Flying Point is a promontory 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, 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.
A fault line exists at Flying Point, according to the Department of Conservation.
Maine Ulster-Scots Project The Maine Ulster-Scots Project is a non-profit organization with volunteers that research Ulster-Scots heritage and culture. During the 1700s, immigrants from Ulster settled in Flying Point.
The MUSP actively research and carry out archaeological excavation in Flying Point. Excavations in the old hay fields bordering Maquoit Bay have uncovered fragments of brick, stone foundation layouts, and broken pottery.
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Means massacre, which occurred nearby in 1756
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