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International Boundary Between Maine And Canada
International boundary between Maine and Canada.

Let’s face it, Maine is pretty much sticking up all by itself in the right hand corner of the US. Quebec and New Brunswick Canada surround Maine wherever the rugged rocky coastline does not right?

So for someone growing up in a Maine border town like I did in Houlton Maine, Aroostook County, it’s no big deal. But in my job as a Maine real estate broker, I get asked a lot what it is like being on the Maine-US-Canadian border.

There are a lot of perks being a Maine border town with Canada.

How Can You Tell Where USA Ends, Canada Begins? Visual Markers Between The Countries!

We are all related too back and forth on both sides of the International boundary between Maine and Canada. If you kids play hockey, you definitely get to know your way around the Canadian provinces and where all the ice arenas are located.

Canada is a lower cost easy to access vacation option too for close to home get away with the stronger US dollar.

But the International boundary line border crossing and markings to divide the two countries Maine and Canada.

How does that work so the average Joe and Jane know which is which to avoid wandering over from one to the other by mistake?

Where I live, there are lots of roads that used to be border crossings that are not blocked off and dead end.

Whenever I am listing or showing properties in Maine near the border. It is not uncommon to see the white pickup. The one with the green line down across it.

US Border Patrol’s sector headquarters is in Houlton Maine.

Since 911 happened, a bigger beefed up presence is felt on both sides of the International boundary line border crossing.

This is what you see crossing from New Brunswick Canada into Houlton Maine’s US port of entry for a boundary market.

The I-95 Approach Leaving Maine USA Into New Brunswick Canada.
The International Boundary Commission (IBC) is responsible for surveying and mapping the Canada–United States border.

This includes the boundary between Maine and Canada.

The IBC maintains over 8,000 monuments and reference points along the 8,891 km (5,525 miles) boundary.

This kind of attention to keeping the boundary line crystal clear on foot or visible from the air ensures its clear demarcation.

No misunderstandings where things starts or stops.

International Boundary Commission

Spacing of Boundary Markers:
- Primary Monuments: These are placed at significant points along the boundary, such as where the line changes direction or at major geographical features.
- The spacing between primary monuments varies depending on the terrain and visibility requirements.
- Intermediate Markers: In areas where additional visibility is needed, smaller intermediate markers are installed. To use between primary monuments to ensure the boundary line is clearly defined.
Maintenance of the Boundary:
- Cleared “Vista”: The IBC maintains a 6-meter (20-foot) wide cleared swath, known as a “vista,” along the land boundary line. This clearing extends 3 meters (10 feet) on either side of the boundary to keep the line visible and prevent overgrowth.
  Houlton Maine Old Abandoned US Port Of Entry Customs Immigration Station.
  
  International Boundary Commission
Accessing Boundary Maps and Coordinates:
- Official Maps: The IBC provides access to official maps and the most recent geodetic coordinates of the international boundary.
- These resources are organized into sections and subsections corresponding to areas with homogeneous characteristics.
  International Boundary Commission
- Digital Boundary Data: For mapping purposes, the IBC offers digital boundary data generated from NAD83 geographic positions of boundary monuments and turning points.
- This data is intended for mapping use only and should not be used to define the legal boundary.
  Crossing From Maine Into Canada, The Houlton Port Of Entry Station.
  
  International Boundary Commission
Want more detailed information on specific marker locations, spacing?

And to view official boundary maps, you can visit the IBC’s Maps & Coordinates page.

This resource provides comprehensive maps and data pertinent to the Maine-Canada boundary.

Coming back from a one day over and the next back from Maine to Fredericton New Brunswick. There was a short line at the port of entry.

Took a few photos of the granite markers you see out the car window making it crystal clear which country you are entering or leaving.

What about the International border market spacing?

The Line Between Maine USA And Canada. The Map That Shows The Straight Line North And South.
The distance apart of boundary markers along the Maine-Canada border varies.

It’s all visual, line of site.

It all depends on the terrain, visibility, and historical agreements.

But the boundary line markers are generally placed at intervals of 1 mile or less. Here’s a detailed breakdown:

1. General Spacing Guidelines

Primary Boundary Monuments: These are typically placed at significant points, such as river crossings, ridge lines, or areas where the boundary changes direction.

In flat or open areas, primary markers may be spaced 1 mile apart.

In more rugged or forested areas, the spacing might be shorter to ensure clear delineation.

Intermediate Markers: Smaller markers are placed between primary monuments in areas where additional visibility is needed.

This helps reduce the distance between markers to several hundred yards.

