Reid State Park in Georgetown holds the honor as Maine’s first state-owned saltwater beach, the land donated in 1946 by Walter E. Reid, a local resident and businessman.

Residents of Georgetown and Arrowsic can donate Christmas trees this weekend to help restore the dunes at Reid State Park. This festive conservation method has received much attention at nearby ...

From “The Man Who Gave Maine Its Reid State Park” by Ralph B. Whittum in our September 1969 issue. Photograph by John A. Lynch. There were 135,953 visitors at Reid State Park in Georgetown last year.

And now, Reid State Park is taking a page out of their book collecting discarded trees. Sand dunes make up about two percent of Maine’s coast and act as natural barriers between the land and ocean.

GEORGETOWN, Maine — Sarah Crosby is the grande dame of the Reid State Park toll booth. Crosby has worked the forested entryway to Maine's oldest state-owned beach since 1972, just 26 years after ...

GEORGETOWN — The Kennebec Estuary Land Trust’s clam digging event is set for 10 a.m. to noon Tuesday, Aug. 8, at Reid State Park, 375 Seguinland Road. The public can traverse clam flats with ...

GEORGETOWN — The Kennebec Estuary Land Trust’s summertime clam-digging event is back from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Thursday, July 29 at Reid State Park. The public is invited to traverse clam flats ...

Phippsburg, Maine is Georgetown's neighbor and fraternal twin. The towns are often compared, as are their beaches. Reid State Park over in Georgetown and Popham Beach in Phippsburg are both known ...