Exploring Southern Maine
Natural Wonders and Historic Sites
Published on 6. October 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-1-68475-175-4 (ISBN)
Description
Exploring the Southern Maine coast and interior from Kittery to Portland, this eclectic book guides readers to geological points of interest such as waterfalls, glacial boulders, rock profiles, and towering cliff views; to historic houses, garrisons, and mansions; to hiking trails and scenic walkways; to museums, historic churches, and nineteenth-century libraries; to beaches, rivers, parks, and launch sites for cartop watercraft; and to golf courses. Brief descriptions provide just enough information to whet your curiosity without giving anything away and GPS coordinates make sure you don't get lost.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Lanham, MD
United States
Publishing group
Rowman & Littlefield
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
65 Color Photos
Dimensions
Height: 221 mm
Width: 147 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
499 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-68475-175-4 (9781684751754)
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08/2024
Down East Books,U.S.
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Russell Dunn is the author of ten waterfall guidebooks; five paddling guidebooks; eight guidebooks to amazing boulders and rock formations of New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania; three history-oriented hiking guidebooks of Eastern New York State coauthored with his wife Barbara Delaney; ten photo-books of regional stereographic images; and guidebooks to the Great Sacandaga Lake and Ausable Chasm in New York State.
Content
CONTENTS
Introduction
Map Key
Maps
OGUNQUIT AREA
1. Marginal Way
2. Ogunquit Beach
3. Ogunquit River Paddles
4. The Leavitt Theater
5. Ogunquit Memorial Library
6. Ogunquit Baptist Church
7. Ogunquit Heritage Museum & Dorothea Jacob Grant Common
8. Barn Gallery
9. Josias River Public Park
10. Ogunquit Playhouse
PERKINS COVE AREA
11. Perkins Cove
12. Ogunquit Museum of American Art
13. Cliff House & Bald Head Cliff
14. St. Peters by the Sea Episcopal Chapel
YORK AREA
15. Mount Agamenticus
16. Short Sands Beach
17. Long Sands Beach
18. York's Wild Kingdom
19. Nubble Lighthouse
20. Historic Rock Formations:
Old Man of the Sea (rock formation)
Devil's Pulpit & Spouting Rock
Roaring Rock
The Watch Dog
Balanced Rock (Folly Pond)
Mordans Cave
21. Snowshoe Rock & John Sedgley Homestead
22. Elizabeth Perkins House & Sewalls Bridge
23. Old York Museum Center: Remick Barn, York Corner Schoolhouse,
Jefferds Tavern, Emerson-Wilcox House, & Old Gaol
24. Historic George Marshall Store and John Hancock Wharf & Warehouse
25. Steedman Woods & Wiggly Bridge
26. Fisherman's Walk
27. York Harbor Cliff Walk & Hartley Mason Reservation
28. York Harbor Beach
KITTERY & POINT AREA
29. Fort McClary
30. Lady Pepperrell House
31. Fort Foster
32. Cutts Island Trail
33. Seapoint Beach & Crescent Beach
34. Brave Harbor Headwaters Trail
35. Ambush Rock
36. John Paul Jones Memorial Park
NORTH BERWICK AREA
37. Hilton-Winn Preserve
38. Kimball Farm North Preserve
39. Kenyon Hill Preserve
40. Orris Falls Conservation Area
41. Elroy Day Canoe Launch
42. Hackmatack Playhouse
SOUTH BERWICK AREA
43. McIntire Garrison House
44. Hamilton House & Gardens & Vaughn Woods
45. Sarah Orne Jewett Museum
WELLS AREA
46. Beach Plum Farm
47. Moody Falls
48. Crescent Beach
49. Webhannet Falls
50. Wells Beach
51. Storers Garrison
52. Wells Harbor Beach
53. Founders Park
54. Wells Reserve Trail System
55. Drakes Island Beach
KENNEBUNKPORT AREA
56.Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge
57. Mousam River Paddles
58. Mother's Beach, Middle Beach, & Gooch's Beach
59. Picnic Rock
60. Wedding Cake House
61. St. Anthony's Franciscan Monastery & Franciscan Guest House
62. Perkins Tide Mill
63. Seashore Trolley Museum
64. Colony Beach
65. Parsons Way
66. St. Ann's Episcopal Church
67. Spouting Rock
68. Blowing Cave
