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By Hilary Nangle on January 20, 2013
Acadia’s Schoodic region is getting a new RV campground. Roger and Pearl Barto, who operate the Main Stay Cottages in Winter Harbor, have added a 10-site, harborfront RV park to their enterprise. The sites can accommodate 45-foot +/- self-contained RVs. Sewer, water, 50-30-20 electric and Wifi are available. Note: Sites are not pull through, and [...]
Posted in Acadia, Camping, Lodging, Moon guidebook updates, Trip Planning, Where to go | Tagged Winter Harbor |
By Hilary Nangle on August 17, 2012
A roundup of interesting events this coming week and beyond throughout Maine. Film & Dinner: On Aug. 18, at 5:30 p.m., Eagle Hill Institute, in Steuben, will screen the film Dangers of the Ice Age, presented by Hal Borns, of the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine. The program is free. A restaurant-style [...]
Posted in Acadia, Activities, Deals, Down East Coast, Entertainment, Events, Free Stuff, Greater Portland, Inns & B&Bs, Lodging, Penobscot Bay, Sightseeing, Trip Planning, Western Lakes & Mountains, Where to go | Tagged Acadia National Park, AMC Maine Wilderness Lodges, Camden, Cape Elizabeth, Eagle Hill Institute, Eastport, Freeport, Inn by the Sea, Lobsterpalooza, Mahoosuc Guide SErvice, Monhegan, Mount Desert Island, Newry, Rockland, Schoodic, SERC, Steuben, Tides Institute and Art Museum, Winter Harbor, Wolfe's Neck Woods State Park |
By Hilary Nangle on June 10, 2012
Need another reason to loop through the Schoodic section of Acadia National Park in Winter Harbor, Maine? How about the Schoodic Education and Research Center, on the campus of the former Navy base within the park. SERC is one of 20 research learning centers in the country. Its mission: “guide present and future generations to [...]
Posted in Acadia, Activities, Entertainment, Events, People, Trip Planning, Where to go | Tagged Acadia National Park, schoodic section, SERC, Winter Harbor |
By Hilary Nangle on May 27, 2012
Delve into Maine’s history and heritage by attending one of these free upcoming talks this week. SERC Schoodic Series Lecture, Wed. May 30 Dr. James Gramann, from Texas A&M University, will present Kindred Spirits: Landscape Painting and America’s Natural Parks, in the Moore Auditorium on the SERC Campus in the Schoodic Section of Acadia National [...]
Posted in Acadia, Activities, Deals, Entertainment, Events, Free Stuff, Kennebec and Moose River Valleys, Penobscot Bay, Where to go | Tagged Acadia National Park, Augusta, Maine State Museum, Malaga Island, Penobscot Marine Museum, Schoodic, SERC, St. George Peninsula, Winter Harbor |
By Hilary Nangle on May 25, 2012
Looking for some fun activities in Maine for this Memorial Day weekend? Here are a few suggestions, along with a few upcoming deals and events that require advance planning and reservation. • Memorial Weekend Fun at Wolfe’s Neck Woods State Park, Freeport Recuperate from a shopping spree at L.L. Bean or Freeport’s outlets with a [...]
Posted in Acadia, Activities, Birding/wildlife viewing, Deals, Entertainment, Events, Food, Greater Portland, Hotels, Inns & B&Bs, Lodging, Mid-Coast, Penobscot Bay, Southern Coast/Beaches, Trip Planning, Western Lakes & Mountains, Where to go | Tagged Bethel, Camden, Damariscotta, Fish ladder, Freeport, Inns of Blackberry Common, Kennebunk, Oliver's, southport island, The Grand Hotel, Winter Harbor, Wolfe's Neck Woods |
By Hilary Nangle on November 17, 2011
I spent the better part of the past five months noodling the highways and byways of Maine’s Acadia region researching a new edition of my Moon Acadia National Park book for spring 2012 publication. As I noodled, I nibbled, and I wanted to share some of the must-have Maine-made foods that left me craving more. [...]
Posted in Acadia, Food, Maine Made, Resources, Trip Planning | Tagged Bar Harbor, Black Dinah Chocolatiers, Blue Hill, Brooksville, buck's harbor market, Deer Isle, Ellsworth, Grindstone Neck of Maine, Isle au Haut, Lucy's Granola, Maine Needhams, Nervous Nellie's Jams and Jellies, Smith Family Farm, tinder hearth bakery, Winter Harbor |
By Hilary Nangle on August 16, 2011
Restaurants come and go in Winter Harbor, Maine, but Carl and Kathy Johnson’s Fisherman’s Inn Restaurant has stood the test of time, serving fresh and local fare since long before it was the trendy thing to do. The menu, service, and food draw local folks, tourists visiting the Schoodic section of Acadia National Park, and [...]
Posted in Acadia, Food, Moon guidebook updates, Recipes, Trip Planning, Where to go | Tagged Carl Johnson, finnan haddie recipe, Fisherman's Inn Restaurant, Maine mussels in Yellow Thai Curry recipe, Winter Harbor |
By Hilary Nangle on June 3, 2011
Yes, you can find budget lodging in Maine’s Acadia region, encompassing the Blue Hill/Deer Isle Peninsula, Mount Desert Island home to Bar Harbor, and the Schoodic Peninsula, all providing easy access to Acadia National Park. Some of these are waterfront. Some have a bit more, uh, character. If you’re used to five-star lodgings, these won’t [...]
Posted in Acadia, Acadia Cheap Sleeps, Cheap Sleeps, Lodging, Trip Planning, Where to go, Woof | Tagged Albee's Shorehouse cottages, Bar Harbor, belle isle motel, Boyce's Motel, budget lodging, Deer Isle, edenbrook motel, Ellsworth, Harbor View Motel & Cottages, inexpensive hotels, islesview motel & cottages, lighthouse inn & restaurant, Main Stay Cottages, Maine, Maine Coast, Prospect Harbor, robbins motel, Schoodic, Seal Harbor, Southwest Harbor, Stonington, Sunset Motor court, trenton, Winter Harbor |
By Hilary Nangle on February 11, 2011
Wondering what’s up at SERC, the Schoodic Education and Research Center, based on a former Navy base, in the Schoodic section of Acadia National Park, near Winter Harbor, Maine? First things first: The Schoodic Education and Research Center, one of 20 throughout the country, is the largest center and the only one in the Northeast. [...]
Posted in Acadia, Events, Trip Planning, Where to go | Tagged Acadia National Park, Acadia Partners, Schoodic, Schoodic Education and Research Center, SERC, Winter Harbor |
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 |
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