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Best of Maine 2021

Once again, we asked Down East readers to cast their votes for Maine’s best everything: burgers to bookstores, museums to marinas, art galleries to architects. plus, we’ve sprinkled in picks of our own. How’d your favorites do?
Wonderland Trail, one of Acadia National Park's Best Shoreline Trails
Travel & Outdoors

6 of Acadia National Park’s Best Shoreline Trails

Exploring the world at the ocean’s edge.
Cadillac Mountain South Ridge Trail
Travel & Outdoors

4 Trails to the Top of Acadia’s Cadillac Mountain

There’s no bad approach to the eastern seaboard’s highest peak.
Our Towns

Get to Know the Towns of Mount Desert Island

MDI has plenty of gems outside the bounds of Acadia National Park.
Our Towns

Best Small-Town Downtowns: Bath

In the City of Ships, the blocks of small businesses along the Kennebec River have never stopped being the heart of town.
Maine News You May Have Missed
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Maine News You May Have Missed

Yo-Yo Ma plays Acadia, free meals for all Maine students, the winner of Maine's vaccine sweepstakes, and more.
Hoping for an early rescue, the author and the Outward Bounder wave anxiously at their charter plane.
Land, Water & Wildlife

Lost in the Woods: A Minor Misadventure

How a Down East editor and photographer came to spend an overnight lost in the Maine north woods.
Photography

Can You Name This Waterfront Roadway?

It's the longtime social center of its namesake town, a destination for shopping, dining, and lodging for more than a century.
Donnell Pond, Maine
Travel & Outdoors

3 Under-the-Radar Maine Weekend Getaways

Summer is rapidly waning, but there's still time to plan one of these last-minute-friendly, so-very-Maine escapes.
5 Breathtaking Bike Routes in Acadia National Park
Travel & Outdoors

5 Breathtaking Bike Routes in Acadia National Park

On two wheels in one of the country’s most bikeable parks.
Down East Magazine, September 20214
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September 2021

The results of our annual Best of Maine Readers' Choice Poll, last-minute weekend getaways, Maine's new and improved oyster trail, and more!
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