Draw Maine Outline from Memory
How well do you know The Pine Tree State? Draw Maine from memory and score 0–100 based on how accurately you sketch its distinctive outline.
More US States to Draw
Why Maine Looks the Way It Does
Maine was Massachusetts for two hundred years. From the 1650s until 1820, the District of Maine was Massachusetts's northern territory — and its statehood was the other half of the Missouri Compromise: Maine entered free, Missouri slave, and the 36°30′ line ran west across the continent. The separation line with New Hampshire had been contested since colonial grants overlapped in the 1600s and wasn't fully settled until 1829.
The northern border caused America's only war over a map. The 1783 treaty ended the Revolution but described the boundary so vaguely that both Britain and the U.S. claimed some twelve thousand square miles of Maine woodland — the Aroostook Valley. The "Aroostook War" of 1838-39 mustered thousands of militia on both sides, produced exactly zero battles, and was settled by the Webster-Ashburton Treaty of 1842, which drew the current northeastern line and gave each side about half the claim.
The coast is the glacier's masterpiece: Ice Age sheets gouged the drowned river valleys into true fjord-like inlets — and by some NOAA measurements Maine's tidal shoreline, with its thousands of islands, exceeds California's. Maine's outline is New England's wild margin: a shape negotiated with Britain, inherited from Massachusetts, and carved by the ice.
Quick Facts: Maine
- Capital
- Augusta
- Nickname
- The Pine Tree State
- Statehood
- 1820
- Area
- 79,883 km²
- Borders
- New Hampshire, Canada (northern and eastern borders)
What is "Drawing Maine Outline from Memory"?
Drawing Maine from memory means sketching the Pine Tree State's border on a blank canvas without looking at a map. Focus on the state's distinctive features and overall proportions — that's what pushes your accuracy score up.
Maine became a state in 1820 and is rated ★★★ out of 4 for drawing difficulty — a trickier outline with more detail to remember. When you hit Reveal, your sketch is scored 0–100 against the real border, so every attempt teaches you something about the outline.
Maine is the largest New England state and one of the most irregular: its Atlantic coast is a glacier-cut maze of fjords, bays, and islands curving from the southwest up to the Bay of Fundy, the western border wiggles along rivers and highlands against New Hampshire, and the whole shape tapers to a sharp north tip at the Canadian border.
How to Draw Maine from Memory
Step 01
Think of a big leaf pointing north: wide and jagged at the bottom, tapering to a sharp tip at the top. Maine's proportions surprise people — it's as tall as it is wide, dwarfing the rest of New England.
Step 02
The coast is the drawing's centerpiece: an arc of deeply cut, fjord-like bays running from Portsmouth up to the Bay of Fundy, studded with offshore islands. Sketch it as a chain of inlets and headlands — Mount Desert's notches, Penobscot Bay's wide mouth — rather than a smooth line.
Step 03
The west and north borders are wilderness lines: rivers and highlands sawing along New Hampshire, then the long Canadian boundary running north to the state's pointed tip. Let both wiggles be irregular; Maine is not a shape anyone drew straight.
A big, jagged leaf pointing north: a fjord-cut coast curving around the bottom-right, a wild western line against New Hampshire, and the whole shape narrowing to a point at the Canadian border.
How Maine Is Scored
When you hit Reveal & compare, your sketch is measured against Maine's real border, point by point, in the same canvas space. Three numbers come back:
Matched — the share of the real border your drawing covered. 100% means you traced every part of the outline.
Extra — how much of your drawing fell outside the true border. This catches sketches that are too big, mispositioned, or drifting off.
Missed — the border you didn't reach, the flip side of Matched.
The three combine into a single 0–100 accuracy score. The rating names give you a target: 80+ is Cartographer, 60+ is Border patrol, 40+ is Getting there, and below 40 is Try again.
Drawing large and roughly centered is the single fastest way to raise your score — a small sketch tucked in a corner overlaps less of the true border, so it scores lower. For Maine, keep the whole outline in frame and let the distinctive parts do the work.
FAQ
- What makes Maine's outline distinctive?
- Maine is the largest New England state and one of the most irregular: its Atlantic coast is a glacier-cut maze of fjords, bays, and islands curving from the southwest up to the Bay of Fundy, the western border wiggles along rivers and highlands against New Hampshire, and the whole shape tapers to a sharp north tip at the Canadian border.
- How hard is it to draw Maine from memory?
- Maine is rated ★★★ out of 4 for drawing difficulty — a trickier outline with more detail to remember. You can score your attempts immediately and watch your accuracy climb with practice.
- Which states border Maine?
- Maine shares its border with 1 US state — New Hampshire are on this site, plus Canada (northern and eastern borders). Drawing a neighbor right after Maine helps anchor both outlines in your memory.
- How is my Maine drawing scored?
- Your sketch is compared with Maine's real border, point by point, in the same canvas space. Matched is the share of the border you covered, Extra is how much of your drawing fell outside it, and Missed is the border you didn't reach. The three combine into a single 0–100 accuracy score.
- Can I draw Maine on mobile?
- Yes — Maine works on desktop, tablet, and mobile. Draw with your finger on touchscreens; no app download is required and it runs directly in your browser.