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Maine and New Hampshire seacoast
From a New Hampshire harbour city and the southern Maine beaches up to Mount Desert Island, including Bar Harbor and the quieter west side at Southwest Harbor.
Photo: Gardens at Prescott Park, Bostonian13, CC BY-SA 3.0
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New Hampshire seacoast · United States
Portsmouth
A walkable harbour city of colonial streets, a living-history neighbourhood and a rocky state-park shore.
Southern Maine coast · United States
Kennebunkport
A harbour square, rocky Ocean Avenue and beaches south to Ogunquit.
Southern Maine coast · United States
Ogunquit
A cliff walk, a fishing cove with a drawbridge and a long sandy beach.
Casco Bay, Maine · United States
Portland, Maine
A lighthouse icon, a brick waterfront and islands a ferry ride away.
Mount Desert Island, Maine · United States
Bar Harbor and Acadia
Granite coast, a summit sunrise and a sandbar you can walk at low tide.
Mount Desert Island, Maine · United States
Southwest Harbor
The quieter west side of Mount Desert Island: a famous cliff-top light, a swimming lake, and coastal trails, about 25 minutes from Bar Harbor.
Ready-made trips in this area
3 days · Bar Harbor and Acadia
Acadia's Park Loop and Cadillac Mountain
Three days on the east side of Mount Desert Island: the Park Loop, a Cadillac sunrise, carriage roads and a low-tide walk to Bar Island.
4 days · Portland, Maine → Bar Harbor and Acadia
Maine coast lighthouses
Portland Head Light and Casco Bay, then up the coast to Acadia.
4 days · St. Andrews by-the-Sea → Bar Harbor and Acadia
Fundy coast to Acadia
Fundy tides and Ministers Island, then across the border to Acadia.
3 days · Kennebunkport → North Conway
Southern Maine coast to the White Mountains
Lighthouses and lobster rolls, then granite ledges and the road up Mount Washington.
4 days · Ogunquit → Newport → Mystic
Ogunquit to Mystic
A New England coast run: cliff walks, mansions and a maritime village.
2 days · Portsmouth → Ogunquit
The New Hampshire and Maine seacoast
A harbour city of colonial streets, then the Marginal Way and the southern Maine beaches.
2 days · Bar Harbor and Acadia → Southwest Harbor
Both sides of Mount Desert Island
A two-day sampler across the island: Bar Harbor and the east-side Park Loop, then 25 minutes west to Bass Harbor Head Light, Echo Lake and the quieter shore at Seawall.