THE CUMBERLAND COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Sebago-Ossipee Hills and Plains setting.
Cumberland County has 836.2 square miles of land in Maine. 4 mapped landscape regions meet across Cumberland County: Sebago-Ossipee Hills and Plains, Gulf of Maine Coastal Lowland, Midcoast, among others.
Forested hills and mountains span northern New England, the Adirondacks and higher Catskills. Glacial lakes and steep streams accompany a transition between northern hardwood and spruce-fir forests.
Regional context: Northeastern Highlands ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Cumberland County intersects 4 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Sebago-Ossipee Hills and Plains40.4%
- Gulf of Maine Coastal Lowland39.3%
- Midcoast12.1%
- Gulf of Maine Coastal Plain8.1%
Northeastern Coastal Zone in Cumberland County
Irregular plains and low hills form a coastal transition with glacial lakes and oak-pine woodland. This northeastern landscape is gentler than the mountainous country farther inland.
Read the regional source ↗Acadian Plains and Hills in Cumberland County
Forested plains and hills contain numerous glacial lakes. Spruce-fir lowlands and hardwood-covered hills create a northern landscape that is generally gentler than the highlands to the west.
Read the regional source ↗Finding your parcel within Cumberland County
The atlas lists 48 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Cumberland County, including Standish, Bridgton, Gorham. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Cumberland County by land and water
The Census records 381.2 square miles of water within Cumberland County, or 31.3% of its total area. That share is close to Cumberland County’s 31.3%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Cumberland County has 18 times the land area of nearby Windham town (46.6 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Androscoggin County, Oxford County, Sagadahoc County, York County within Maine. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

