Downeast & Acadia
Gateway to Acadia National Park - Cadillac Mountain, puffin cruises, and a harbor town that fills with cruise ships from May to October.
The quiet, moneyed side of Mount Desert Island, with a marina, two famous gardens, and fast access to Acadia.
The working harbor on the quiet side of Mount Desert Island, with boatyards, Bass Harbor Head Light and easy Acadia access.
Maine's busiest lobster port, at the far end of Deer Isle, with the mailboat to Isle au Haut leaving from the town dock.
A peninsula town with a serious music and pottery scene, a hill worth climbing, and a working village center.
The Penobscot Narrows Observatory tower, the Fort Knox granite fortress, and the gateway drive to Acadia from the north.
A small peninsula town with an outsized military history, the Maine Maritime Academy, and streets of Federal architecture.
A granite-and-spruce island connected by a 1939 suspension bridge, home to the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts.
The easternmost city in the United States, on an island in Passamaquoddy Bay, with some of the largest tides in the country.
Gateway to Acadia - Main Street's shopping strip, the Colonel Black Mansion, and the scenic Union River dam walk.
The easternmost town in the continental US, with West Quoddy Head Light and a bridge to Campobello Island.
The quiet middle of Mount Desert Island: Northeast Harbor, Seal Harbor and Somesville, plus Jordan Pond and Somes Sound.
The working end of Mount Desert Island: Bass Harbor, Bernard, and the most photographed lighthouse in Maine.
The mainland gateway to Mount Desert Island: the causeway, the airport, and a run of lobster pounds on Route 3.
The Schoodic side of Acadia: the same granite coast as Mount Desert Island, with a fraction of the visitors.