2. The Cleared “Vista”

A 20-foot-wide cleared strip along the boundary (called the “vista”) ensures the border remains visible. Even when the markers themselves are spaced farther apart.

The vista allows surveyors and travelers to visually follow the border line.

3. Variations in Marker Placement

In areas with natural boundaries (e.g., the St. John River), markers are placed at key access points rather than at regular intervals.

In heavily forested or less accessible regions, markers may be closer together to aid navigation and ensure clarity.

4. Surveying Standards

The International Boundary Commission (IBC) is responsible for maintaining and inspecting the markers. They ensure markers are appropriately spaced and replace damaged or missing markers as needed.

Modern GPS technology and historical records are used to ensure the accuracy of the boundary line and marker placements.

5. Practical Implications

For those traveling along the border or inspecting it. Those markers and the cleared vista provide a clear and continuous visual reference for the international boundary.

The system ensures that the boundary is well-defined despite challenging geography or changing environmental conditions.

If you’re looking for precise distances or a specific area of interest, the International Boundary Commission’s maps and reports provide detailed information about marker locations and spacing.

The Maine-Canada border took a long time to resolve due to a combination of geographical, political, and economic factors. Here’s why it was so complex and why the issue persisted for decades:

Why did it take so long for the boundary line to be determined and agreed upon by both countries?

Leaving Canada, Entering USA In Maine, What You See On The International Boundary Crossing.

1. Ambiguous Language in the Treaty of Paris (1783)

The Treaty of Paris, which ended the American Revolutionary War, was supposed to define the boundaries between the United States and British-controlled Canada. However, the language describing the northeastern boundary was vague. It relied on natural landmarks like rivers and highlands. Those were poorly mapped at the time.

The treaty referred to the “highlands which divide rivers flowing into the St. Lawrence from those which flow into the Atlantic.” This definition was open to interpretation. It caused disputes over which “highlands” were being referenced.

2. Poor Mapping and Limited Knowledge of the Region

Maps of the late 18th and early 19th centuries were often inaccurate. Surveying techniques were rudimentary. The dense forests of northern Maine and New Brunswick made the region difficult to explore.

Early maps, like the Mitchell Map, which was used during the Treaty of Paris negotiations, were misleading and contributed to the confusion.

3. Competing Economic Interests

The Aroostook River Valley was rich in timber, and both the U.S. and Britain (Canada) wanted control of the resources. The economic importance of the logging industry intensified the territorial dispute.

Settlers from both sides began using the disputed land, increasing tensions as they competed for resources.

4. Strategic Importance

The British sought a secure land route between their maritime colonies (New Brunswick, Nova Scotia) and Quebec. Control of the disputed territory was critical for maintaining this connection.

The U.S., meanwhile, wanted to expand its territory. To secure the US Canada border for future settlement and economic development.

5. Settlement Patterns

By the early 19th century, settlers from both sides were already living in the disputed territory. These communities, especially French-speaking Acadians, complicated the issue. They often had loyalties that crossed national boundary border lines.

6. Political Tensions Between the U.S. and Britain

The War of 1812 heightened tensions between the U.S. and Britain, delaying a peaceful resolution to the border issue.

After the war, negotiations resumed but were slow. Each side feared conceding territory, which might be seen as a sign of weakness.

7. The Aroostook War (1838-1839)

The boundary dispute escalated into the Aroostook War, a bloodless confrontation involving American and British/Canadian militias. This underscored the urgent need to settle the boundary dispute.

Both sides recognized that armed conflict over the issue was undesirable, leading to intensified negotiations.

8. Resolution: The Webster-Ashburton Treaty (1842)

The boundary was finally settled through diplomacy with the Webster-Ashburton Treaty. Negotiated by U.S. Secretary of State Daniel Webster and British diplomat Lord Ashburton.

The treaty divided the disputed territory. Giving most of the Aroostook Valley to the U.S. while ensuring Britain maintained access to critical transportation routes.

9. Post-Treaty Adjustments

Even after 1842, there were minor adjustments and surveys to finalize the border. This slow process reflected the ongoing need to map and mark the boundary accurately.

Conclusion

The Maine-Canada border dispute took so long to resolve because of vague treaties.

Not All Boundary Markers Concrete Or Granite. Some More Modern And Shiny.

Poor maps, economic competition, and geopolitical tensions did not help the geography lesson.

The railroads on both side of the border pushed hard to know where the dotted line was going to be.

Before laying iron rails nailed to railroad timbers and clearing lines, building bridges. Not so easy when governments with history good and bad between them causes some hard feelings.

Defining borders in uncharted and contested territories is challenging. Ultimately, diplomacy prevailed, setting a precedent for peaceful resolution of disputes between the U.S. and Canada.

