Recent internal data lists $129 million in land and other rural acreage for sale for sale in the Pine Tree State. This represents a total of 56,168 acres of land for sale in the state. The most expensive piece of land listed for sale on Lands of America recently was $4 million, while the median price for land for sale in Maine was $149,575. The average price of land for sale in Maine was $221,904. There was 2,537 acres of sold land in Maine recorded in May 2018 through the Lands of America sales program. This reflects an increase in sales activity over data from April 2018. The total value of this sold land and rural real estate was $2.4 million. Maine is a land of endless adventure, with craggy mountains and forests for hiking and hunting, over 6, 000 lakes and ponds for fishing and boating, and miles of rocky coastline for exploration and saltwater fishing. Big-game species here include black bear, moose and bobcat and lynx. With numerous opportunities to hunt species including deer, boar and wild turkey, hunting land was the most common type of land for sale in Maine. Of Maine's 16 counties, Aroostook County had the most land and rural real estate for sale. In terms of size, Maine is the country's 39th-largest state, covering an area of 35,387 square miles (23 million acres). Of this area, 30,843 square miles (87 percent) is made up of land, while the remaining 4,537 square miles is covered by water.