Maine Things To Do - 101 Things To Do In Vacationland!: Maine Things To Do

Uniquely Maine

#8 Maine Thing To Do, Feed a Moose, No Don’t! Moose Safari.

The Moose is the official State Animal of Maine!
The moose , Alces alces, is the largest species in the deer family. Moose are distinguished by the palmate antlers of the males; other members of the family have antlers with a “twig-like” configuration.
The word moose is derived from the Algonquian Eastern Abnaki name moz, which loosely [...]

Adventure

#45 Maine Thing To Do - Rafting Maine’s Whitewater

Whitewater Rafting Maine - Book Now!! Take a trip down a Maine river in an exciting boat ride through the mighty rapids of Maine’s whitewater! This is an excellent way to enjoy Maine’s beauty in an exciting package. Maine’s rafting trips usually offers a inflatable rafting trip, that is fit for anyone. Eight passengers and [...]

Lay of the Land

#89 Maine Thing To Do- Tour Maine with a Guide

The Maine Professional Guides Association is composed of Registered Maine Guides who strive to enhance the standards of the guiding industry. They are professional guides dedicated to promoting a quality, ethical and legal outdoor experience for all. Not all Registered Maine Guides are members of Maine Professional Guides Association (MPGA).
A member is obligated to abide [...]

Win!

Gisele Phipps and Family- Wins Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens!

Congrats Gisele! - You and Your Family Can Visit The Gardens Year Round - For or a Full Year! Anytime!! Free!!
The certificate entitles you to a Family Membership which includes:

Free admission to Coastal Maine Botanical Gardnes for two adults in a household and thier children or grandchildren under 18.
Subscription to the quarterly newsletter.
Free or reduced-rate [...]

Water World

#53 Maine Thing To Do - Kayak Maine

Kayak Maine! Wherever you are on Maine’s Coast there is a kayak guide, great tours, kayak rentals, and someone nearby to tell you how to get it all done. From Kittery to Eastport Kayaking is an incredible opportunity and experience. Kayaking requires some physical strength and safety precautions, ask a registered Guide or professional, so [...]

Attractions

#101 Maine Thing To Do - See / Ride Trolleys in Maine

Trolleys have an extensive history in Maine. There is no better place to learn about Trolleys than The Seashore Trolley Museum. The Museum, in Kennebunk Maine, was founded in 1939 with one open trolley car, No. 31 from the Biddeford & Saco Railroad Company. Today, the collection has grown into the largest electric railway museum in the [...]

Family Fun

#22 Maine Thing To Do - Dig For Gems! - Mine Maine!

Maine is home to several mineral and gem collecting locations. Mineral mining is typically approached as a fun hobby or activity but can be done in an array of intensities. There are several mining locations between Bethel and South Paris: Bethel Outdoor Adventure, Songo Pond, Western Maine Mineral, Creaser Jewelers, Perham’s of West Paris, and [...]

History and Culture

#42 Maine Thing To Do - Maine Ship and Shipbuilding History

Ship Building
Though shipbuilding has been an important part of Maine’s economy, wooden boatbuilding has had a longer history, one closely related to shipbuilding. From colonial times, fishermen built their own boats, which included pulling boats (wherries, double-enders now known as peapods, and dories), larger ketch-rigged boats (Hampton boats and small pinkies), sloop boats (Muscongus Bay boats and Friendship sloops), and small schooners.The first vessel built in Maine by Europeans was the [...]

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