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Major towns include Blue Hill, Eastport, Machias, and Calais.
For natural beauty, the star of the region is Acadia National Park on Mount Desert Island, where Bar Harbor also is located.
The glorious images of coastal Maine are distilled in the park’s rocky coastlines, lofty lighthouses, mountain vistas, and carriage roads traversing graceful stone bridges.
Much of this region was settled long ago by immigrants from French Canada; French food and culture is found everywhere.
Celebrate the outdoors!
Bird watching is popular; the sky is star-spangled; one of many regional festivals is the Acadia Night Sky Festival in September.
Down East Maine, including the town of Bar Harbor, forms the heel of the State of Maine profile.
Major towns include Blue Hill, Eastport, Machias, and Calais.
For natural beauty, the star of the region is Acadia National Park on Mount Desert Island, where Bar Harbor also is located.
The glorious images of coastal Maine are distilled in the park’s rocky coastlines, lofty lighthouses, mountain vistas, and carriage roads traversing graceful stone bridges.
Much of this region was settled long ago by immigrants from French Canada; French food and culture is found everywhere.
Celebrate the outdoors!
Bird watching is popular; the sky is star-spangled; one of many regional festivals is the Acadia Night Sky Festival in September.
The region has many of Maine’s famous lighthouses .
You can walk to but not enter the iconic Bass Harbor Head Light in Acadia National Park.
West Quoddy Head Light in Lubec, on the Bay of Fundy, is open to the public in summer.
At Acadia National Park , three historic s…
