Roque Bluffs State Park

Roque Bluffs State Park
Location in Maine
Location	Roque Bluffs, Maine, United States
Coordinates	44°36′41″N 67°28′59″W / 44.611496°N 67.483113°W / 44.611496; -67.483113[1]
Area	274 acres (111 ha)[2]
Elevation	20 ft (6.1 m)
Established	1969[1]
Administrator	Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
Website	Roque Bluffs State Park

Roque Bluffs State Park is a public recreation area on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean in the town of Roque Bluffs, Washington County, Maine.^[1] The 274-acre (111 ha) state park overlooks Englishman Bay from Schoppee Point and includes 60-acre (24 ha) Simpson Pond and six miles of walking trails.^[3] Visitors can inspect glacial striations attesting to the Ice Age history of the Maine coast.^[4] The park is managed by the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry.

In 2011, Maine police, wardens, marine patrol officers and members of the U.S. Coast Guard conducted a fruitless five-day search for a resident of Fredericton, New Brunswick, Torray Wallace, one of many people who appeared in the 2005 film BBS: The Documentary,^[5] after his vehicle was found abandoned in the park.^[6]

In 2013, two women, one from nearby Machias and the other visiting from Pennsylvania, drowned after driving off a boat ramp in the park during high tide and inclement weather.^[7] The women had been rescued earlier in the day after getting lost while hiking in the fog.^[8]

• Roque Bluffs State Park Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
• Roque Bluffs State Park Guide & Map Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry