Maine Downeast Highway, Trip Planner
The Maine Downeast Highway is the perfect scenic road trip opportunity through Acadia National Park and the New England coastline. Maine’s Route 1 is 3,478 miles of rocky coast with over 65 lighthouses and 23 islands full of picture-perfect fishing villages and lobster shacks. I did this route in six days and that was not enough time to explore all the area has to offer. Maine’s best lighthouses, lobster shacks, and fishing villages are listed for reference while creating your road trip on Maine’s Route 1, the Downeast Hwy. Be sure to add itinerary time for Portland Maine and Acadia National Park.
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Lighthouses on the Maine Downeast Highway
Stop at as many lighthouses as possible…
West Quoddy Head Lighthouse
Prospect Harbor Lighthouse
Egg Rock Lighthouse
Bear Island Lighthouse
Baker Island Lighthouse
Bass Harbor Head Lighthouse
Dyce Head Lighthouse
Fort Point Lighthouse
Grindle Point Lighthouse
Curtis Island Lighthouse
Rockland Breakwater Lighthouse
Owls Head Lighthouse
Browns Head Light Station
Marshall Point Lighthouse
Pemaquid Point Lighthouse
Burnt Island Lighthouse
Hendricks Head Lighthouse
Perkins Island Lighthouse
Doubling Point Lighthouse
Squirrel Point Light
Bug Light
Spring Point Ledge Lighthouse
Portland Head Lighthouse
Cape Elizabeth Lighthouse
Kennebunkport Lighthouse
Nubble Lighthouse
Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouse
Lobster Shacks on the Maine Downeast Highway
Visit as many lobster shacks as possible…
Quoddy Bay Lobster
Trenton Bridge Lobster Pound
Thurston’s Lobster Pound
Waterman’s Beach Lobster
McLoone Lobster Shack
Muscongus Bay Lobster
Glidden Point Oyster Farms
Boothbay Lobster Wharf
Five Islands Lobster Co
Gurnet Trading Co.
Estes Lobster House
Harraseeket Lunch and Lobster Company
Day’s Crabmeat & Lobster
The Lobster Shack at Two Lights
Nunan’s Lobster Hut
The Clam Shack
Wicked Tails
Mabel’s Lobster Claw
Bob’s Clam Hut
Fishing Villages on the Maine Downeast Highway
Explore the coast and fishing villages…
Gouldsboro
Winter Harbor
Bar Harbor
Camden
Rockland
Boothbay
Portland
Old Orchard Beach
Kennebunkport
Ogunquit Beach
Kittery
Portsmouth
Unique Activities on the Maine Downeast Highway
Not to miss activities…
Schoodic Point
Acadia National Park
Penobscot Narrows Observatory
Salt Water Farm
Breakwater Vineyards
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens
Maine Desert
Cascade Falls
Wedding Cake House
Walkers Point/Bush Compound
L.L. Bean in Freeport
Hunt for fairy houses
Take a ride on a windjammer
Take a puffin cruise
Go whale watching
Explore a blueberry barren
Tour the filming locations of Stephen King
Watch the fishing boats
Check the Maine Office of Tourism website for upcoming festivals, special events, and what’s happening during your stay.
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