69. Cape Porpoise Beach
BIDDEFORD/SACO AREA
70. Goose Rock Beach
71. Timber Point Trail
72. East Point Sanctuary & Biddeford Pool
73. Clifford Park Hikes
74. Saco River Walk & Cataract Falls
75. Cascade Falls
ADDITIONAL MUSEUMS
1. Kittery Historical & Naval Museum (Kittery)
2. Brick Store Museum (Kennebunk)
3. First Families Museum at White Column (Kennebunkport)
4. Saco Museum (Saco)
GOLF COURSES
1. Cape Neddick Country Club (Cape Neddick)
2. Link at Outlook (South Berwick)
3. Ledge Golf Club (York)
4. Old Marsh County Club (Wells)
5. Merriland Farms Golf Course (Wells)
6. Webhannet Golf Course (Kennebunk)
7. Cape Arundel Golf Course (Kennebunkport)
8. Dutch Elm Golf Course (Arundel)
9. Hillcrest Driving Range & Pitch and Put (Kennebunk)
10. Deep Book Golf Course (Saco)
11. Dunegrass Golf Club
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Introduction
Map Key
Maps
OGUNQUIT AREA
1. Marginal Way
2. Ogunquit Beach
3. Ogunquit River Paddles
4. The Leavitt Theater
5. Ogunquit Memorial Library
6. Ogunquit Baptist Church
7. Ogunquit Heritage Museum & Dorothea Jacob Grant Common
8. Barn Gallery
9. Josias River Public Park
10. Ogunquit Playhouse
PERKINS COVE AREA
11. Perkins Cove
12. Ogunquit Museum of American Art
13. Cliff House & Bald Head Cliff
14. St. Peters by the Sea Episcopal Chapel
YORK AREA
15. Mount Agamenticus
16. Short Sands Beach
17. Long Sands Beach
18. York's Wild Kingdom
19. Nubble Lighthouse
20. Historic Rock Formations:
Old Man of the Sea (rock formation)
Devil's Pulpit & Spouting Rock
Roaring Rock
The Watch Dog
Balanced Rock (Folly Pond)
Mordans Cave
21. Snowshoe Rock & John Sedgley Homestead
22. Elizabeth Perkins House & Sewalls Bridge
23. Old York Museum Center: Remick Barn, York Corner Schoolhouse,
Jefferds Tavern, Emerson-Wilcox House, & Old Gaol
24. Historic George Marshall Store and John Hancock Wharf & Warehouse
25. Steedman Woods & Wiggly Bridge
26. Fisherman's Walk
27. York Harbor Cliff Walk & Hartley Mason Reservation
28. York Harbor Beach
KITTERY & POINT AREA
29. Fort McClary
30. Lady Pepperrell House
31. Fort Foster
32. Cutts Island Trail
33. Seapoint Beach & Crescent Beach
34. Brave Harbor Headwaters Trail
35. Ambush Rock
36. John Paul Jones Memorial Park
NORTH BERWICK AREA
37. Hilton-Winn Preserve
38. Kimball Farm North Preserve
39. Kenyon Hill Preserve
40. Orris Falls Conservation Area
41. Elroy Day Canoe Launch
42. Hackmatack Playhouse
SOUTH BERWICK AREA
43. McIntire Garrison House
44. Hamilton House & Gardens & Vaughn Woods
45. Sarah Orne Jewett Museum
WELLS AREA
46. Beach Plum Farm
47. Moody Falls
48. Crescent Beach
49. Webhannet Falls
50. Wells Beach
51. Storers Garrison
52. Wells Harbor Beach
53. Founders Park
54. Wells Reserve Trail System
55. Drakes Island Beach
KENNEBUNKPORT AREA
56.Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge
57. Mousam River Paddles
58. Mother's Beach, Middle Beach, & Gooch's Beach
59. Picnic Rock
60. Wedding Cake House
61. St. Anthony's Franciscan Monastery & Franciscan Guest House
62. Perkins Tide Mill
63. Seashore Trolley Museum
64. Colony Beach
65. Parsons Way
66. St. Ann's Episcopal Church
67. Spouting Rock
68. Blowing Cave
69. Cape Porpoise Beach
BIDDEFORD/SACO AREA
70. Goose Rock Beach
71. Timber Point Trail
72. East Point Sanctuary & Biddeford Pool
73. Clifford Park Hikes
74. Saco River Walk & Cataract Falls
75. Cascade Falls
ADDITIONAL MUSEUMS
1. Kittery Historical & Naval Museum (Kittery)
2. Brick Store Museum (Kennebunk)
3. First Families Museum at White Column (Kennebunkport)
4. Saco Museum (Saco)
GOLF COURSES
1. Cape Neddick Country Club (Cape Neddick)
2. Link at Outlook (South Berwick)
3. Ledge Golf Club (York)
4. Old Marsh County Club (Wells)
5. Merriland Farms Golf Course (Wells)
6. Webhannet Golf Course (Kennebunk)
7. Cape Arundel Golf Course (Kennebunkport)
8. Dutch Elm Golf Course (Arundel)
9. Hillcrest Driving Range & Pitch and Put (Kennebunk)
10. Deep Book Golf Course (Saco)
11. Dunegrass Golf Club
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ABOUT THE AUTHOR