Maine
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About Maine
Maine is the easternmost state in New England and known for its seacoast, beaches, more than 2,500 lakes, 5,000 streams, mountains, and 26 state parks. Its rugged, indented coastline and glacier-carved, forested interior give this state a unique character. Almost 89% of Maine is forested which makes it a popular vacation destination for the outdoors with excellent opportunities for hunting, fishing, skiing, and camping. The north Maine woods are the most remote region ideal for travellers seeking solitude and northern beauty. Maine is also a world leader in the fishing industry and here you can enjoy some of the finest marine lobster on this earth.
Good to know
- Capital: Augusta
- Climate: Severe climate with cold winters and cool summers
- Timezone: UTC -5
- No. of inhabitants: 1,317,253 (2004)
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Highlights
- Acadia National Park with its granite-domed mountains, woodlands, lakes and ponds, and ocean shoreline. Most of Acadia is on Mount Desert Island
- Saint Croix Island International Historic site-an important historical landmark for both the United States and Canada
- Visit Bar Harbor
- Visit Portland with the Wadsworth-Longfellow House. From here you can take a ferry to Nova Scotia
- Mackworth Island a bird sanctuary near Portland
- Allagash National Wilderness Waterway
- Chesuncook Lake
- Rangeley Lakes
- The Allagash Wilderness Waterway
- Baxter State Park with the 1585 m Mount Katahdin
- Roosevelt Campobello International Park
- You can start your 3500 km hike here at the northern terminus of the Appalachian National Scenic Trail
Getting Around
- If you are in a hurry take the Interstate Highways: I-95 runs through Maine, with the I-295 westerly branch
- If not try some of the Maine scenic byways
- Acadia Byway takes you along the rugged Maine coast to Acadia National Park and the historic villages of Bar Harbor and Northeast Harbor on Mount Desert Island
- Old Canada Road National Scenic Byway takes you through Maine’s vast forests from Solon to the Canadian border. with spectacular foliage in the fall
- Rangeley Lakes National Scenic Byway offers many opportunities for outdoor recreation such as boating, hiking, skiing and snowmobiling
- Schoodic National Scenic Byway through the less developed and rugged down east Maine coast
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