Maine’s best outdoor pools with ocean views
Enjoy Maine's best outdoor swimming pool views by planning a getaway at one or more of these inns, hotels, and resorts salting Maine's coast from Ogunquit through Mount Desert Island.
Maine’s Vinalhaven Island: day trip or overnight
Vinalhaven island makes a wonderful day trip. It's also great way to escape a heat wave. Not only is the ferry ride a nice...
3 reasons to visit sleepy Corea, a village near Acadia National Park’s Schoodic section
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...
These Maine farms serve farm-fresh meals and more
Farm-to-table is so yesterday; in Maine, you can enjoy farm-fresh meals right on the farm. These farm-based Maine restaurants, cafés, and pizza ovens serve...
Traveling between Maine & Nova Scotia aboard The Cat ferry
The Cat Ferry is back. This 3.5-hour cruise aboard a high-speed catamaran makes traveling easy between Bar Harbor, Maine, and Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. And...
Eight great Maine summer music festivals
Get your groove on at one of these eight Maine summer music festivals. We've gotcha covered, from rock to folk, bluegrass to blues, pops...
Maine’s Belgrade Lakes: the real On Golden Pond
Long before the movie, Maine's Belgrade Lakes were drawing fishermen, summer rusticators, writers, and even beauty queens. On Golden Pond, that dreamy sunset-of-life film...
Visiting Canada from Maine: What to know
NOTE: Canada no longer requires full vaccination or use of ArriveCAN (that said, using the app may speed your way through a border crossing).
Visiting...
Light up your life: Visit a Maine lighthouse this summer
The romanticism of lighthouse life has motivated many a traveler to seek out a Maine lighthouse or two, and there are numerous ways to...
Escape peak season crowds on Acadia’s Quiet Side
Acadia National Park's popularity is causing crowds and congestion, but you can escape all that an still enjoy the park on Acadia's Quiet Side....
Discover down east Maine’s Alexander Art Trail sculpture park
Finding the Alexander Art Trail requires noodling through the back of beyond, but this unique—in the truest sense of the word—sculpture park sited amidst...
Top 10: What to see and do in Boothbay, Maine
What to see and do in Boothbay, Maine: My top 10 list of what not to miss when visiting this Midcoast Maine peninsula.
All aboard: Maine train rides & train museums
Train museums and excursion trains are plentiful in Maine, recalling a time when rail transportation was the norm. From the late 19th- to mid-20th...
Free map details Maine’s Public Reserved Lands
Ease into the great outdoors on Maine's Public Reserved Lands. Download a free map from the Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands (BPL) that...
