TAKE ROUTE 172 (the Surry Road) to go from Ellsworth to Blue Hill. You’ll pass the Black House, Four Seasons Small Engine Repair, Mitch’s Antiques, Common Market Antiques and Books, Surry Yoga, Jordan Natural Christmas Tree Farm, Sweet Pea Garden & Greenhouses, Institute for Humane Education, Surry Inn, U.S. Post Office, Blue Moon Images Gallery, Surry Gardens, Advanced Diagnosis,  Sweet Pea Gardens, Surry Art School, and Surry Store.

To the left is the turnoff to Rte 176, the Morgan Bay Road. Look for the Morgan Bay Zendo, Surry Music Therapy Center, Surry Machine and Mower Shop, Morgan Bay Farm, Ice Cream Lady, Turtle Mountain Mythic Art, East Blue Hill town line, Gravelwood Farm Stand, Blue Hill Marine Services, Blue Hill Village town line, Fine Art Photography Gallery, and Hypno-Health, Gravelwood Farm Stand, John Peters Estate, Wellness Chiropractic, Webber's Cove Boatyard, The Boatyard Grill, Branch Pond Marine, Merle Grindle Agency, Massage Therapy, Avalon Mail Boutique, Wells Fargo Home Mortgage.

Across from the BLUE HILL FAIRGROUNDS is a right turn that takes you to a trail leading up Blue Hill. The mile-long hike to the bald, craggy summit (topped with an unmanned fire tower) takes about 45 minutes.

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Back on the Surry Road look for Down to Earth Pottery, Simplicity, Classic Nails, Peddler's Wagon Greenhouses, Blue Hill Yarn Shop, Yanni's Pizza, Rackliffe Pottery, Emerson Antiques, Davis Agency Real Estate, Pure Maine, Verde Salon, Blue Hill Bay Landscapes, the Activity Shop, Downeast Meets West, Bagaduce Music Lending Library, Blue Hill Laundry, Blue Hill Food Co-op, The Cafe.

You can get fresh produce at bargain prices even if you aren't a member of the BLUE HILL FOOD CO-OP. Check it out. You're sure to find something you like. It's on the right as you're entering downtown Blue Hill.

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At BLUE HILL TEA & TOBACCO, you can check out Blue Hill pipes, a unique line of pipes made especially for co-owner David Witter. Also on hand are many premium cigars and more than 400 varieties of wine, some of which are readily affordable.







At HANDWORKS GALLERY, there is a good collection of fine contemporary crafts by Maine artists.









Just down the street, NORTH COUNTRY TEXTILES  offers low prices on discontinued items.

Jud Hartmann is engaged in depicting in bronze the woodland Indian tribes of the Northeast. His work, shown at the JUD HARTMANN GALLERY & SCULPTURE STUDIO, is primitive and powerful, evoking primal emotional responses in many people. Exhibited also are paintings by several strikingly original artists.










The BLUE HILL HEARTH BAKERY AND PIZZERIA, formerly Pain De Famille Bakery, has moved in with North Light Books on Main Street,Blue Hill. Cathy is back and baking up a storm. A Mini Borders of sorts,customers can read a great book while they enjoy some of Cathy’s excellent sandwiches , wraps and soup. Great sweet treats abound several selections of coffee and there will be Gourmet Pizza served every day. Delivery within 5 miles will also be available.




Say it with flowers at FAIRWINDS FLORIST. An excellent place to shop for beautiful and fragrant things for you. your home, camp, or motor home. You’ll also find a large selection of fine chocolates, well worth stopping in for on their own.

It's pretty hard to drive around the Blue Hill Peninsula without wanting to own a piece of it. Well, Jim and Bonnie Paulas at SALTMEADOW PROPERTIES  can help you out with that. They're hometown professionals who know the area intimately and take pride in matching buyers and sellers. Call them at 374-5010.



