By Hilary Nangle on July 17, 2010
If I had been asked to advise President Obama and family on what to do while on Mount Desert Island, I’d have given them this Top 10+ list of things to do when visiting Acadia National Park on Mount Desert Island: • Loop-ti-doo Drive or pedaling Acadia National Park’s Park Loop Road is a must, [...]
Posted in Acadia, Activities, Birding/wildlife viewing, Boating, Hiking, Sightseeing, Trip Planning, Where to go | Tagged Acadia National Park, Bar Harbor, Maine, Mount Desert Island, schoodic point, Top 10 things to do |
By Hilary Nangle on June 17, 2010
Looking for a fun family getaway? Something that won’t break the budget? Like to hike or mountain bike or paddle? I’m a huge fan of Maine Huts & Trails, and this summer the organization has rolled out some enticing family programs. For starters, kids stay free. Not too shabby, eh? It’s limited to one child [...]
Posted in Activities, Birding/wildlife viewing, Boating, Cabins & Cottages, Hiking, Lodging, Sporting Camps, Western Lakes & Mountains, Where to go | Tagged Carrabassett Valley, Deals, discounts, family programs, Flagstaff Lake, full-service huts, hiking, kids stay free, Maine, Maine Huts & Trails, Poplar Falls |
By Hilary Nangle on April 24, 2010
April’s a great month to hike in Maine: No bugs, cooler weather, raging waterfalls, and few other folks along the trail. Today we hiked into Poplar Stream Falls, a relatively easy, roughly 5 mile round trip, from the trailhead in Carrabassett Valley. We parked in the Maine Huts & Trails parking lot (signed off Route [...]
Posted in Hiking, Western Lakes & Mountains | Tagged Carrabassett Valley, easy to moderate hikes in maine, Hikes in Maine, Maine, Maine Huts, Maine Huts and Trails, Poplar Stream Falls, waterfall hikes in Maine |
By Hilary Nangle on March 15, 2010
This weekend, I hiked into the Flagstaff Lake Hut of the Maine Huts & Trails network for a quick overnight and to present Dave Herring (left), executive director of Maine Huts, with the Society of American Travel Writers Phoenix award. As a writer who specializes in Maine and who strives to get readers off the [...]
Posted in Cabins & Cottages, Hiking, Lodging, Moon guidebook updates, Skiing/Riding, Sporting Camps, Western Lakes & Mountains | Tagged Bigelow Mountains, Carrabassett Valley, Flagstaff Lake, Flagstaff Lake Hut, green lodging, hiking, Maine, Maine Huts & Trails, off-the-grid huts, paddling, skiing, snowshoeing, winter hiking |
By Hilary Nangle on August 17, 2009
Ahhhh! The Artists’ Island. Take a walk about Monhegan, and it’s easy to see how it earned that moniker. Everywhere you look is a scene waiting to be painted, and indeed, it seems everywhere you look there’s also an artist painting it. Monhegan has been attracting drifters and dreamers since the early 1600s. Year round, [...]
Posted in Activities, Birding/wildlife viewing, Food, Hiking, Inns & B&Bs, Lodging, Moon guidebook updates, Penobscot Bay, Sightseeing | Tagged Fish Beach, Fish Shack, island art, Island Inn, Maine islands, Maine travel, Monhegan House, Monhegan Island, Monhegan lighthouse, Monhegan Museum |
By Hilary Nangle on May 2, 2009
but I likely would, after attending College of the Atlantic’s Family Nature Camp. Instead of simply packing the kids off to camp, join them on Mt. Desert Island, home to Acadia National Park. The policy, no child left inside, helps cure nature-deficit disorder, delivering memorable family moments in the process. See whales in the Gulf [...]
Posted in Acadia, Activities, Birding/wildlife viewing, Events, Hiking | Tagged Acadia National Park, Bar Harbor, Camping in Maine, College of the Atlantic, Family camping programs, Family Nature Camp, Maine family vacations, Maine travel |
By Hilary Nangle on August 4, 2008
Are you trying to control costs this summer yet yearning for a vacation? Consider a staycation–the trendy term for vacationing at home and doing all the things you tell visiting friends and relatives to do. Millions of folks travel to Maine ever summer because there’s so much here, yet few of us play in our [...]
Posted in Acadia, Activities, Birding/wildlife viewing, Deals, Events, Free Stuff, Greater Portland, Hiking, Kennebec and Moose River Valleys, Lodging, Maine Highlands, Mid-Coast, Penobscot Bay, Resources, Sightseeing, Trip Planning, Western Lakes & Mountains | Tagged Acadia National Park, American Folk Festival, Baxter State Park, Bowdoin Museum of Art, Colby museum of Art, Farmers Market, Farnsworth Museum, L.L. Bean, Maine, Maine Arts commission, Maine Audubon, Maine Huts and Trails, Maine museums, Maine sporting camp, Maine windjammer, Nature Conservancy, Peary MacMillan Arctic museum, Poland Spring Preservation Park, Portland Museum of Art, staycation, UMO |
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