Maine · ME
Rockland
The Lobster Capital of the World, once America's lime capital.
- Population
- 6,936 (2020 census)
- City charter
- 1854
- Lime kilns in 1854
- 125
Then
- 1848
East Thomaston is set off from Thomaston. It becomes Rockland in 1850 and a city in 1854.
- 1854
Twelve quarries and 125 kilns make Rockland the country's leading lime producer.
- 1800s
The Rockland Breakwater is built across the harbor.
Now
Rockland's Maine Lobster Festival runs for five days each August, and the Farnsworth Art Museum shows Andrew Wyeth. State ferries run to Vinalhaven, North Haven and Matinicus.
Monhegan, Friendship and the Georges Islands share this stretch.
10 tide stations around Rockland
- Rocklandin town
- Thomaston4.2 mi
- Otis Cove10.3 mi
- Tenants Harbor11.0 mi
- Waldoboro13.3 mi
- Port Clyde14.5 mi
- Jones Neck14.8 mi
- Friendship Harbor14.8 mi
- Burnt Island, Georges Islands18.5 mi
- Monhegan Island25.7 mi