LOCAL INFORMATION

Below is a not nearly comprehensive list of some things to do and places to visit in the area, if you are hoping to get in some sightseeing.

Art,etc

Farnsworth
 356 Main St
Rockland ME
207 596 6457
(a good  collection of American art, plus a building full of  Wyeth art)

Center for Maine Contemporary Art
162 Russell Avenue
Rockport, Maine
(contemporary and adventurous)

10 High Street Gallery
10 High Street
Camden, ME
207 236 2770
(excellent gallery plus antique shop;  Brian White opening Sept 7)

Abbe Museum
Bar Harbor
207-288 3519
(Indian artifacts; lots of baskets)

Turtle Gallery
Deer Isle, ME
348 9977
(excellent small gallery with a mixture of stuff- jewelery, prints, photos etc)

 Leighton Gallery
Blue Hill
(paintings, sculpture, prints)

Lunaform
Sullivan,ME
(Zen factory for giant lawn sculpture, mainly amphorae and vases; beautiful factory and grounds)

Water Stone Sink
Gouldsboro, ME
207 963 5819
(excellent household ceramics; near Grindstone Neck in Winter Harbor, which is a remarkable cottage colony)

Further Afield

Colby College Museum of Art
Waterville ME
207 872 3228
(Excellent small collection of Maine art)

Bowdoin College
Brunswick ME
207 725 3275
(again, an excellent small collection, American art)

Portland Museum of Art
7Congress Square
Portland Maine
207 775 6148
(excellent permanent collection)

Outdoors

Hang out on the East Blue Hill Beach
(go straight through blue hill and take a right/go straight (sounds confusing but you'll see what I mean) at the fishnet (after grabbing a lobster roll). follow that road through the town of east blue hill and the beach will be on your right, about 20 minutes away)

Swim at Lily Pond on Deer Isle

Hike up Blue Hill
(trails are marked, just off mountain road outside of town)

Acadia Park; wonderful trails for hiking and biking; Jordan Pond House for lunch and POPOVERS; go to Information Center for specifics on boat trips etc; Schoodic Point is terrific, as is Isle au Haut- reachable by ferry from Stonington, which is a cool town with a good restaurant—Fisherman’s Friend; galleries, and Island Cow ice cream cones)

Asticou Garden
Northeast Harbor
(splendid sort of oriental garden; sort of near Sargent Drive along Somes Sound , which is excellent short drive)

Thuya Gardens
Northeast Harbor
(another perennial garden,designed by Savage)