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Maine - Beaches in Mid Coast
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Reid State Park
375 Seguinland Road
Georgetown, ME 04548
Phone: 207-371-2303
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Salt water beach, bathhouses, showers, restrooms. Picnic areas with tables and grills, snack bars in season.
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Swimming Holes
Swimming holes can be found in or near rock quarries, streams, gorges, and waterfalls. Most are pristine, uncrowded, and surrounded by beautiful woods and forests. For details, see the web site www.SwimmingHoles.info
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Thomas Point Beach
Meadow Road (off Route 24)
Brunswick, ME 04011
Phone: 207-725-6009
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Beautiful 85 acre Park overlooking Thomas Bay. Salt water swimming, picnicking, playground, snack bar, gift shop, camping area. Home of the Maine Highland Games and Thomas Point Beach Bluegrass Festival.
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Damariscotta Lake State Park
8 State Park Road
Jefferson, ME 04348
Phone: 207-549-7600, seasonal
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Sand beach with fresh water swimming, lifeguard, shelter for groups, playing field, changing rooms, picnic tables and grills, playground. Short drive from Augusta. Admission fee.
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Fort Point State Historic Site
Off U.S. Route 1
Stockton Springs, ME 04981
Phone: 207-941-4014
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Located on the tip of a peninsula jutting into scenic Penobscot Bay, the park’s picnic area offers a water view, pier and floats for fishing and boating and paddling. The park features more than a mile of rocky shore and a tidal sandbar. Two-hundred-foot pier accommodates visitors arriving by boat. A short distance from the parking lot, visitors can eat at riverside picnic sites.
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Holbrook Island Sanctuary
Cape Rosier
Brooksville, ME 04617
Phone: 207-326-4012
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Pebbly beach on Smith Cove of Penobscot Bay, no lifeguard, launch for canoes and kayaks, open pit toilets, picnic area, walking trails, parking. No admission or parking fees.
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Lake St. George State Park
Route 3
Liberty, ME 04949
Phone: 207-589-4255
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Fresh water swimming area, lifeguard, restrooms, showers, canoeing, kayaking, fishing and hiking. Boat and canoe rentals available. Open May 15 to October 1. Admission fee.
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Moose Point State Park
310 West Main Street (U.S. Route 1)
Searsport, ME 04940
Phone: 207-548-2882 (In season) 207-941-4014 (Off season)
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Wonderful, panoramic views of Penobscot Bay; picnic area; tidal pools. Admission fee.
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Moseman Park
Searsport, ME 04974
Intimate park in the center of town near the water’s edge
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Peacock Beach State Park
RR 1 (Box 2305)
Richmond, ME 04357
Phone: 207-582-2813, seasonal
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Located on Pleasant Pond, about 12 miles from Augusta, this small beach and swimming area, with lifeguards, is an ideal spot for families.
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Popham Beach State Park
10 Perkins Farm Lane (Route 209)
Popham Beach, ME 04562
Phone: 207-389-1335
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Spacious sand beach is located on the south side of the mouth of the Kennebec River. Big rollers attract both swimmers and surfers. Lifeguards on duty during the summer. Swimmers should be wary of strong surf and rip tides and stay near lifeguards. Visitors can walk to Fox Island at low tide. Shell collecting is a popular pastime. Facilities include bathhouses, freshwater showers, picnic area with charcoal grills, trails.
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Birch Point State Park
South Shore Road
Owls Head, ME 04854
Phone: 207-941-4014, seasonal
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Sand beach with salt water swimming in gentle surf with beautiful views of Penobscot Bay. No lifeguards. Picnicking and fishing.
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“Hansel and Gretel” with PORTopera – Portland, ME July 29, 2010 to July 31, 2010 |
AXIS Dance Company -- Lewiston, ME July 30, 2010 to July 31, 2010 |
Eileen Ivers & Immigrant Soul – Rockland, ME July 31, 2010 |
Bar Harbor Summer Arts & Craft Festival -- Bar Harbor, ME July 31, 2010 to August 1, 2010 |
Michael Menes in Egadz! – South Paris, ME July 31, 2010 |
Circus Smirkus – Kennebunkport, ME August 2, 2010 to August 3, 2010 |
Silhouettes -- Thomaston, ME August 3, 2010 |
Crafts 'n Culture for Kids: Foods of China -- Lincolnville, ME August 3, 2010 |
“The Tempest” with the Freeport Shakespeare Festival – Freeport, ME August 3, 2010 to August 6, 2010 |
A Taste of Greater Waterville -- Waterville, ME August 4, 2010 |
Maine Lobster Festival -- Rockland, ME August 4, 2010 to August 8, 2010 |
Circus Smirkus – Freeport, ME August 5, 2010 to August 6, 2010 |
Maine Fairy House Festival -- Boothbay August 6, 2010 to August 8, 2010 |
Native American Pow Wow -- Gray, ME August 7, 2010 to August 8, 2010 |
Arootsakoostik Music Festival -- New Sweden, ME August 7, 2010 |
Saddleback Mountain Bluegrass Festival -- Rangeley, ME August 7, 2010 |
Eliot Bicentennial Parade – Eliot, ME August 7, 2010 |
Bates Dance Festival Finale -- Lewiston, ME August 7, 2010 |
Ukulele Summit with Brittni Paiva and Victoria Vox -- Portland August 7, 2010 |
Audiobody – South Paris, ME August 7, 2010 |
Mike Doughty -- Rockland, ME August 8, 2010 |
Willie Nelson & Family - Portland August 11, 2010 |
Maine Antiques Festival -- Union, ME August 13, 2010 to August 15, 2010 |
Joan Osborne -- Rockland, ME August 14, 2010 |
Winter Harbor Lobster Festival -- Winter Harbor, ME August 14, 2010 |
Joan Osborne – Rockland, ME August 14, 2010 |
Michael Lane Trautman in Head in the Clouds – South Paris, ME August 14, 2010 |
Tribes of the Dawn Land Cultural and Heritage Days -- Princeton, ME August 14, 2010 |
Castlebay -- Freeport, ME August 14, 2010 |
“Sleuth” -- Harrison, Maine August 19, 2010 to August 21, 2010 |
Sierra Leone Refugee All-Stars – Rockland, ME August 20, 2010 |
Suzy Bogguss -- Rangeley, ME August 20, 2010 |
Brunswick Outdoor Arts Festival -- Brunswick, ME August 21, 2010 |
The Wailin’ Jennys -- Rockland, ME August 21, 2010 |
Jazz-Harpist Deborah Henson-Conant – South Paris August 21, 2010 |
“Twelfth Night” -- Castine, ME August 22, 2010 |
Noel Paul Stookey -- Stonington, ME August 22, 2010 |
Sidewalk Art Show and Sale – Ogunquit, ME August 26, 2010 |
Annual ChiliFest -- Wells, ME August 28, 2010 |
Women in Every Day Life 1789-1890 -- Standish, ME August 28, 2010 |
Maine Woodsman Day -- Gray, ME August 28, 2010 |
Village Green Craft Show -- Kennebunkport, ME August 28, 2010 |
Native American Summer Market -- New Gloucester, ME August 28, 2010 |
Rhonda Vincent and the Rage – Rockland, ME September 3, 2010 |
Open Lighthouse Day -- Various, ME September 18, 2010 |
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