Highlands
The gateway town to Baxter State Park and Katahdin, and the southern end of the Appalachian Trail's 100-Mile Wilderness.
Hub of eastern Maine - Stephen King's hometown, a riverfront reinvention, and your jumping-off point for Moosehead and Acadia.
The town at the foot of Moosehead Lake, gateway to the North Woods and the 100-Mile Wilderness.
Flagship University of Maine campus - Black Bears hockey, the Hudson Museum's Indigenous collections, and Orono Bog Boardwalk.
Across the river from Bangor - Chamberlain Freedom Park, the Waterfront trail, and Riverside Park overlooking downtown.
South of Bangor on the Penobscot - Leonard's Mills Living History Museum, Hampden Academy, and riverfront park access.
Old Town Canoe's birthplace on the Penobscot - the Indian Island tribal reservation and access to the Penobscot Experience.
Piscataquis shire town - Piscataquis River Grand Falls, Low's Covered Bridge, and a base for the 100-mile Wilderness.
Pushaw Lake shoreline north of Bangor - Hirundo Wildlife Refuge trails and a quiet ice-fishing lake in winter.
Bangor bedroom community - Hermon Pond, Riverside campground, and the gateway drive west toward Moosehead on Route 2.
Penobscot River lake chain, moose-and-fly-fishing country, and ATV access to the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument.
Sebasticook Lake beach, Newport Village Historic District, and the Moosehead Trail drive north from I-95 up Route 7.