I’d always heard the final boundary line was decided with a bottle of whiskey.

Maybe they cut the cards or were playing horseshoes. That’s a blog post for another day.

The history of the U.S.-Canada border in Aroostook County, Maine, is deeply intertwined with the early settlement of the region, diplomatic disputes, and economic development.

Aroostook County, located in northern Maine, shares a lengthy border with the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec. Here’s an overview of its border history:

The Line In The Sand… Er In The Maine Woods And Canada. US Border Patrol Helps Police The Line.

Early Settlement and Indigenous History

Before European settlement, the region was inhabited by the Wabanaki Confederacy, particularly the Mi’kmaq and Maliseet tribes, who lived on both sides of what is now the border.

They traveled and traded freely along the St. John River and its tributaries.

French explorers and settlers established a presence in the region as part of Acadia in the early 1600s, laying the foundation for French influence in the area.

British and American Claims

The Treaty of Paris (1783), which ended the American Revolutionary War, was vague about the precise location of the northeastern boundary between the newly formed United States and British-controlled Canada.

This made it kinda fuzzy. Leading to ambiguity and disputes over the border in what became Aroostook County.

Settlers from both sides began populating the region, especially along the St. John River. The mix of French Acadian, British Loyalist, and American settlers complicated territorial claims.

The Aroostook War (1838-1839)

The boundary dispute came to a head during the so-called Aroostook War, a bloodless confrontation between American and British/Canadian lumberjacks and militia forces.

Both sides wanted access to the rich timber resources of the Aroostook River Valley. The conflict escalated as Maine and New Brunswick sent forces to assert their claims.

The dispute was resolved diplomatically through the Webster-Ashburton Treaty of 1842, which established the current border. The treaty awarded most of the disputed land to the U.S. but ensured British access to the St. John River for navigation.
No Passport Needed. Maine And Canadian Moose Travel Back And Forth Across The International Border.

Inspection, The Stop To Roll Down The Window, Hand Over The Passport.

Economic and Social Ties

Despite the formal border, economic and social connections remained strong between Aroostook County and neighboring New Brunswick. The logging industry and later the potato industry fostered cross-border trade and relationships.

Families often had members on both sides of the border, and shared cultural ties endured, especially among French-speaking Acadian communities.

Modern Era

Today, the U.S.-Canada border in Aroostook County is marked by official crossings like those in Fort Kent, Van Buren, and Houlton. These towns remain gateways for trade and travel between Maine and Canada.

While stricter border controls were implemented after the September 11, 2001, attacks, the region continues to rely on its cross-border relationship for economic and cultural exchange.

Significance

The history of the Aroostook border reflects broader themes in U.S.-Canadian relations, including the peaceful resolution of disputes, the blending of cultures, and shared economic interests.

The resolution of the Aroostook War and the establishment of a clear border underscored the importance of diplomacy. It set a precedent for U.S.-Canada cooperation.

This region’s unique history remains a point of pride for residents on both sides of the border.

We are all related back and forth.

It all helps emphasize the shared heritage and interdependence despite the international boundary.

In my job as a Maine real estate broker, the question comes up a lot.

More than you would probably think.

Is it dangerous being this close to Canada living in Maine?

No. Heck no.

Walk The Line Like The Johnny Cash Song. If You Don’t The RCMP Or US Border Patrol Want To Have A Little Chat.

It is a perk being on the Canadian border as a Maine small boundary line town.

Both sides enjoy traveling back and forth and the cross border traffic is constant.

It was hard when COVID shut down the crossing ease for both sides and makes us glad we can travel freely now.

We have blogged about traveling to PEI Canada vacations before.

And trips from Maine to Halifax Nova Scotia.

These quick and easy, affordable vacations close to home are a one more benefit of living in Maine.

We take more of these trips to explore different times of the year and to expand where we stay and find new things to enjoy. Quebec is full of history and fun to travel to from Maine.

Thank you for following our Me In Maine blog loyal and faithful readers.

And if you are new to this blog about anything Maine, welcome.

Please reach out online or stop in to see us if in Northern Maine.

I love where I live and want to share all I know about Maine with you.

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I’m Maine REALTOR Andrew Mooers, ME Broker

207.532.6573 | info@mooersrealty.com |

MOOERS REALTY 69 North ST Houlton ME 04730 USA
December 10, 2024
Mt Katahdin Baxter State Park
Mt Katahdin Baxter State Park in Maine is a key location on the Appalachian Trail (AT).

Baxter State Park is home to Mount Katahdin, the northern terminus of the 2,190+ mile trail. Thru-hikers either begin or conclude their Appalachian Trail journey at Baxter Peak, the summit of Mount Katahdin.

