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Where In Maine? August 2023 clue
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Where in Maine? Our Favorite Answer

Each month, Down East editors select our favorite response to “Where in Maine?” Here is our favorite letter from August's photo.
Quill Hill Road, near Rangeley, Maine
Travel & Outdoors

8 Scenic (and Undersung) Maine Drives That Are Worth the Detour

They’re not the stuff of epic road trips — in fact, none are more than a few miles long.
Down East Reader Photo Contest
Photography

Enter Your Maine Pics into Our 9th Annual Reader Photo Contest!

Winners in three categories are eligible for thousands of dollars in cash and prizes and publication in the magazine.
Best of Maine 2023
Features

Best of Maine 2023

Our 16th annual roundup of Maine’s best everything: food trucks to florists, diners to dentists, lodging to lobster rolls. How did your favorites do?
Down East magazine, September 20234
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September 2023

Our annual roundup of Maine's best everything, Waterville's downtown renaissance, super scenic back roads, and more.
Where in Maine, June 2023
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Where in Maine? Our Favorite Answer

Each month, Down East editors select our favorite response to “Where in Maine?” Here is our favorite letter from June’s photo.
Down East magazine, October 20234
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October 2023

Autumn on Maine's Blue Hill peninsula, the future of the DaPonte String Quartet, philosopher Daniel Dennett on the illusion of consciousness, and more.
Where in Maine? October 2023
Photography

Can You Name This Footbridge and the Town Where It’s Found?

The footbridge was built in the ’80s, after a design student at a local university pitched the idea to a professor.
Nubble Light
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Where in Maine? Our Favorite Answer

Each month, Down East editors select our favorite response to “Where in Maine?” Here is our favorite letter from July's photo.
Where in Maine? September 2023
Photography

Can You Name This Island and the Town That Once Thrived On It?

The small township abandoned the island in the 1930s.
a hiker on Barren Mountain
Travel & Outdoors

A Novice’s Guide to Hiking Maine’s 100 Mile Wilderness

You don’t need to be a grizzled thru-hiker to enjoy the remotest stretch of the Appalachian Trail.
Where In Maine? August 2023 clue
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Can You Name This Riverside Maine Fort?

Its main garrison is the country’s oldest surviving wooden military building.
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