promontory
A promontory is a raised mass of land that projects into a lowland or a body of water (in which case it is a peninsula). Most promontories either are formed from a hard ridge of rock that has resisted the erosive forces that have removed the so ...
in Freeport, Maine, United States. It is located around southeast of downtown Freeport, overlooking Casco Bay, around north of Bustins Island. It sits across a cove from
Wolfe's Neck Woods State Park
Wolfe's Neck Woods State Park is a public recreation area located on Casco Bay on the southeastern side of Freeport, Maine. The state park occupies on a narrow peninsula, Wolfe's Neck, that runs between Casco Bay and the Harraseeket River. It ...
, to the northwest.
The point has given its name to nearby Flying Point Road and Lower Flying Point Road. Little Flying Point, meanwhile, is located around to the northeast, across Brickyard Cove, near the L.L. Bean Flying Point Paddling Center and
Mann Cemetery
Mann Cemetery is an historic cemetery located in Freeport, Maine, United States. It was established around 1750 and was closed to burials in 1922.fault line exists at Flying Point, according to the Department of Conservation.
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Means massacre
On May 10, 1756, the Means family of North Yarmouth, Maine, North Yarmouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay (today's Freeport, Maine), were attacked by Native Americans in the United States, Native Americans during the French and Indian War. It resu ...