Maine Town Guides
Everything you need to plan your visit. Outdoor activities, where to eat, where to stay, events, and local tips for Maine's best towns.
Bar Harbor
Gateway to Acadia National Park on Mount Desert Island. World-class hiking, coastal scenery, and a walkable downtown with great food.
Bethel
Gateway to Sunday River and Grafton Notch. A year-round outdoor town with skiing, hiking, and a walkable village in the western Maine mountains.
Blue Hill
A creative hub on the Downeast coast. Pottery studios, organic farms, Kneisel Hall chamber music, and a mountain with panoramic bay views in one small town.
Boothbay Harbor
Midcoast harbor village with boat tours, whale watching, Botanical Gardens, and a waterfront lined with lobster shacks and galleries.
Bridgton
Lakes Region hub with Highland Lake, Long Lake, Pleasant Mountain skiing, and a revitalized downtown serving as the gateway to western Maine's lake country.
Camden
Where the mountains meet the sea. A picturesque harbor full of windjammers, 30 miles of hiking trails, and a vibrant downtown on Penobscot Bay.
Castine
A storybook village on Penobscot Bay. Revolutionary War history, Maine Maritime Academy, Federal-era architecture, and a peaceful waterfront that time seems to have overlooked.
Damariscotta
Maine's oyster capital. Twin villages on the Damariscotta River with world-class oyster farms, ancient shell middens, farm-to-table dining, and a walkable Main Street.
Eastport
America's easternmost city on Passamaquoddy Bay with 24-foot tides, the Old Sow whirlpool, sardine heritage, and a reviving arts scene in Washington County.
Freeport
Home to L.L. Bean, outlet shopping, Wolfe's Neck trails, and the Desert of Maine. A perfect blend of retail and outdoors.
Greenville
Gateway to Moosehead Lake. World-class fishing, seaplane rides, hiking at Gulf Hagas, and moose watching in the heart of the Maine Highlands.
Kennebunkport
Classic coastal village with Dock Square shops, Goose Rocks Beach, the Bush compound, and some of the finest dining in southern Maine.
Lubec
Easternmost town in the US. Home to West Quoddy Head Lighthouse, the bridge to Campobello Island, and quiet Downeast charm.
Millinocket
Gateway to Katahdin and Baxter State Park. A mill town reborn as an outdoor hub at the edge of Maine's wildest backcountry.
Ogunquit
Art colony and beach town with the famous Marginal Way cliff walk, charming Perkins Cove, and three miles of sandy shoreline on the southern Maine coast.
Portland
A walkable waterfront city where award-winning restaurants, craft breweries, and cobblestone streets meet island-studded Casco Bay.
Rangeley
A remote mountain-lake village offering year-round outdoor adventure, from Saddleback skiing and AT hiking to legendary brook trout fishing on six pristine lakes.
Rockland
A gritty working waterfront meets a thriving arts scene, farm-to-table dining, and island ferries on Penobscot Bay.
Stonington
Working fishing village on Deer Isle with Maine's largest lobster fleet, granite heritage, Haystack craft school, and the boat to Isle au Haut's wild Acadia trails.
Wiscasset
Self-proclaimed Prettiest Village in Maine with grand historic homes, Red's Eats lobster rolls, and a scenic Sheepscot River setting in the Midcoast.