By Hilary Nangle on October 6, 2012
Ahhhh, October, summer’s last stand. I treasure October: the light is soft, the air is gentle, the breezes are clear, and the bugs are gone, as are many of the summahfolk. It’s the perfect time to get outdoors in Maine. Here are three new books that will help you do just that: the new edition [...]
Posted in Activities, Hiking, Resources, Sightseeing, Trip Planning | Tagged book reviews, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens: A People's Garden, Maine Mountain Guide, Mr. Rockefeller's Roads |
By Hilary Nangle on September 28, 2012
This weekend, Sept. 28-30, 2012, is the second Great Maine Outdoor Weekend, with more than 70 outdoor activities scheduled statewide. Even better, most are free or are offered at greatly reduced rates to encourage neophytes to try new sports or engage in easy outdoor fun. The program is sponsored by the Maine Outdoor Coalition, which [...]
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By Hilary Nangle on August 16, 2012
Watch enough TV, and you have an image embedded in your brain of a Maine seaside village. It’s part Hawkeye Pierce’s Crabapple Cove (M.A.S.H.), part Jessica Fletcher’s Cabot Cove (Murder She Wrote), with a dash of Fox TV’s Murder in Small Town X. Welcome to Eastport, Maine, where local author Sarah Graves sets her Home [...]
Posted in Activities, Birding/wildlife viewing, Boating, Down East Coast, Hiking, Inns & B&Bs, Lodging, Maine Made, Shopping, Sightseeing, Trip Planning, Where to go | Tagged Eastport, Kilby House Inn |
By Hilary Nangle on August 8, 2012
Whenever I visit Maine’s Schoodic Peninsula, home to the only mainland section of Acadia National Park, I also detour out to Corea, a lobstering village in the town of Gouldsboro. Corea tips a peninsula that until 2002, was also home to a Navy base. Now it’s a sleepy spot with dreamy views: The boat-filled harbor [...]
Posted in Acadia, Activities, Birding/wildlife viewing, Hiking, Shopping, Sightseeing, Trip Planning, Where to go | Tagged Chapter Two, Corea, Corea Heath, Corea Wharf Gallery |
By Hilary Nangle on August 4, 2012
Jonesport is a bona fide, way-way down east Maine lobstering village with a salty disposition and a stunning location. Not too many tourists other than birders and escape artists veer off Route 1 on Route 187, which loops down 11 miles to the village, then back up another 11 miles. Ahhh, but it’s worth it [...]
Posted in Activities, Birding/wildlife viewing, Boating, Cabins & Cottages, Down East Coast, Food, Hiking, Inns & B&Bs, Lodging, Moon guidebook updates, Sightseeing, Trip Planning, Where to go | Tagged bayview takeout, Beals island, Coastal Cruises, Cranberry Cove Cottages, great wass island, harbor house on Sawyer Cove, Jonesport, Maine Central Model Railroad, Mooseabec Mussels, Sardine Museum |
By Hilary Nangle on June 25, 2012
Holbrook Island Sanctuary is one of the lesser known gems of Maine’s State Park system. When you want to escape crowds, go here. I’ve never seen more than a couple of other carloads of visitors when visiting this park or encountered another soul on its trails. Even better, admission is free. Located on Cape Rosier, [...]
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By Hilary Nangle on June 23, 2012
Call me impressed: On Monday, June 25, 2012, College of the Atlantic President Darron Collins plans to climb every mountain in Acadia National Park and swim across Somes Sound, a natural fjord, as a fund raiser for the environmentally oriented liberal arts college in Bar Harbor, on Mount Desert Island, Maine. Collins, along with students [...]
Posted in Acadia, Activities, Events, Hiking, Trip Planning, Where to go | Tagged Acadia National Park, Bar Harbor, College of the Atlantic, hiking |
By Hilary Nangle on September 12, 2011
Shhhh, now don’t tell too many people about Compass Harbor, a lovely little, relatively unmarked section of Acadia National Park that’s an easy one mile stroll from downtown Bar Harbor, Maine. Whether you’re coming in on a cruise ship and simply want a little quiet time or are intown and trying to escape the shopping/ice [...]
Posted in Acadia, Activities, Hiking, Trip Planning, Where to go | Tagged Acadia National Park, Bar Harbor, George Dorr |
By Hilary Nangle on July 28, 2011
Don’t let summer slip away before you’ve had a chance to embrace at least one of these 10 made-for-the-memory-books Maine vacation experiences. 1. Hike in the 100-Mile Wilderness Using the Appalachian Mountain Club’s new Gorman Chairback Lodge and Cabins as a base, spend a few days hiking in the 100-Mile Wilderness region, northeast of Greenville. [...]
Posted in Activities, Birding/wildlife viewing, Boating, Hiking | Tagged 100-mile Wilderness, Baxter State Park, bike tour, Coos Canyon, Down East Nature Tours, Flagstaff Lake, gold panning, Gorman Chairback Lodge and Cabins, Grain Surfboards, Greenville, Katahdin, Maine Huts, Maine Minerology Adventures, Marshall Island, Michael Good, Millinocket, Northern Forest Canoe Trail, Old Quarry Ocean Adventures, Oxford Hills, rock hounding, Stonington, Summer Feet, surfing, York |
By Hilary Nangle on March 29, 2011
Ready to point and shoot? Maine has 14 sites designated as National Natural Landmarks, and the National Park Service is looking for photos. Winning photos in the 8th annual National Natural Landmarks Photo Contest will appear in the 2012 50th anniversary commemorative national natural landmarks calendar. Cool, eh? We’re not just talking rock-bound coast and [...]
Posted in Acadia, Activities, Aroostook County, Birding/wildlife viewing, Down East Coast, Hiking, Kennebec and Moose River Valleys, Maine Highlands, Mid-Coast, Moon guidebook updates, Penobscot Bay, Sightseeing, Southern Coast/Beaches, Trip Planning, Western Lakes & Mountains, Where to go | Tagged Appleton Bog Atlantic White Cedar Stand, Bigelow Mountain, Carrying Place Cove, Colby-Marston Preserve, crystal bog, Gulf Hagas, Monhegan Island, Mount Katahdin, National Natural landmarks, New Gloucester Black Gum Stand, no. 5 bog and jack pine stand, orono bog, passadumkeat marsh and boglands, Penny Pond-joe pond complex, photo contest, The Hermitage |
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