My four kids and I along with extra friends spent a lot of time at Baxter State Park. Climbing Mt Katahdin is unforgettable and a yearly repeated hiking tradition. But lots of other mountains and smaller foot hills to hike and conquer as you collect the different trail experiences. Growing up less than a hour away means tapping into the natural beauty and majesty of Baxster State Park / Mt Katahdin was right in my backyard.

Have you seen the movie Lost On A Mountain In Maine?

80 miles, 9 days and lost on Mt Katahdin and wandering around the Baxter State Park and beyond. The movie, a true story based on the story that swept the nation back in the summer of 1939.

Donn Fendler, a 12 year old Boy Scout lost his hiking party and found himself alone, wet, cold, tired and deeply lost in the woods around Baxter State Park while climbing Mt Katahdin in Piscataquis County Maine.

Watch The Trailer For Lost On A Mountain In Maine!

Hear, see Donn Fendler himeself reflect on what happened and his experience that had a happy ending.

Share your experience with Mt Katahdin, the hiking personal tales you have at Baxter State Park.

Hiking Baxter State Park. Which Trails Do You Use The Most And Pick To Hike?

Climbing Mt Katahdin, Baxter State Park Trails With Your Kids. Like You Did With Your Parents. Priceless.

Feel The Breeze, See The Moisture Clouds Floating By? The Tableland Of Mt Katahdin, Baxter State Park.

Heading Up Mt Katahdin, Baxter State Park’s “Saddle”.

Lots of trails, which one to pick depends on the age, the size of your climbing party as you head to Baxter State Park.

Baxter State Park. No Burger King, No Mickey Dees. Just Wildlife. No Vehicles, No People, Just Four Seasons All Natural Scenery.

Where to begin?

Mountains in Baxter State Park:

Baxter State Park boasts over 40 mountain peaks and ridges within its boundaries. Notable mountains include:
1. Mount Katahdin:
  
  Comprises five main peaks:
  
  Baxter Peak (the highest at 5,269 feet)
  
  Hamlin Peak
  
  Pamola Peak
  
  South Peak
  
  Chimney Peak
2. Other Peaks:
  
  Mount Coe
  
  South Brother and North Brother
  
  Fort Mountain
  
  Doubletop Mountain
  
  The Owl
These mountains surrounding the crown jewel Mt Katahdin in Baxter State Park are breath taking.

Each provides a mix of hiking challenges, from strenuous climbs to more moderate trails, and offer stunning views of Maine’s wilderness. The park is renowned for its rugged beauty and commitment to preserving its natural state, making it a favorite for outdoor enthusiasts.
Starting a family hiking journey in Baxter State Park and working your way up to Mount Katahdin is an excellent plan! Here’s a guide to gradually build up experience and confidence, taking into account age, weather, and time constraints:

1. Start Small: Horse Mountain

Trail Overview: A short hike (about 2 miles round trip) with moderate elevation gain, suitable for young children and beginners. 1400′ high. Start with this one my advice from experience.

Highlights: Scenic views without being too strenuous. Perfect for getting the family used to trails and rewarding vistas. The entire family can hike. Little hikers don’t have to stay home.

Tips: Bring snacks and let kids take breaks. Make it about the journey, not just the destination. Bring friends too to follow the blue dotted dash trail markets up and down the trails.

2. Intermediate Hikes: Gradual Progression

For families with younger children or when weather or time is limited, Baxter State Park offers excellent “in-between” trails:

South Turner Mountain

Trail Overview: Moderate hike (about 4.5 miles round trip) with excellent views of Katahdin and wildlife spotting opportunities.

Best For: Kids with a bit more endurance. A great next step after Horse Mountain.

Blueberry Ledges

Trail Overview: A fun, easier trail with a round-trip of around 3.5 miles, offering waterfalls, forest views, and ledges to explore.

Best For: Kids who love variety and shorter distances.

Ledge Falls

Trail Overview: Not a hike, but a fun family spot where kids can enjoy sliding down the natural rock water slides.

Best For: Hot summer days when hiking might be too exhausting. Work your way up to longer trails, steeper Baxter State Park mountain options.

3. Advanced Preparation: Mount Katahdin

When your family is ready, tackling Katahdin is a monumental achievement. It’s challenging but incredibly rewarding. You might choose from these popular trails:

Saddle Trail (via Chimney Pond)

Trail Overview: The most family-friendly ascent to Katahdin’s summit, but still requires good preparation.

Distance: About 10 miles round trip.

Best For: Families with teens or older children who have experience hiking and can handle longer, more strenuous climbs.

