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Tourism to Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument contributes $3.4 million to local economy

September 29, 2025 · Source: National Park Service

Chart illustrating sectors directly affected by $2.7 million in visitor spending. The largest red segment is for hotels, followed by purple for restaurants, yellow for gas, dark green for retail, pink for recreation, and others. — Image supplied by the National Park Service. View the original image and credit

A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that visitors to Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument in 2024 spent $2.7 million in communities near the park. That spending had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $3.4 million.

Read the official NPS source

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Destinations

Katahdin Woods and Waters

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