Kineo Sanctuary  

       In the photo, the Kineo Sanctuary is the lower green portion below the bold cliffs and left of the narrow stretch with the homes on it.

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Bluffer Sanctuary

Kineo Sanctuary

Kineo Sanctuary is composed of 77 acres located on the Mt. Kineo peninsula in Moosehead Lake, Kineo Township, Maine. The purpose of the sanctuary is to protect the vegetated talus slope below the 700-ft cliff of Mt. Kineo, to provide sanctuary for its native plants and animals, and to ensure continued public access for compatible, low-impact recreational and educational use. The Sanctuary encompasses:

• The enriched forested slopes, open field, and open talus below the Mt. Kineo cliff, and indigenous plants and animals both common and rare;
• 2,000 feet of frontage on Moosehead Lake at the southwest edge of the Sanctuary, and 800 feet on North Bay at the northeast;
• Carriage road access to and over 4000 feet of boundary with the state property that includes the 1,806-ft summit of Mt. Kineo and the northern portion of the Kineo peninsula;
• Prehistoric workshop sites below the cliff and at lake level where Kineo rhyolite was fashioned into stone tool preforms for transport throughout the region;
• Traces of more recent human use of the property associated with the Mt. Kineo House in its various incarnations, now long gone.

As a matter of policy, motorized vehicles are not permitted in the Sanctuary, except for strictly-limited administrative purposes.  Since the property is a wildlife sanctuary, public access is not permitted for hunting or trapping.                       

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