Hunt Trail (Appalachian Trail)

Trail Overview: Classic but steep and exposed. Amazing views!

Distance: About 10.4 miles round trip.

Best For: Fit, experienced family members comfortable with rock scrambling.

Rainy/Time-Limited Days in Baxter State Park

Kid-Friendly Nature Trails: Explore interpretive trails like the Daicey Pond Loop (1 mile) or Sandy Stream Pond (0.5 miles) for wildlife watching.

Relaxing by the Water: Spend a day by Kidney Pond or Daicey Pond fishing, canoeing, or just soaking in the scenery.

Camping Adventures: Book a night at a family-friendly campsite, like those at Roaring Brook or Abol Campground.

Tips for Hiking with a Family:

Plan Ahead: Check trail conditions, weather forecasts, and park guidelines.

Pack Essentials: Water, snacks, sunscreen, bug spray, and layers.

Set Realistic Goals: Know everyone’s limits and be prepared to turn back if needed.

Celebrate Small Wins: Let kids enjoy smaller accomplishments as stepping stones to bigger challenges like Katahdin.

This approach allows your family to build hiking confidence and create lasting memories in one of Maine’s most beautiful natural areas!

Maine’s Highest Mountain, MT Katahdin. Located In Forever Wild Baxter State Park. Snow Comes Early, Stays Late On This Almost Mile High Mountain Top.

Hope you plan to hike and bring your family to start the outdoor tradition trail, mountain climbing in Maine.

Enjoy the movie Lost On A Mountain in Maine with your family. I would love to hear questions and can share my experiences from many trips to Baxter State Park, Mt Katahdin growing up, with my own kids and now as grandchildren pop into the picture.

I’m Maine REALTOR Andrew Mooers, ME Broker

207.532.6573 | info@mooersrealty.com |

MOOERS REALTY 69 North ST Houlton ME 04730 USA
November 24, 2024
Maine Tourism Welcome To Vacationland

Maine tourism, welcome to Vacationland.

Maine small towns are proud of their unique area of the state. Tourism in Maine accounts for about 6.4% percent of the state’s economy. I know, that low a figure surprised me too. Or made me think we could bump it up to way more Maine tourists traveling across the big green bridge.

All this space, no crime, no traffic. Plenty of eye candy. But still the tourism dollar numbers are impressive. Tourists pump over 8.6 billion dollars a year into the local Maine economy. One out of seven Maine jobs are tourism related. Maine tourism creates 151,000 plus employment opportunities to bring home the bacon.

Welcome To Maine. How About A Super Sized Ice Cream Cone Treat?

The towns in Maine most memorable are the ones where the entire population wears an ambassador hat.

Putting on a genuine smile. Greeting the day with a healthy attitude of wanting to be helpful. Rolling out the red carpet welcome mat means putting yourself in the shoes of a tourist.

Really friendly, warm and helpful is something any new to your area visitor never forgets.

Returning trips to the small Maine town happen with frequency when the folks you bump into on vacation go all out to be the best tour guides.

The Maine folks you meet from the hospitality industry in the local lodging and dining sector have to provide first class service.

Can’t be hit or miss or depending on which way the wind happens to be blowing casual. Sincere, empathetic, sensitive to help the brand new tourist visitor have a quality stay in Maine.

Like any vacation, a brand new to your area traveler wants to explore, sample the local home grown food, to tap into the recreation. Maybe to just be left alone and veg. And usually to rest up from the very hectic week before they tidy up all the business affairs. For the pack the pack and ready or not here I go.

Take the vacation in Maine.

Life will not end if you take a break to unplug, recharge and change the scenery and routine you practice day and night on the hamster wheel right?

Maine, The Way Life Should Be. One Big State, Lots Of Special Hidden Areas To Discover.

You and I travel for the memories, the sights in a different setting. To try out the new culture that is not the same old same old.

Change of pace and to shake up the drill to shake off the cobwebs. To see how the rest of the World lives and what they do for downtime fun. Family vacations for couples on a budget with young children are taught travel is part of life.

Maine vacations.

Great exercise too if you like to walk, hike, bike, climb, paddle, sail or whatever mode of transportation.

But how to do a Maine vacation cheaply requires discipline and a strict budget.

And asking for help from the local Maine population that live in this section of Vacationland to guide your spending and to learn what there is to do for fun.

Saving your everyday spending dollars frugally frees up the money. The green stuff earmarked for a Maine vacation.

Feed back to the Maine hospitality service providers is critical. To learn what your customers liked on vacation and what was missing only helps shape better future stays for small Maine town travelers.