At 66 STEAK AND SEAFOOD, kids under 10 eat free. There is seasonal outdoor dining and a late-night menu until midnight. Open year round.

Sara Billings, owner of SARA SARA'S, offers a unique colorful and well stocked selection of women’s clothing for all occasions. Guys also.This is a real nice place to shop for that gift you been meaning to gsive your sweetie. 207-374-2227

The neighborhood book store is alive and well in Blue Hill. NORTH LIGHT BOOKS is as good as they come. Especially appealing is the extensive children’s section.

Just beyond Sara Sara's, on the Parker Point Road, you'll find the Blue Hill Public Library, Liros and Leighton galleries, and Watsu & WaterDance Therapy.

JUDITH LEIGHTON  said she chose art that celebrates life, so that people who visit her gallery on the Parker Point Road wind up feeling good. Maine Times, noting that Leighton's art tends to be "colorful, fun, folkish, full of animals, flowers and pleasing forms," called her Parker Point Road gallery Maine's best.

LIROS GALLERY  keeps a wide variety of material on hand, but specializes in Russian Icons.

Blue Hill has a nice public park on the water. There is a public beach and good playground equipment. Fishing is popular off the town pier behind the fire house.

ROUTE 15 from Blue Hill to Orland goes by Blue Hill Books, First Baptist Church of Blue Hill, John Rugec Custom Builder, Coastal Carpentry, Sawyer Carpentry, Wight's, Blue Hill Farm Country Inn, Pines, Pentcostal Assembly, R.W Bowden & Sons, Lookin' Fine, Professinal Pet Grooming, Blue Hill Country Garden, Ken Rose Farm B&B, Avalon Custom Yachts, Babson & Co., Horsepower Farm, G.M. Allen and Sons, Inc, and Blueberry Patch Shop, coming out on Route One at a Big Apple Food Store.

North of Blue Hill village, you'll find KEN-ROSE FARM, circa. 1850. More than a charming bed and breakfast, it also is an old-fashioned, small, one-family working farm. Here you'll find milking cows, pigs, ducks and lots of friendly cats and dogs. It's a wonderfully comfortable home with a wood stove in the kitchen to make cold days cozy. Guests enjoy a full breakfast with homemade breads, muffins and butter. Call Kendall or Flossie Howard at 207/374-2468, or write to them P.O. Box 1035, Blue Hill, ME 04614.

ROUTE 177 out of Blue Hill takes you by the Captain Merrill Inn and Restaurant, Merrill and Hinckley General Store, Rowantrees Pottery, George Stevens Academy, Blue Hill Inn, The Old Cemetery, A Flair for Hair, Curves, Bloomin' Orchid Co., and New Stock. before hooking up with Rte 15.

Look for the turn to Penobscot Solar Design, Balsam Cove Campground, Toddy Pond Stor-All, and Wanderin' Moose Campground.

Back in downtown Blue Hill, a left off of Main Street will put you on Water Street heading to the Holt House, Paradise Tattoo, William McHenry Architect, C Shells Coffee & Seaside Cafe,  Vacation Cottage Rentals, The Barnacle, Horton Emerson Park,  Emerson's Antiques, Red Gap Books, Blue Hill Memorial Hospital and a public boat launch.

Proceeding straight through downtown Blue Hill on Rtes 15/176, you’ll pass Camden National Bank, Blue Hill Bay Gallery, First Congregational Church, Arborvine Restaurant, The Vinery, and Borealis Press.




John Hikade,  the chef at  ARBORVINE, brings 25 years of experience and  boundless creativity to an eclectic and always special menu. He is assisted by his wife Beth who has put an impeccable eye for detail into decorating Arborvine's interior. Her period pieces, such as antique linens, shaker furniture and half-hull models, magnify the warmth of the restaurant’s myriad working fireplaces. Flower and herb gardens grace the grounds.




