Destinations

Destinations in Maine

Maine destinations range from compact coastal villages to inland lake communities and city bases. Choose the kind of visit first: walking to meals, spending time on the beach, exploring museums or leaving town for a day outdoors. Then compare the places that put those plans within a workable route.

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Millinocket

The gateway town to Baxter State Park and Katahdin, and the southern end of the Appalachian Trail's 100-Mile Wilderness.

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Bangor

Hub of eastern Maine - Stephen King's hometown, a riverfront reinvention, and your jumping-off point for Moosehead and Acadia.

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Greenville

The town at the foot of Moosehead Lake, gateway to the North Woods and the 100-Mile Wilderness.

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Orono

Flagship University of Maine campus - Black Bears hockey, the Hudson Museum's Indigenous collections, and Orono Bog Boardwalk.

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Brewer

Across the river from Bangor - Chamberlain Freedom Park, the Waterfront trail, and Riverside Park overlooking downtown.

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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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Old Town

Old Town Canoe's birthplace on the Penobscot - the Indian Island tribal reservation and access to the Penobscot Experience.

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Dover-Foxcroft

Piscataquis shire town - Piscataquis River Grand Falls, Low's Covered Bridge, and a base for the 100-mile Wilderness.

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Glenburn

Pushaw Lake shoreline north of Bangor - Hirundo Wildlife Refuge trails and a quiet ice-fishing lake in winter.

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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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Lincoln

Penobscot River lake chain, moose-and-fly-fishing country, and ATV access to the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument.

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Newport

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