Plus your travel taps into lots of other service providers. You want to hear what they are doing right or wrong so you can adjust the dials for better performance. According to Maine government officials, state annual tourism visits show a 10 percent increase.

Nightly lodging stays in Maine are up 18 percent.

The Crown Jewels And Europe Jewel Treasures.

What do people want to do for fun, what do they consider entertainment?

Go to a local museum? Farmers markets, paddling a kayak on a bottle smooth Maine lake? To hike the trails up Baxter State park or ride a bike on miles of roads spanned by classic stone bridges around Acadia? To admire the four season space not crowded with wall to wall tourists? Maine is different than Disney Land or Cony Island, Las Vegas, most other places.

Some folks buy an existing vacation property needing work and have fun with the real estate make over.

Why not own your Maine vacation property spot and possible rent it out to others with a careful background check and healthy deposits taken?

Sitting around an open fire at a Maine waterfront setting.

Enjoying a hot or cold beverage on an open porch watching Maine wildlife. Too slow paced and not action packed enough for you? Maine’s unspoiled four season setting make it low or no cost which only enhances a stay in Vacationland. Try paddling through the river rapids on the Penobscot, Dead, Kennebec Rivers for some adventure.

Camp Fires In Maine. The Circle Of Chairs For Outdoor Group Therapy.

What’s the weather forecast and being ready to pivot to a plan “B” and “C” if needed.

Not jamming so much into the Maine vacation schedule so whoever you are sharing it with does not revolt. grumble or worse mutiny.

Vacationing 101… everyone does it differently but a little help from local Mainers to suggest what should be on the itinerary is helpful.

Making it worth the money and time spent to vacation in Maine hinges on the people you meet along the way.

Vacationing In Maine. Returning To The Same Favorable Haunts Or Somewhere New?

When I was Houlton Maine Chamber of Commerce president, marketing the town for tourism was huge.

Thinking like a brand new traveler wandering into town. What would he or she need besides a warm feeling that they were welcome? How to help the new to your area tourists not waste their short time and hard earned dollars in your Maine home town? Showcasing what there is to do for fun wherever you live in Maine is huge.

So much on the list may not be your personal favorite but what do the vacation audience members want to achieve from this vacation getaway stay?

See sunrises, sunsets like no other. Meet a Maine moose, see a bald eagle, strap on a bib to eat a steamed lobster. Sample a whoopie pie or slice of blueberry filled anything. Pick up souvenirs with Maine splashed across them.

Waterfront Maine Vacations Are The Most Memorable!

How to get a Maine tourist to stick around for a stretch of days and to return for more?

To share their enjoyment with their inner circle of friends to expand on the local Maine tourism traffic to your zip code. Regional tourism and helping tourist travelers “build” an itinerary that includes more than just your corner of Maine is how state tourism dollars increase.

I just got back from a vacation to London England and Edinburgh Scotland.

Touring Edinburgh Castle In Scotland. Lots Of History. Not So Many Castles In Maine That Is A Lot Younger Historic State.

Meg, her mom and I learned a lot and got lots of exercise. How each tourism stop markets itself observed. Online and after you get there. Do you get a sense that the tour operator, restaurant, lodge owner has hospitality training?

Tower Bridge London England Toured On Recent Europe Vacation.

Is the individual providing the service you need? Or on their phone more than spending time with the “how can I help you?”. Meg and I did a lot of planning online and sorted through a lot of marketing, reviews, eyeball the media available. Again, what to do for fun is not the same list of responses for everyone polled.

Maine vacations are hard to beat and this is where our heart is.

But wandering and discovery, just travel anywhere is good for the soul. Take a lot of excursions that are low hanging fruit across the border from Maine into bordering Canadian provinces.

The trip to cross the pond flying Delta to London England and Virgin Airlines back to the Logan Airport in Boston MA was different too.

Not because of jet lag or lack of hydration or sleep. Did it by the book. But like the flight experience, the dining, train travel, the museums, historical and scenery experience were not the same either. Like a movie or book you remember for days after you finish it. There is a reason why and all of us harvest different take aways looking back on any vacation.

Delta Airlines Over, Virgin Airlines Back “Across The Pond” On Vacation.

Our bus tour guide to Sterling Castle Paul gave us the history lesson on Wallace, Mary Queen of Scots, Robert the Bruce, Kelpies, Nessie the monster folklore.

Train Travel On Vacation in Scotland.

In between hearing Scottish local historic information about the clans, Paul was awesome. All the information served up from a Scotsman while driving the bus along the highland country sides dotted with sheep. There was music. Fill from Paul’s playlist shared with our group added to the local Scottish immersion.