Open seasonally, THE VINERY, Arborvine's  brew pub, is located nearby. Served are handmade pub fare as well as hand-crafted beers from our Arborvine's own micro-brewery, Deep Water Brewing Co. Stop byfor a beer and a game of bocce in the back yard,  catch the game on a 52' tv, or enjoy dinner with a large crowd! No need for reservations unless you are a party of 8 or more.
 

A turn to the right will take you by String Theory before the road joins Route 15.

Turn left and you'll pass the The First Bank, Tradewinds Marketplace, Rite Aide Pharmacy, Tree of Life Food Pantry, East Light, an Irving, South Street Market, Blue Hilll Peninsula Dental, Mainescape Garden Shop, The Bay School, NAPA Auto

MAINESCAPE is a relaxing sort of place with many nicely kept beds of carefully labeled perennials. If you like, you can walk down to the waterlily pond and sit a spell on the comfortable lawn chairs. The sales help is courteous and knowledgeable. Prices are reasonable.





BARNCASTLE is neither a barn nor a castle. Its name notwithstanding, this remarkable place is an inn and fine restaurant. Built in the 1880s, it was the first of Blue Hill's grand summer cottages. It's in the National Registrar of Historic Places.




Stay on Rtes 15/176 and look for Auto Repair, Commuity Pharmacy of Blue Hill, Psychotherapy, Peninsula Property Rentals, Pure Pilates, Acupuncture, Tidal Car Wash, Jonathan Fisher House, Marlintini Grill, Viking Lumber, Peninsula Metamorphic Arts and Learning, Sedgwick Town Line, Hiram Blake Camp,  Mark Bell Pottery, and Christmas Greens Shop.

You’ll come to Rte 175, the road to South Blue Hill and Brooklin.

Keeping on going South on Rte 172, you’ll enter Sedgwick. Look for the North Sedgwick Baptist Church.

You’ll pass the road to Helen Rendell Fine Art.

Back on Rte 172, look for Shades of Gray, Basil Bowden Carpentry, Seaside Storage, Cabinetry, The Granite Shop, Signs, and Sedgwick Antiques.

Route 172 ends, and a left turn leads to Brooklin.

At BLOSSOM STUDIO Sihaya Hopkins makes handmade glass beads, buttons, and jewelry. She creates her beads in layers of molten glass she heats with a propane/oxygen torch to over 1,000 degrees. She brings the finished beads to room temperature in a special kiln. Sihaya grew up living simply in Alaska's bush country and says she has learned to make the most of bare essentials.

Look for the turnoff to Atlantic Boat Company and Lookout Restaurant & Inn.




The LOOKOUT RESTAURANT & INN has been owned and operated by the descendants of the Flye family for over a century. Today, it is a unique country inn and gourmet restaurant. On hand is a super selection of wines from around the world.





Back on Rte 172, you'll see Creeping Thyme Gift Shop, Sand Dollar Sailing, North Brooklin Boats, 5  Starr Nursery, Sleigh Bell Shop, Henhouse, Blue Hill Baptist Church, Arbor Options, Haight Farm, and Blue Hill Reversing Falls.

In South Blue Hill, you can visit HAIGHT FARM where hydroponically-grown produce is the order of the day. Call 374-2840.

Route 175 north from Brooklin reaches BLUE HILL REVERSING FALLS, a narrow passage with impressive tidal surges. This is a rare reversing falls, and it attracts adventurous whitewater canoeists and kayakers.

Keep going straight on 176 and 15 if you want to go to Brooksville, Sedgwick, Deer Isle/Stonington, Penobscot and Castine (for a more direct route to Castine take 177 to South Penobscot).

Look for David Reiley Violins, Pure Pilates, Acupuncture, Psychotherapy, the Jonathan Fisher Memorial, Marlitii's Grill, Peninsula Metamorphic Arts & Learning, Mark Bell Pottery, Quilted Artistry, Blue Hill Painting, The Christmas Greens Shop, and Custom Cottons.




