchased from the owners in 1936 to 1938, it was developed by WPA labor in 1939. It is leased to the Maine State Park Commission and administrated by them under U. S. Forestry Supervision.
Source notes
The Ranger’s History of Bradbury Mt. State Park POWNAL, Maine
https://www.bradburymountain.com
Site originally submitted by Andrew Laverdiere on August 14, 2021.
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