Midcoast Islands

Midcoast Islands

Bar Harbor

Gateway to Acadia National Park - Cadillac Mountain, puffin cruises, and a harbor town that fills with cruise ships from May to October.

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Bath

Shipbuilding heart of Maine since 1743 - Bath Iron Works still launches destroyers past the Maine Maritime Museum on the Kennebec.

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Boothbay Harbor

Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, lobster-boat cruises, and a walkable harbor that lights up with half a million twinkle lights in winter.

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Camden

Where the mountains meet the sea - windjammer harbor, Mount Battie summit views, and an independent village with real soul.

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Rockland

Wyeth country - the Farnsworth Art Museum, a working lobster fleet, and August's legendary Maine Lobster Festival on the harbor.

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Belfast

An artsy midcoast comeback - working waterfront, the Belfast & Moosehead rail trail, and one of Maine's walkable downtowns.

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Bucksport

The Penobscot Narrows Observatory tower, the Fort Knox granite fortress, and the gateway drive to Acadia from the north.

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Damariscotta

Oyster country of the Pemaquid peninsula - Edgecomb Potters, Main Street mica, and some of the best raw bars in the state.

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Ellsworth

Gateway to Acadia - Main Street's shopping strip, the Colonel Black Mansion, and the scenic Union River dam walk.

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New Harbor

Pemaquid Point Lighthouse - Maine's most-photographed - plus Shaw's lobster wharf and Rachel Carson's former writing desk.

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Vinalhaven

Island ferry from Rockland - granite quarries you can swim in, lobster pounds, and a windswept Fox Islands Thoroughfare.

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Cape Neddick

Home of the Nubble - Cape Neddick Light on its rocky island - plus Short Sands Beach just around the point.

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North Haven

Rockland-ferry island of summer cottages and working lobster crews - quieter than Vinalhaven and barely changed in decades.

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Rockport

Camden's quieter neighbor - Rockport Harbor, the Maine Media Workshops, and Motif No. 1 a few miles up the coast.

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Yarmouth

Home of the world's largest rotating globe at DeLorme, a walkable Main Street, and the long-running Yarmouth Clam Festival.

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Hampden

South of Bangor on the Penobscot - Leonard's Mills Living History Museum, Hampden Academy, and riverfront park access.

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Waldoboro

Medomak River oyster flats, the Waldoboro 5 & 10 on Main Street, and a drive to Monhegan's ferry at Port Clyde down the road.

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Hermon

Bangor bedroom community - Hermon Pond, Riverside campground, and the gateway drive west toward Moosehead on Route 2.

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Newport

Sebasticook Lake beach, Newport Village Historic District, and the Moosehead Trail drive north from I-95 up Route 7.

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Warren

Goose River oxbow and quiet country roads between Thomaston and Union - blueberry barrens and Georges River trail access.