On Rte 176, you'll come to the JONATHAN FISHER MEMORIAL, a Federal house built in 1814 by Fisher,. It includes paintings, furniture and a collection of his unusual inventions. Renaissance man Fisher, a Blue Hill resident, was a scholar, minister, artist, and inventor.

Tours of his house are conducted between 2 and 5 p.m. July 1 to mid-Sept.


At road’s end, Rte 15 goes left to Deer Isle and Rte 176 goes right to Penobscot and Castine. Take the right and you'll go by by antiques and handmade furniture.

A left at Gray's Corner Will point you toward the Brooksvilles (North Brooksville, West Brooksville, South Brooksville and just plain Brooksville) , This is the way to Cape Rosier and the Holbrook Sanctuary.

If you take the left towards Deer Isle, you'll go by Pen Bay Boat Co., Richard Taylor Ceramics, Gallery Untitled, Auto Body, Victor L. Smith.



In Sedgwick is the DANIEL MERRILL HOUSE, built in 1795, and kept as a museum by the local historical society. The building is the centerpiece of a National Historical District. The house was built for Rev. Merrill, Sedgwick's first minister. The simple two-and-a-half story house with symmetrically placed unadorned windows and a classic early Georgian front entrance contains many interesting artifacts of local history as well as a historical library. Open 2 to 4 Sundays, July and August.



Rte 175 will take you to Oakland House, Island Soap Gifts, Old Cove Antiques, and Sow's Ear Winery.




In Brooksville, you'll find Sow's Ear Winery on Route 176 right by the Herrick Road. Here, you're invited to sample the cider and fruit wines. The dry, English-style cider is made from the juice of organically grown, unsprayed apples. It is allowed to ferment naturally in oak barrels, a process that sometimes takes two years to complete. Fruit wines are made from summer rhubarb and choke cherries. Wines here are coarsely filtered, allowing continued development in the bottle and the creation of sediment as a result of ageing. Gail Disney creates rag rugs in her weaving studio here.


BUCKS HARBOR MARKET in South Brooksville is a real old-fashioned general store where you'll find plenty of supplies as well as icredible baked goods, including fresh-baked focasia bread often times still warm from the oven.

Back on Rte 15, look for Sedgwick Storage, Gallery at Caterpillar Hill, a scenic overlook, the Caterpillar Hill Professional Building, Elf Center, Pine Ridge Golf Center, Tashafer's, Grindal & Son Construction, Quality Resale Clothing, Hair Extrodinaire, Eggemoggin Country Store, Bill's Boat Storage, Old Cove Antiques, El El Frijoles, and the Christian Science Society.



TASHAFER'S take-out restaurant offers cuisine that is really quite excellent. You can get items such as a variety of Fried Appetizers, Garden fresh Salads, and Sandwiches hot from the grill such as Steak and Cheese, Cheese Burgers, Grilled Chicken Sandwiches and much more. For your sweet tooth, there is a large variety of Giffords Ice Cream. Check out the Full Menu.  The PINE RIDGE GOLF CENTER offers a 18-hole Miniature Golf Course surrounded by natural landscaping and a 250 yard Driving Range with both artificial and grass tees along with a sand trap. Your host, Natasha, will make you feel at home. Open seasonally, May thru September.

The EGGEMOGGIN COUNTRY STORE serves as the center of community life hereabouts. On hand are pretty much all of life's necessities—fresh produce, meat, and other staples; a wonderful little bakery; the latest videos, fuel, magazines and newspapers, and 24 and more varieties of soft serve ice cream. Here also is an Agency Liquor Store. You can buy gifts and recycle cans and bottles. A large bulletin board will keep you up to speed regarding community happenings.

Nearby is the Reach Road Gallery and Mermaid Woolens.

At the Chamber of Commerce Information Center, Eggemoggin Road to your right takes you onto Little Deer Isle. Down this road you'll find Dreamweaver and the Eggemoggin Inn.

