Top 10 Places

(Pictures and places in bold are places I have been to.)

10. Seal Cove Auto Museum

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9. Audubon Puffin Cruise – Eastern Egg Rock

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8. Grafton Notch State Park

• • • Mother Walker Falls (0.2 miles, lightly trafficked loop, easy, dogs allowed)
    • Screw Auger Falls (0.2 miles, moderately trafficked, easy, dogs allowed)
    • Old Speck Mountain via Appalachian Trail (6.7 miles, moderately trafficked, difficult, dogs allowed)
    • Appalachian Trail
    • 100 Mile Wilderness (further east)

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7. Southwest Harbor

• • • Staying at the Claremont Hotel
    • Rowing around Southwest Harbor
    • Osprey and eagle spotting
    • Beal’s Lobster Pier
    • The Upper Deck

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6. Bar Harbor

• • • Bar Harbor’s Harbor
    • Downtown Bar Harbor
    • Agamont Park
    • Town Beach
    • Village Green

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5. Maine Lighthouses (for example:)

• • • Portland Head Light
    • Pemaquid Point Light
    • West Quoddy Head Light
    • Wood Island Light
    • Indian Island Light in Rockport

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4. Maine Lobster Festival

• • • Lobster Festival celebration
    • Lobster bakes
    • Rockland Harbor
    • Rockland Harbor Park
    • Downtown Rockland

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3. Penobscot Bay

• • • Schooner sailing
    • Staying on a schooner
    • Lobster bake
    • Warren Island State Park
    • Rockport Harbor

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2. Acadia National Park

• • • Sunrise at Mount Cadillac
    • Sunset at Bass Harbor Head Lighthouse
    • Tide pools at Wonderland
    • Walk the sand bar “bridge” to Bar Island at low tide
    • Bubble Mountains at Jordan Pond

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1. Baxter State Park

• • • Mount Katahdin (northern terminus of the Appalachian Trail)
    • Little Niagara Falls
    • Katahdin Lake
    • Daicey Pond
    • Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument

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State Info

A) State Nicknames

• • • The Pine Tree State
    • The Lumber State
    • The Polar Star State
    • The Old Dirigo State

B) State Symbols

• • • Floral Emblem: Pine cone and tassel (Pinus strobus L.)
    • Bird: Chickadee (Penthestes atricapillus)
    • Tree: White Pine (Pinus strobus L.)
    • Fish: Landlocked Salmon (Salmo salar sebago Girard)
    • Insect: Honeybee (Apis mallifera)
    • Animal: Moose (Alces alces)
    • Cat: Maine Coon Cat
    • Vessel: Schooner “Bowdoin”
    • Berry: Wild Blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium Aiton)
    • Herb: Wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens)
    • Heritage Fish: Eastern brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis)
    • Soft Drink: Moxie
    • Heritage: Fish Blueback charr (Salvelinus alpinus oquassa)
    • Dessert: Blueberry pie
    • Treat: Whoopie pie
    • Sweetener: Pure Maine maple syrup
    • Crustacean: Maine lobster (Homarus americanus)

C) Major Metros

1. 1. 1. Portland
      2. Bangor
      3. Augusta (state capital)
      4. Rockland

D) Honorable Mentions

• • • Saint Croix Island International Historic Site
    • Cobscook Bay State Park
    • Lily Bay State Park
    • Rangeley Lake State Park

E) Iconic Foods

• • • Lobster/Lobster Roll
    • Clambake
    • Maine Corn Chowder
    • Maine Potato Fries
    • Fiddlehead Ferns
    • Brown Bread
    • Blueberry Pie/Blueberry Pancakes
    • Indian Pudding
    • Whoopie Pies
    • Moxie Soda

F) Famous People

• • • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
    • Percival Baxter
    • E.B. White
    • Stephen King