Aroostook State Park
| Aroostook State Park | |
| Maine State Park | |
| Country |  United States |
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| State |  Maine |
| County | Aroostook |
| City | Presque Isle |
| Elevation | 978 ft (298 m) |
| Coordinates | 46°36′13″N 68°00′39″W / 46.60361°N 68.01083°WCoordinates: 46°36′13″N 68°00′39″W / 46.60361°N 68.01083°W |
| Area | 904 acres (366 ha) |
| Established | 1938 |
| Management | Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry |
  Location in Maine
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| Website: Aroostook State Park | |
Aroostook State Park is a 904-acre (366 ha) protected area of Aroostook County, Maine. It is nearby the National Wildlife Refuge of the same name. Located off U.S. Route 1 on the south side of Presque Isle, the park encompasses Quaggy Jo Mountain and Echo Lake. "Quaggy Jo" is an altered version of the mountain's Native American name, "Qua Qua Jo," which means "twin-peaked."
Residential mammalian species such as deer and moose can often be seen by visitors in the park adjacent to the new refuge boundary. They consume on plants along stream banks and forested wetlands. Waterfowl that use the park's wetlands include black ducks, wood ducks, and hooded mergansers; Canada geese may be seen on East Loring Lake and the Little Madawaska River upstream from the dam during periods of spring and fall migration. River otters, minks, muskrats, beavers, and snowshoe hares are a few of the smaller mammals, less conspicuous species that inhabit portions of this park.
The majority of the refuge is forested upland, which offer nesting habitat for migratory songbirds. Warblers such as the black-throated green, Canada, bay-breasted, Cape May, and Blackburnian, are common in the spring and summer. These "neotropical migrants" breed here and winter in Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central and South America. The park's grasslands provide habitat for upland sandpipers, bobolinks, and Savannah sparrows. Woodcocks use grassy areas for courtship and upland forested areas for nesting.
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