The Chieftains, Proclaimers, Annie Lennox, Simple Minds and other artists on the small bus ride with the panoramic windows made it memorable. We were not in Kansas or Maine or stateside anymore.

Ran into one fellow wearing a kilt who we asked are you cold? He smiled and quickly retorted “it’s not cold, this is Scotland”. Overall the weather was a lot warmer than everyone in London and Edinburgh remembers just like here in the Maine.

Edinburgh Castle View In Edinburgh Scotland.

This trip made me really think about the new to Maine traveler and all the maps, GPS tools available to guide them.

And in my small town in Northern Maine, how to beef up the technology to create a digital guide to help travelers more completely.

The reviews on places to stay, the Maine attractions, where to eat, etc are all well and good. There are lots of happy, crabby and in between remarks and tourism propaganda to sort through building your Maine vacation experience. But what are your expectations and are they reasonable for the time and money available?

Everyone who lives, works and plays in Maine wears a tourism fire in my belly hat. Or should.

Touring Edinburgh Castle In Scotland. Lots Of History. Not So Many Castles In Maine That Is A Lot Younger Historic State. It’s Good To Explore In Travel.

Scottish Bag Pipe Shop. Lots Of Bag Pipe Music Heard As You Climb The Hills, Down The Dales In Edinburgh Scotland.

I am proud of where I live and want to share why.

That is a big part of what the Me In Maine blog is all about right? To help shape vacations in Maine for others looking for rest, relaxation, entertainment, culinary delight. And to save them money in the process to help assure the Maine vacation is the best it can be.

All the locals pitch in and because we are not over crowded or withdrawn, the travel to Maine is a lot more relaxed for everyone involved.

Low population and less online to glean and study forces small town Maine vacations to be kept simple.

Need A Mineral Rich Healthy Bath? The Romans Built This Bath England Communal “Hot Tub”.

Instead of a commercialized Disney Land of expensive vacation package options to slide, scroll and display on your device, rural Maine if naturally different.

Less four color glassy tri-fold tourism paperwork to eyeball. The approach to peddling Maine tourism has to be creative. Limited resources and careful spending is the Maine frugal way.

Maine Lake Ice Fishing, Frozen Lakes Needed.

In Maine, there are a handful of cities and over 450 small communities.

Well oiled Chamber of Commerce resources are not always so plentiful online. To use in connecting the dots and reading between the lines to shape up your planned Maine vacation.

Time For Fish & Chips In London England.

But ask a local Mainer who is helpful and more than willing to suggest vacation options for your day and weekend ahead. Don’t just rely on skimpy online reviews and limited blog posts, videos, websites to tell the Maine vacation story.

Taken any interesting trips or are you over due for some R&R?

Are you planning to attend the Houlton Maine total solar eclipse April 8th, 2024?

Houlton Maine, Last Place To Experience Totality, The Total Solar Eclipse 2024!

Reach out and here for questions about anything Maine.

Please consider you are personally invited and on the VIP invite list for a solar eclipse visit or whenever you can take the trek to Maine. Would love to meet any of your blog post followers and here for questions or tips in getting around, where to go, what the options are!

This total eclipse in Houlton Maine is the last stop for totality in the USA. Maine tourism, something that goes not happen again in my lifetime. No better spot to experience the total solar eclipse than in Houlton Maine, Aroostook County!

I’m Maine REALTOR Andrew Mooers, ME Broker

207.532.6573 | info@mooersrealty.com |

MOOERS REALTY 69 North ST Houlton ME 04730 USA

February 28, 2024
Total Solar Eclipse In Houlton Maine Tips

Total solar eclipse in Houlton Maine tips.

A total solar eclipse only happens every 100 years or so in a given location. A solar eclipse occurs when the Sun, Moon and Earth orbits align. The Moon gets caught in the middle of the three objects causing a 50 mile wide shadow traveling across on Earth.

Houlton Maine is the state’s darkest point during the next total solar eclipse this spring.

Houlton ME, Everyone’s Excited About The Total Solar Eclipse April 8, 2024!

This blog post offers more information, helpful tips if you plan a trip to experience the total solar eclipse in Houlton Maine, Aroostook County’s oldest town.

How to get here, where to stay, places to eat and things to do while in Houlton Maine for the black out total solar eclipse experience.

On Monday, April 8, 2024, at 3:32 in the afternoon, the Houlton Maine total solar eclipse will last 3 minutes, 18 seconds.

That’s not that long really. Just about the time you spend listening to Marvin Gaye’s “Heard It Through The Grapevine”. (Gladys Knight and The Pips, not Marvin did the song originally by the way).