Back on Rte 15, past Downeast Fishing Gear, Krusty Krab, Red House Bed and Bath, Murphy's Therapeutic Massage, Harbor Farm Store, and across a lenghy causeway to causeway beach,

Look for the Reach Road which will take you to Pearson Design Studio, Greene Ziner Gallery, and William Mor.


WILLIAM MOR  is a  maker of stoneware and seller of Oriental rugs. He also is a connoisseur of fine tribal and village rugs and kilims, selling them along with vegetable-dyed Afghan and Tibetan carpets woven under projects guided by the organization Cultural Survival.

Back on Rte 15, watch for Saint Brendan-the-Navigator Episcopal Church, Eaton Oil Co.,  Island Nursing Home, Madelyn's Drive In, Galley Market, Deer Isle-Stonington Elementary School, Reach Performing Arts Center, Dave & Dave's Auto Repair, Artisan Woodworks, Susan L. Hutton Gallery, Frederica Marshall Gallery, and Turtle Gallery.

reserve containing a fog forest: a rich, quiet, mossy forest of mature spruce, fir, and pine that thrives in the damp, foggy environment prevalent along Deer Isle's south coast. There is a short self-guided nature path. From Stonington, head northwest on the road toward the town of Sunset. Shortly after passing through the village of Burnt Cove, turn left on Whitman Road. Follow along the cove until the pavemet ends and a dirt road departs to the right. Drive 150 yards to a small parking area with a registsration box. Admission is free.




The COCKATOO at Webb Cove in Stonington specializes in fresh quality seafood and THE COCKATOO II PORTUGUESE RESTAURANT located at Goose Cove in Deer Isle specializes in both fresh quality seafood and prime beef.








Entering Stonington, we pass a fitness center, a boat works, the Island Medical Center.

A road to the right leads to Clam Factory Gifts, New England Coastal Photography, Seaside Stitchery..

On Rte 15, look for Buxton Boats, Community of Christ, Church of the Nazarene, Katy Allgeyer Art Studio, Burnt Cove Shopping Center, Community Center, Suzie Q's Sweets and Curiousities, Stonington Opera House and Opera House Arts.



BURNT COVE MARKET SHOPPING CENTER in Stonnington is another welcome oasis for the traveler and local consumer. Gasoline Diesel, A large newly renovated full service grocery store, hardware store and a little of everything else store makes life in this far out reaching fishing community a bit more pleasant for both visitors and locals.


Taking a left onto Stonington's Main Street, you'll see the Seasons of Stonington Restaurant and Bakery, Unexpected Treasures, Isalos Fine Art, Harbor Cafe, Boyce's Motel, Inn on the Harbor, Camden National Bank, Fisherman's Friend Restaurant, Coastside Bio Resources, Island Ad-Vantages Newspaper,  C. Watson Gallery, Stonington Ice Cream Company, Jill Hoy Gallery, Stonington Public Library, Deer Isle Granite Museum, Island Approaches, The Drydock, Oddfellows Hall, NAPA Auto Parts, D Mortsenson Gallery, Coastal Hair Designs, a U.S Post Office, Downeast Properties, Shepard's Select Properties,  Deer Isle Granite Museum, Marlinespike Chandlery, and Dockside Books.

Located in the heart of the scenic fishing village of Stonington, BOYCE'S MOTEL has welcomed guests to the warmth and comfort of our friendly family-run business for over five decades. Overlooking beautiful Stonington Harbor, Boyce's is within easy walking distance of restaurants, gift shops, and the Isle au Haut mail boat.

SHEPARD'S SELECT PROPERTIES  on Main Street in Stonington and Blue Hill has been in the Real estate business for a good long time. Father and Son Don and Richard Lord can direct buyers to the areas’s finest coastal properties presently on the market.




The tiny DEER ISLE GRANITE MUSEUM on Main Street documents Stonington's quarrying tradition. The museum's centerpiece is an 8- by 15-foot working model of quarrying operations on Crotch Island and the town of Stonington at the turn of the last century.

