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Where In Maine?
Can you name this camp and the lake it’s on? Considered the country’s oldest private fishing camp, this manicured property sits in the heart of Maine’s fly-rod country, at a point where two major...
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Clearing the Air(bnb)
How did the popular vacation-rental service become a hugely contentious issue in Maine? By Will Grunewald With names like Blackberry Commons, Timbercliffe, and Swan House, Camden’s inns seem as...
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Room With a View
By Franklin Burroughs On the highway between Solon and Bingham, a sign indicates you’re exactly equidistant between the equator and the North Pole. On the calendar, we’re approaching the autumnal...
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Find a Lobster Roll Near Ogunquit
The ultimate list of places that serve lobster rolls in Maine! Below are five editors’ picks for lobster rolls near Ogunquit. Looking somewhere else or want to see more? Find a comprehensive list with...
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Down East Dispatches
Opinions, advisories, and musings from the length and breadth of Maine Hodgdon A group of patriotic motorcyclists drove the cremains of Pvt. Jewett Williams, who fought with the 20th Maine Infantry in...
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Hidden Maine
Even Vacationland still hides pockets of undiscovered country. We’re spilling the beans on 10 super-scenic locales you’ve probably never visited — but should. Borestone Mountain Audubon Sanctuary At...
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October 2016
Editor’s Note by Kathleen Fleury Expand To Read The first signs of fall actually show up sometime during the third week in August. There’s a night when suddenly the smell of woodstoves laces the air....
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Scenic Spin
We plucked a narrow-eyed racing cyclist out of retirement and dropped him into the “vacation on two wheels” that is BikeMaine. Can he learn to relax and enjoy the ride? By Jim Butler Photographed by...
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Fall Foliage
Photographed by Mark Fleming. Autumn is a moment of heightened synchronicity, when all the natural world seems to hunker down for the onset of winter. Even fall foliage’s colorful showiness — a brief...
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Book Giveaway
Enter our book giveaway, September 23–October 24, for a chance to win Got Here As Soon As I Could by Sarah Smiley. The post Book Giveaway appeared first on Down East.
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Awakening
Sometimes there’s more to a hard day’s work than a hard day’s work. By Angela Waldron Throughout my teenage years, my summer job was going sternman on the Penny, my father’s 32-foot wooden lobsterboat....
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Find a Lobster Roll Near Bar Harbor
The ultimate list of places that serve lobster rolls in Maine! Below are five locations for lobster rolls near Bar Harbor. There are plenty more to choose from in our Lobster Roll Finder, including...
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Channel Champ
Kennebunk’s Susan Knight swims her way into the record books in the English Channel. Long-distance, open-water swimming is a solitary sport — hour after hour, mile after mile of lonely paddling in vast...
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What’s In Store
You can buy a quart of milk anywhere, but it comes with a neighborhood only at the general store. By Virginia M. Wright Photographed by Jarrod McCabe That’s not an accommodation to the store’s small...
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Maine’s Best Corn Mazes
Video: A drone’s-eye view video of one of our favorite corn mazes at Ricker Hill Orchards. By Jason Bosch of Red Stallion Media After popping it and slathering it with butter, aimlessly wandering...
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Maine’s Best Fall Farm Stands
Five roadside farm markets we can’t pass by. Zach’s Farm Stand 371 Cider Hill Rd., York. 207-475-7857. Bushel baskets piled high on hay bales, pepper bundles dangling from the ceiling like chandeliers...
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On Deck
Photographer Justin Levesque considers Maine’s relationship to its subarctic neighbors — and the lines across the sea that link us. By Brian Kevin If you’re cruising Congress Street in Portland during...
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Bearing Fruit
An orchard is a gift to the future that nourishes us right now. By Annemarie Ahearn In Italy, they say that the greatest gift you can bestow on your grandchildren is to plant a vineyard. In Maine, the...
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Our Favorite Letter
Where in Maine? August 2016 Each month, Down East editors select our favorite response to “Where in Maine?” Here is our favorite letter from the August photo of Cape Newagen and Southport Island. Back...
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Granola Gurus
The free-spirited college buddies behind GrandyOats go big and go green with their wholesome snack. By John Grossmann Photographed by Sarah Rice Nat Peirce is the kind of guy who jams with an acoustic...
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