Southern Maine Coast
Dock Square boutiques, Goose Rocks Beach, and the Bush family's Walker's Point - the quintessential coastal Maine summer town.
Postcard-perfect village of sea captains' mansions, Lower Village shops, and easy walks to Mother's Beach and Gooch's Beach.
Three miles of sand, the Marginal Way clifftop walk, and Perkins Cove's galleries - southern Maine at its most photogenic.
Seven miles of sand, a 500-foot pier with carnival games, and summer nights that feel like they belong in a postcard.
Seven miles of beach, a protected estuarine reserve, and the southern coast's densest run of seafood shacks.
Four distinct villages (York Village, York Harbor, York Beach and Cape Neddick) covering colonial history and a classic beach town.
Reviving mill-town food scene in the Pepperell Mill - Elda, Biscuits & Co., and the Pool beaches five minutes away.
Maine's southern gateway - Kittery Trading Post, the outlet strip, and Kittery Point lobster shacks Bourdain put on the map.
Funtown Splashtown, Ferry Beach's maritime pine forest, and a tidy Main Street connecting downtown to the ocean.
The northern village of York, home to the Nubble Lighthouse, the most photographed light in Maine.
York County's inland service center, a former textile city with the Mousam River and a growing trail network.
Between Kennebunkport and Biddeford - Arundel Barn Playhouse, the Kennebunk River paddle, and antique-shop row on Route 1.
Salmon Falls River mill town, the Berwick Academy prep school, and quiet country drives into the Great Works River marsh.
Piscataqua riverfront, the Green Acre Bahá'í School, and the cross-river view to Portsmouth's tugboats from Boat Basin Road.
Tory Hill Meetinghouse historic district, Saco River float trips, and the old Hollis Fire Museum just up the road.
Far southwestern Maine in the Salmon Falls Valley - Heath Pond fishing, the 1780 Lebanon Meetinghouse, and Granite State farms.
Rural York County with Kennebunk Pond - Goat Hill Farm, tractor shows, and quiet drives along Old Alfred Road through farmland.
Hussey Seating Company hometown - Logan's Sub Shop whoopie pies and Mousam River paddling access on the back roads.
Sarah Orne Jewett's 18th-century home - Salmon Falls River corridor, Hamilton House, and Vaughan Woods state forest trails.
Lake Arrowhead cottages - East Waterboro dairy farms, Ossipee Hill fire-tower trail, and access to the Saco River Valley.
