Descriptive Essay On Maine
Maine:
Pine Tree State
In the night’s high tides I look out for boats that are out in the ocean with my oversized flashlight up on the highest point in the lighthouse. “Is anyone out there!?” I yell. I end up finding no response. All that I can hear is the waves crashing onto the rocks. But then for an inexplicable reason, everything feels slower, colder… It’s snowing! I think to myself. I run down the stairs of the lighthouse and What do I see? I see the snow piled on the grass like solid clouds clumped on the green world. I hear the moose, just waking up, and already running around. I drive back home and I see frost stuck on people's houses like sugar stuck on a wooden ladle. Cold, I resumed my trip home. I seem to run into a moose, …show more content…
However, first, let me write about the General Information of Maine.
Maine has three major landmarks;The Coastal Lowlands, The White Mountain region, and The Eastern New England upland. In Maine, there are lots of tall mountains for such a small state. Its highest Mountain is Mt. Katahdin, with an elevation of 5,268ft (1,606m). It is one of the highest mountains in the United States of America! People usually attempt to climb or hike on Mt. Katahdin. Mt. Katahdin is at the end of the Appalachian Trail, which begins in Georgia. It was named Katahdin by the Penobscot Indians which means “The Greatest Mountain”. Mt. Katahdin is the centerpiece of Baxter State Park.
The state of Maine has a coast to the Atlantic ocean, so its lowest point is at sea level, the highest elevation in the state all the way up to 5,270ft above sea level. But that is only because of the fact that there is this one HUGE mountain! There is surprisingly a lot of rocky terrain all over the place, going up and …show more content…
The warmest ever recorded is 105º Fahrenheit, in North Bridgton on July 10, 1911. And the coldest ever recorded is way down to a blasting -48º Fahrenheit in Van Buren on January 19,1925. As a whole, the state gets an average of 41 inches of precipitation. 25% of that precipitation comes in the form of snow. Fog often drifts in from the ocean and caused many ships to crash, which caused people to build an excess amount of lighthouses on the shore and used lights, foghorns, and bells as warning signals to the ships that are in the
Pine Tree State
In the night’s high tides I look out for boats that are out in the ocean with my oversized flashlight up on the highest point in the lighthouse. “Is anyone out there!?” I yell. I end up finding no response. All that I can hear is the waves crashing onto the rocks. But then for an inexplicable reason, everything feels slower, colder… It’s snowing! I think to myself. I run down the stairs of the lighthouse and What do I see? I see the snow piled on the grass like solid clouds clumped on the green world. I hear the moose, just waking up, and already running around. I drive back home and I see frost stuck on people's houses like sugar stuck on a wooden ladle. Cold, I resumed my trip home. I seem to run into a moose, …show more content…
However, first, let me write about the General Information of Maine.
Maine has three major landmarks;The Coastal Lowlands, The White Mountain region, and The Eastern New England upland. In Maine, there are lots of tall mountains for such a small state. Its highest Mountain is Mt. Katahdin, with an elevation of 5,268ft (1,606m). It is one of the highest mountains in the United States of America! People usually attempt to climb or hike on Mt. Katahdin. Mt. Katahdin is at the end of the Appalachian Trail, which begins in Georgia. It was named Katahdin by the Penobscot Indians which means “The Greatest Mountain”. Mt. Katahdin is the centerpiece of Baxter State Park.
The state of Maine has a coast to the Atlantic ocean, so its lowest point is at sea level, the highest elevation in the state all the way up to 5,270ft above sea level. But that is only because of the fact that there is this one HUGE mountain! There is surprisingly a lot of rocky terrain all over the place, going up and …show more content…
The warmest ever recorded is 105º Fahrenheit, in North Bridgton on July 10, 1911. And the coldest ever recorded is way down to a blasting -48º Fahrenheit in Van Buren on January 19,1925. As a whole, the state gets an average of 41 inches of precipitation. 25% of that precipitation comes in the form of snow. Fog often drifts in from the ocean and caused many ships to crash, which caused people to build an excess amount of lighthouses on the shore and used lights, foghorns, and bells as warning signals to the ships that are in the