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Whether it's a luxury coastal resort or a serene mountainside cabin you're looking for, it's here in Maine. Nowhere else will you find such a variety of attractions - fall foliage, snowmobiling, harbors, state parks, beaches, white water rafting, shopping, lighthouses, mountains, arts and heritage, ocean or lake cruises, unique festivals and hospitality, hotels, inns, bed and breakfasts, campgrounds and award-winning restaurants serving Maine lobster and dozens of ethnic specialties.
Maine is well known for its ocean scenery, with almost 3,500 miles (5,600 km) of shoreline[2]. West Quoddy Head is the easternmost piece of land in the contiguous 48 United States. Along the famous rock-bound coast of Maine are lighthouses, beaches, fishing villages, and thousands of offshore islands, including the Isles of Shoals, which straddle the New Hampshire border. Jagged rocks and cliffs and thousands of bays and inlets add to the rugged beauty of Maine's coast. Just inland, by contrast, are lakes, rivers, forests, and mountains. This visual contrast of forested slopes sweeping down to the sea has been aptly summed up by American poet Edna St. Vincent Millay of Rockland and Camden, Maine in "Renascence":
"All I could see from where I stood
was three long mountains and a wood
I turned and looked the other way
and saw three islands in a bay" |
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