Piscataquis County, Maine

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county county in Maine

Piscataquis County, Maine is a sparsely populated, heavily forested county in central Maine known for encompassing much of the state's North Woods and outdoor recreation areas.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Piscataquis County government 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf county ⓘ
county in Maine ⓘ
borders Aroostook County, Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hancock County, Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ
Penobscot County, Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ
Somerset County, Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ
Waldo County, Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ
Washington County, Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ
characterizedBy heavily forested landscape ⓘ
sparse population ⓘ
contains Allagash River ⓘ
surface form: Allagash Wilderness Waterway (part)

Appalachian Trail segments ⓘ
Baxter State Park ⓘ
Dover-Foxcroft, Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ
Greenville, Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ
Millinocket Lake region ⓘ
Moosehead Lake ⓘ
Mount Katahdin ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
governingBody Piscataquis County, Maine self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Piscataquis County government
hasAreaType rural ⓘ
hasCharacteristic low population density ⓘ
hasClimate humid continental climate ⓘ
hasCountySeat Dover-Foxcroft, Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity forestry ⓘ
outdoor tourism ⓘ
hasFeature North Maine Woods ⓘ
surface form: North Woods forest

lakes and rivers ⓘ
mountainous terrain ⓘ
hasLandUse commercial forestry ⓘ
recreation and tourism ⓘ
hasLargestMunicipality Dover-Foxcroft, Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage English ⓘ
hasProtectedArea Baxter State Park ⓘ
hasRecreationArea Moosehead Lake region ⓘ
knownFor camping ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
hiking ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
outdoor recreation ⓘ
locatedIn Maine ⓘ
New England ⓘ
central Maine ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
namedFor Piscataquis River NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOfRegion North Maine Woods ⓘ
surface form: Maine North Woods
state Maine ⓘ
subdivisionType county ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kennebec County, Maine → borders → Piscataquis County, Maine ⓘ
Penobscot County, Maine → borders → Piscataquis County, Maine ⓘ
Piscataquis County, Maine → governingBody → Piscataquis County, Maine self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Piscataquis County government
Somerset County, Maine → hasBorderWith → Piscataquis County, Maine ⓘ
Ktaadn → locatedIn → Piscataquis County, Maine ⓘ
Mount Katahdin → locatedIn → Piscataquis County, Maine ⓘ
North Maine Woods → locatedInAdministrativeTerritory → Piscataquis County, Maine ⓘ