ISLE AU HAUT, reached by mailboat from Stonington, holds the off-shore portion of Acadia National Park. Exploration is by foot or bike (there are no rental bikes.) Accommodations include five lean-tos at Duck Harbor Campground. Contact Acadia Park Headquarters or write P.O. Box 177, Bar Harbor 04609 (207-288-3338). Also on the island is a small village and The Keeper's House, Maine's only lighthouse inn.

Staying on Rte 15 will complete the loop back to Deer Isle Village. You'll pass Hoy Gallery, The Island Agency,  Ocean View House Antiques, The Seasons of Stonington, Square Deal Garage, Nora's Nest, Penny's B&B, R.L. Greenlaw and Son, Geoffrey Warner Studio, Anne-Claude Cotty Gallery & Workshops, Stonington Sea Products, Dean's Automotive & Small Engine, Eagle Mere Gallery.

Look for Lorraine Lans Fine Art Studio on Seabreeze Avenue.

Stay on the Indian Point Road to find Shari Ciomei's Studio.

On the Main Road, look for J.C. Coombs Autos and Alice's Unique Folk Art.

Watch for the turnoff to Olde Quarry Ocean Adventures.

Back on the Deer Isle Road, Blue Heron Gallery, Peter Beerits Sculpture, Go Figure Gallery, and Christine York Studio. Look for Ron's, Lily's Cafe, Richard Roftow Artist, Gary Douglass and Sons Builders, Mikey G's Restaurant, Tom's Greenhouse, Sea to Tree, Juskaws Jewelry, Wilkinson Sculptures, Dockside Quilts, Seamark, Bruce Bulger, Deer Isle Designs, Parish House Antiques,

You'll see the turnoff onto Sunshine Road. Look for Finest Kind Dining, Round the Isle Mini Golf, and Nervous Nellies Jams & Jellies.



If you get out to NERVOUS NELLIE'S JAMS & JELLIES, check out Peter Beerits playful wood sculptures. The man has a great sense of humor, and obviously enjoys doing them. Yankee Magazine says Nervous Nellie's is New Engand's "Best Everything Place." According to Yankee, "It's a tearoom jam and jelly kitchen, and sculpture garden."






We pass an antiques shop as we pass back into Deer Isle Village. Look for Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Eaton's Pier, Maine Camp Outfitters, Turtle Gallery, Dockside Quilt Gallery.

Near-by, Carroll Kane builds his famous Adirondack chairs. These have arms wide enough to serve as tables. His shop is open most days.

The HAYSTACK MOUNTAIN SCHOOL OF CRAFTS  conducts a series of one- two- and three-week workshops in such crafts as glassblowing, weaving, quilting, potterymaking, and screen printing. Visitors are welcome to 1 p.m. tours Wednesdays through August. Call 207-348-2306.

Deer Isle is enjoying a modest revival of its famous granite industry. In the days before reinforced concrete, Deer Isle's distinctive pink granite was used in many major New York and Philadelphia structures, including the Triborough Bridge. It also was used in the Kennedy Memorial in Arlington Cemetery.

MAINE CAMP OUTFITTERS in the Post Office Building at 300 Sunset Road, Sunset, does custom embroidery and screenprinting and offers a large selection of promotional items as well as Maine gifts. You'll find camping supplies, fleece clothing, and sweatshirts in all sizes, including children's. Call 1-800-560-6090.

Many Deer Isle residents who aren't fishermen are artisans. These make the island interesting to explore since their shops and galleries are situated down many unlikely looking roads.

Ronald Hayes' PEARSON'S JEWELRY  is known nationwide. Doug Wilson does interesting metal sculpture. If you like fine photography, check out the TERRELL S. LESTER STUDIO-GALLERY.




