Places to Visit:
Freeport
(6 miles)
Home of L.L. Bean (open 24/7 year round), and other extensive selections of factory outlets stores, restaurants and cafes, and beautiful Casco Bay.
Area attractions include:
-Factory Outlet Shops, Restaurants and Cafes: www.freeportusa.com
-Boating, Canoeing and Kayaking: Outdoor Discovery School, L.L.Bean
-Atlantic Seal Cruises: Light House Cruises and Eagle Island Adventure, (the summer home of Adm. Robert E. Perry, American artic explorer who led first successful attempt to reach the North Pole in 1909).
-Beach: Winslow Memorial Park
-Music/Summer Concert Series, at L.L.Bean, June through August.
Brunswick
(10 miles)
Explore quaint shops, galleries, theater, and lots of restaurants. Catch the Maine Eastern Railroad from here with services to Bath, Wiscasset, and Rockland historic seaports and enjoy great views of the Maine Coast along the way.
Portland
(16 miles)
Surrounded by water on three sides, Portland, offers the best water access to islands, historic forts and lighthouses in Maine, and great dining and shopping.
Area attractions include:
-Cruise around Casco Bay's islands
-Puffin and Whale Watching and Downeast Duck Adventures
-Children's Museum of Maine
-Portland Museum of Art
-The Portland Harbor Museum features exhibits on local maritime history and restoration of an 1850 clipper ship.
-Theater and Dance, Portland Stage Company, Portland Concert Association, and the Portland Ballet Company.
-Lighthouses (6) are accessible.
Scarborough
(19 miles)
Cabela's World Foremost Outfitter
Lenny's Handmade Candies, the World's only Life-Size Chocolate Moose
Beaches: Higgins, Ferry and Pine Point
Beech Ridge Motor Speedway
Bath
(20 miles)
Historic shipbuilding town on the Kennebec River, www.visitbath.com. Home to the Maine Maritime Museum, which houses the largest 6-masted schooner sailing vessel ever, galleries and exhibits.
Old Orchard Beach
(25 miles)
Enjoy the day at Maine's most famous 7 mile white sand beach, fishing pier, and seaside amusement park which also has upscale shopping and sand building contests. For more information, visit www.oldorchardbeachmaine.com.
Area attractions include:
-Amusement Parks and Mini Gulf
-Beaches and Marsh Nature Center
-Biking
-Golf Courses
-Fishing Pier
Boothbay Harbor
(40 miles)
Enjoy the day in one of Maine's most beautiful harbors, filled with art galleries, specialty stores, boatyards, cafes and restaurants. Learn more online at www.boothbayharbor.com.
Area attractions include:
-Puffin and Whale Watching
-The Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens are the largest in New England.
-Maine State Aquarium
-The Boothbay Railway Village includes steam operated narrow gauge trains and antique vehicle exhibits.
-Edgecomb Potters Galleries
-Lighthouses (6) which can be seen from Boothbay Harbor, and (1) on Monhegan Island (off of Boothbay Harbor).
Rockland
(60 miles)
Enjoy the day in one of Maine's most beautiful and historic harbors; home to the Maine Lighthouse Museum, Farnsworth Art Museum, and Owls Head Museum. Rockland is known for its' Summer Festivals, art galleries, specialty stores, boatyards, cafes and restaurants.
Area attractions include:
-Summer Festivals: North Atlantic Blues Festival, Maine Lobster Festival, and the Maine Boats and Harbor Show
-Maine Lighthouse Museum and gift shop
-Farnsworth Art Museum and Wyeth Center specialized collection focusing on Maine's role in American art
-Owls Head Transportation Museum, pioneer-era aircraft, antique automobiles, engines, bicycles, carriages and motorcycles
-Lighthouses (9) - 4 are accessible and open to the public and the other 5 can be seen by boat in the harbor.
Visit the Maine Tourism Association online for more information.
