Nicknames for the State of Maine

Maine has many nicknames:

• The Pine Tree State (official)
• Vacationland
• The Lobster State
• The Katahdin State (after Mt. Katahdin)
• Land of the Blueberry
• Birthplace of America (referencing first sunrise)
• Dirigo State (from motto "Dirigo" – "I lead")
• Longfellow State (poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was born there)