At Elena Kubler's TURTLE GALLERY in downtown Deer Isle, the summer schedule consists of a series of two- and three-week theme shows featuring high-quality works of various media. This gallery has been cited nationally as one of the places to find the best in Maine arts and crafts.





All of the coverings at DOCKSIDE QUILT GALLERY  are made by members of the same family.

Bill Fothergill and Lucy Flint are both painters and sculptors. Bill says this is in the European tradition; over there, artists commonly are skilled in diverse disciplines. Bill is infatuated with the female form while Lucy is a surrealist. You can see their work at their Blastow's cove studio.



At their GREEN HEAD FORGE, Jack and Harriet Hemenway make sculpture and jewelry in silver, gold, and iron.






Westward from Stonington, a scenic backroad follows the shore, affording spectacular views of the Camden Hills, Vinalhaven, North Haven and many other islands dotting East Penobscot Bay.



Watch for B & M's WOODEN TOY SHOP. Here Burlyn Eaton builds a wide variety of wooden toys and furniture, guaranteeing everything he builds for a full year.

Back on Rte 176 in Penobscot, you'll see the NORTHERN BAY MARKET. Whether you prefer lobster, crabs, or clams, you'll find them fresh here, and at the best prices around. You can get freshbaked bread and pastries here as well. Toss in some cold beer and soda, and you have everything you need for that picnic.

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The BAYVIEW TAKE-OUT & MARKET on Bayview Road in Penobscot has Downeast Maine's best haddockburgers. Other notable eats include many varieties of sandwiches, burgers, fried fish, clams, scallops, etc. The best take-out place hereabouts. 207-326-4882.


Keep going and you'll reach Rte 199, which leads to the Castine Peninsula.

CASTINE was established as a trading post by the Plymouth Pilgrims (they subscribed to the sail now, pay later ethic; they were obliged to earn money to pay for the Mayflower) and is the only community in the county to have flown under four national flags--U.S., England, France, and Holland. In 1635, Miles Standish was dispatched to Castine to take the town from the French. He failed, and the French kept control. There is a very active local historical society, which has placed markers all over town celebrating various noteworthy occurrences.

As you come into Castine, you'll pass the Carriage Shed Antiques, Castine Golf Club before you come to Maine Maritime Academy. A left will take you downtown. There you'll find Endicott Real Estate, Saltmeadow Proerties, DeRaat Realty, Castine Historical Handworks, Castine Realty, Gallery Antiques, Bah's Bakehouse, Compass Rose, Castine Variety, Eaton’s Boat Yard, Dennett’s Wharf, Mainely Solutions, and the Pentagoet Inn. There are historical markers all over town. On the wharf is the Breeze and the Reef Pub.


The good folks of Castine have fought a tireless battle to save its elms from the ravages of Dutch Elm Disease. They've had considerable success, and visitors can see many of these fabulous trees.

On Perkins Street, look for WILSON MUSEUM  and the adjacent PERKINS HOUSE. The museum was built in 1921 to house the anthropological collection of local resident John Howard Wilson. Included are artifacts from cultures all over the world. Downstairs there is a replica of an 1805 American kitchen. Next door is an operating blacksmith forge.

The JOHN PERKINS HOUSE, Castine's oldest, housed British officers during both the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812. Guided tours of the house in the summer include demonstrations of open-hearth cooking, with guest invited to taste the results

Leaving Castine, you can take Rte 166A to Penobscot town line and by a big boatyard, then Rte 175 to Orland. Look for G.M. Allen & Son and the Wild Blueberry Patch Shop. In downtown Orland, watch for the Orland Bed and Breakfast, before you get back to Rte One.

SISTERS SALSA, which you can find at most Shaw's and Hannaford’s markets, is made locally from fresh vegetables and juices.


Further down the road, you'll find  Old Things Antiques and Collectibles, the Orland Market,  Orland House Bed & Breakfaste Bicentennial Park, and the Orland Historical Society. Watch also for the Sign of the Amiable Pig.




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