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 |
By Hilary Nangle on January 15, 2011
Steve Philbrick, second-generation owner of Bald Mountain Camps Resort, in Maine’s famed Rangeley Lakes region bit the bullet. After much soul seraching, he made the difficult decision to begin winter operations of the historical, traditional Maine sporting camp fronting on Mooselukmeguntik Lake. Although Philbrick is technically a second-generation owner, he took the operation over from [...]
Posted in Birding/wildlife viewing, Boating, Food, Hiking, Lodging, Skiing/Riding, Sporting Camps, Western Lakes & Mountains, Where to go | Tagged Bald Mountain Camps, cross-country skiing, Oquossoc, Rangeley, snowshoeing |
By Hilary Nangle on January 4, 2011
Skiing or snowshoeing hut to hut along the Maine Hut Trail isn’t for everyone, but just about anyone can enjoy walking into the Flagstaff Lake Hut for lunch. The Flagstaff Lake Hut, the middle of three along the trail, has an enviable setting on the shores of Flagstaff Lake. It’s remote, wild country, and in [...]
Posted in Activities, Deals, Food, Free Stuff, Hiking, Lodging, Skiing/Riding, Sporting Camps, Trip Planning, Western Lakes & Mountains, Where to go | Tagged Flagstaff Lake Hut, Maine Huts Trail |
By Hilary Nangle on January 3, 2011
Maine has more than a half-million acres of public reserved lands, and the Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands has just published a free map detailing these. Your Maine Lands: Recreational Map & Guide to Public Reserved Lands describes each of Maine’s Public Reserved Land units and the recreational opportunities available on them. What a [...]
Posted in Activities, Birding/wildlife viewing, Boating, Camping, Deals, Free Stuff, Hiking, Lodging, Resources, Trip Planning | Tagged Maine Public Reserved Lands, map, recreation |
By Hilary Nangle on October 10, 2010
Maine Huts & Trails, the hut-to-hut multi-use trail in Maine’s western mountains, got a big boost this weekend with the opening of its third hut, this one situated near Grand Falls of the Dead River. This makes three huts on the trail, which now extends from Carrabassett Valley to The Forks, making it an ideal [...]
Posted in Activities, Hiking, Kennebec and Moose River Valleys, Lodging, Sporting Camps, Trip Planning, Western Lakes & Mountains, Where to go | Tagged Dead River, Grand Falls, Maine Huts and Trails |
By Hilary Nangle on September 28, 2010
Last week I wrote about the Moosehead/Katahdin region as a favorite place to view the leaves but leave the crowds. This week, I’m sharing another: Maine’s Schoodic Region, that lovely, rural, magical area just northeast of Ellsworth. It packs a wallop, with not one, but two Scenic Byways, a portion of Acadia National Park, the [...]
Posted in Acadia, Activities, Birding/wildlife viewing, Cabins & Cottages, Food, Hiking, Inns & B&Bs, Lodging, Sightseeing, Where to go | Tagged Acadia National Park, Albee's Shorehouse, Chase's, Cherryfield, chester pike's gallery, chipper's, crocker house inn, donnell pond public reserve lands, Elsa's.Main Stay Cottages, foliage, Gerrish's Store, Hancock, Le Domaine, Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge, Maple Knoll Pizza, Oceanside Meadows, Petit Manan, Schoodic, schoodic section, Steudben, Sullivan, Three Pines, Winter Harbor |
By Hilary Nangle on September 20, 2010
Considering a fall foliage leaf-peeping trip in Maine? Here’s the first in a series of places where you can escape the crowds. I’ll start where the foliage will peak first, in the Moosehead Lake / Mount Katahdin region of Maine’s North Woods. Yup, woods. That guarantees foliage, and the mix of hard and soft woods [...]
Posted in Activities, Birding/wildlife viewing, Boating, Cabins & Cottages, Food, Hiking, Inns & B&Bs, Lodging, Maine Highlands, Motels, Resorts, Sightseeing, Sporting Camps, Trip Planning, Where to go | Tagged fall foliage, Greenville, Millinocket, Moosehead Lake, Mt. Katahdin |
By Hilary Nangle on August 31, 2010
When I mention Boothbay, Maine, folks often cringe. They picture a small town overrun with tourists; cheek-by-jowl shops overstocked with Made-in-Japan lobster charms, lighthouse trinkets, and flimsy tee shirts; and way-too-many overpriced, oversized lobster shacks. But they don’t know the Boothbay I know. While no visit is complete without braving the crowds in downtown Boothbay [...]
Posted in Activities, Boating, Food, Hiking, Mid-Coast, Sightseeing, Trip Planning | Tagged Boothbay, Boothbay Harbor, boothbay region land trust, burnt island tour, cabbage island clambakes, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, East Boothbay, Schooner Eastwind, sea kayaking, southport island, Top 10, trevett general store, villard gallery |
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