This year's Bucksport Bay Festival will take place Saturday, June 22 on the waterfront along the Penobscot River.
Monday Music, now in its 17th year, is back this summer at Frenchman Bay Conservancy’s Tidal Falls Preserve in Hancock.
On a sunny summer Saturday, parking for the Cutler Coast Public Reserved Land can easily spill out onto Route 191, as hikers looking for a taste of the region’s famed Bold Coast head down the Coastal Trail to see the Atlantic Ocean meet the rocky shoreline.
The more than 40 libraries across Downeast Maine are a diverse bunch, ranging from the seasonal (Hancock Point) to the year-round (yes, Frenchboro’s library is open 24/7, 365), some with specialties (Bagaduce Music Lending Library) and often …
Downeast Maine is fortunate to have many farmers and food producers who bring their produce, baked goods and other wares to farmers markets around the region throughout the summer.
If you want to get an ocean experience while still staying on dry land, head on over to the Oceanarium and Education Center in Bar Harbor, where they have unusually colored lobsters, a large, state-of-the-art touch tank, and the full skeleton…
At the Penobscot Marine Museum (PMM) in Searsport this summer, two exhibits will chronicle generations of working on the sea.
The chambers of commerce and information centers in the area offer visitor services and suggestions on things to do in the Downeast region. Telephone numbers (all are area code 207 unless otherwise noted), websites and emails have been provid…
Bar Harbor Ferry: Operated by Downeast Windjammer Cruises, runs daily May 26-Indigenous Peoples Day (Monday, Oct. 9). Between the Bar Harbor Inn pier and Winter Harbor’s Schoodic Marine Center, the ferry Miss Lizzie makes multiple roundtrip r…
When it’s busy at Gateway Lunt’s Lobster Pound, you can see smoke billowing from four hot, steaming cookers, all at once, beside the roadside restaurant on Route 3 in Trenton. The wood-fired brick steamers, which holds 15-gallon pots of boili…
