Maine Beach Vacations

Maine Beach Travel Guide

• Maine Overview
• Maine Hotels
• Maine Attractions
• Maine Feature Articles
• Maine Vacation Rentals

Other Guides for Maine

Active and Adventure Guide
• Biking
• Climbing
• Hiking and Backpacking
• Paddling
• Beach Guide
  • Sailing
• Family Guide
• Parks and Outdoors Guide
  • Fishing

Top Beach Destinations In Maine

• Acadia National Park, ME
  
• Penobscot, ME
  
• Popham Beach State Park, ME
  
• Scarborough, ME
  

Travel Guides In Maine

• Kennebunkport, ME
  • Family Guide
• Acadia National Park, ME
  • Active and Adventure Guide
  • Family Guide
• Baxter State Park, ME
  • Active and Adventure Guide
  • Parks and Outdoors Guide
• Appalachian Trail, ME
  • Active and Adventure Guide
• Lake Umbagog National Wildlife Refuge, NH
  • Active and Adventure Guide
• Penobscot Bay, ME
  • Active and Adventure Guide

Northeast Beach States/Provinces

• Maine
• Massachusetts
• New York
• Rhode Island

Beach Travel Destinations

• United States
  • Mid-Atlantic
  • Mountain West
  • Northeast
  • Pacific Coast
  • Southeast
• Caribbean
  • Anguilla
  • Antigua and Barbuda
  • Aruba
  • Bahamas
  • Barbados
  • British Virgin Islands
  • Cayman Islands
  • Dominica
  • Dominican Republic
  • Grenada
  • Jamaica
  • Netherlands Antilles
  • Puerto Rico
  • St. Kitts and Nevis
  • St. Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Turks and Caicos
  • U.S. Virgin Islands
• Central America
  • Belize
  • Costa Rica
  • Honduras
  • Nicaragua
  • Panama
• Mexico
  • Baja
  • Central Mexico
  • Gulf Coast
  • Northern Mexico
  • Southern Mexico
  • Yucatán

Maine Coastline (courtesy, National Park Service)

Top Maine Beach Destinations

• Acadia National Park
• Penobscot
• Popham Beach State Park
• Scarborough

Photos

Feature Articles

• Acadia National Park
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  Set Sail on Maine's Rocky Coast
• Avast Ye, Matey — Find Your Own Damn Cove
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  The Maine coast has more landmarks than names. Much to the delight of possessive types.
• O My Preppy Soul!
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  Hours from anywhere but on the edge of nowhere, the rough Down East passages welcome the well heeled and unpedigreed alike
• Top Ten Active Beach Vacations
  From biking to kayaking, horseback riding to swimming, snorkeling to hiking, these beach destinations will keep your heart racing on your next vacation.
• September Beach Travel Guide
  

Trip Ideas

• Best Sunrise: Sand Beach, Acadia National Park (Maine)
  America's Best Beaches

Practical Advice

• A Diving Primer
  
• A Sailing Primer
  Sail through the planning of a windswept vacation
• Windsurfing: A Primer
  How to Hit the Water and Ride the Wind, and What to Bring Along When You Go
• The Bareboat Way of Knowledge
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  Learning to become the captain of your own fate.
• The Pool Is Open
  Think of yourself as an intrepid, globe-trotting traveler that’s been everywhere—and then some? Unless you’re certified to scuba dive, you ain’t seen nothin’ yet.

GORPTravel Trips

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  Maine: Coastal & Island Exploring
  Country Walkers
  from $2298, 5 days
  The presence of the sea - its eternal, rhythmic crashing against a craggy shore - provides the staging for our Maine encounter. Perhaps nowhere else...
  

Gear

• Diving Fin Innovations
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  Maiden voyage of the man-fish
• O'Neill's Psychofreak boardshorts
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• Surfing
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  Get dialed for summer's coolest sport
• Complete Gear Archives: Surfing
  From in-depth gear review articles and Gear Guy Q&A highlights to the latest—and past—entries in Outside magazine’s award-giving Summer and Winter Buyer’s Guides, a detailed overview of all things surfing.
• Women’s Beach Gear Essentials
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Fitness

• The Move
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  Catch a wave with tips from pro surfer Damien Hobgood
• Fit to Surf
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• Sunbrellas Chemical-Free Sun Block SPF 30+
  
• Good Day, Sunshine
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  Embrace the summer sun with an intelligent skin-protection strategy
• Is surfing a good workout?
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Hotels

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Cottage by the Sea
38 Kilkenny Cove
Hancock, ME 04640 Map

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Morrill Mansion Bed and Breakfast
249 Vaughan Street
Portland, ME 04102 Map

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The Bayview
111 Eden Street
Bar Harbor, ME 04609 Map

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