The view of the total solar eclipse happens west to east and in a specific location as the Earth rotates. Maine is the last of 13 states of totality the solar eclipse passes over April 8th, 2024.

The last Maine solar eclipse was July 20th, 1963 that spotlighted Bangor ME as the center host city.

I was seven, remember my school teachers telling us what an eclipse was and what causes one. My parents making sure we had welder’s dark glass on to see the partial solar eclipse on the Maine farm I grew up and still own in Houlton Maine.

Everyone in Maine is hoping for clear skies to observe the solar eclipse in April.

Houlton Maine, The Place To Be For The Total Solar Eclipse April 8th, 2024!

The next one is aways off in 2079 with two lunar and two solar eclipses. I may sit that one out, how about you?

They are not the same, lunar and solar eclipses.

With a lunar eclipse the Earth passes between the Sun and the Moon, creating a shadow on the Moon. When the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth, a shadow is cast on the Earth.

Houlton Maine, GPS coordinates 46.126, -67.84 is four leaf clover lucky to be dead center in the path of totality for the stargazing maximum effect.

Your trip to experience the total solar eclipse can expanded to take in lots of other special area events.

Learn more on what the Northern Maine community has planned for upcoming solar eclipse celestial cosmic celebration. This Me In Maine blog post gets updated as we get closer to the big event overhead in the sky.

How to get here? It’s easy to travel to Aroostook County. Located at the beginning of Interstate 95, Houlton Maine is a border town, lots of perks.

You’re at the US / Canada border customs and immigration International crossing, just after passing the Houlton Maine I-95 exit 302 and 305 choices. Exit 302 gets you to the town of Houlton, exit 305 is the last stop at Houlton International Airport and industrial park.

Do you own a small private plane and think it would be fun to fly into Houlton Maine?

You could draw up a flight plan to KHUL for the solar eclipse in Houlton Maine. You could also fly into Presque Isle Airport and rent a car to motor around the area. Make a vacation in Northern Maine seeing the eclipse, checking out the neat communities around Houlton Maine.

If you prefer driving, after a few simple border port of entry questions, you can also continue on along the Gateway to the Atlantic Canadian provinces.

It’s more than the the solar eclipse to enjoy while visiting Northern Maine. Solar totality darkness continues over Carleton County New Brunswick. The solar eclipse 50 mile wide swatch of darkness does not have to stop at customs and immigration inspections. More on Woodstock New Brunswick Canada’s solar eclipse community page.

US Rt 1, 2, 2A also connect in Houlton Maine.

Houlton Maine, Aroostook County Town Where Totality Happens During The Solar Eclipse.

Folks in Portland, Lewiston, Augusta, Bangor and elsewhere down country in Maine will have to travel North to experience totality in this next solar eclipse. Houlton Maine is definitely at the cross roads for transportation.

Much is planned prior to and after the total solar eclipse events in Houlton Maine.

Where to stay? Here is a list of local motels, lodges, camp grounds and a list of Houlton Maine area landlords too. Camping out on Maine land, folks in RV’s just needing a place to get off the road. Everyone locally is joining forces to come together with housing, camping, lodging options for eclipse lovers. List of things to do for fun in Houlton Maine. Working up an appetite?

Small Town Houlton Maine, Walk To Everything Easy!

Where to eat in Houlton Maine.

Houlton Maine, Last Chance, Last Place To Experience Totality, The Total Solar Eclipse 2024! Totally Houlton Maine Totality!

Lots more dining options than local Houlton Maine restaurants, diners and cafes. Local snowmobile clubs, the farmer’s museum, civic, school and church groups all rally together to make sure no one goes hungry or unfed.

Everyone is a buzz and gearing up for the Houlton Maine Eclipse Festival fun! This solar eclipse event is truly a regional task to tackle. Many are involved in rolling out the red VIP welcome carpet to make all visitors feel right at home! All are invited to come north to experience total darkness planetary show happening April 8th, 2024 at 3:32 PM. Don’t forget your eye viewing protection or locally you can pick up what you need for the eclipse watching glasses.

There are four kinds of solar eclipses and experiencing totality is the most exciting and by far memorable.

The temperature drops, animals act differently, everything goes dark along with many stages before, during, after the total solar eclipse.

The Earth, Moon And Sun Getting Together To Create A Total Solar Eclipse In Houlton Maine.

What to expect, what exactly happens during a total solar eclipse?

The National Geographic folks describe the solar eclipse phenomenon!

Things to remember planning for the solar eclipse in Northern Maine.

Our friends at NASA that have lots of outer space experience share these solar eclipse tips.

Follow the official website of the Houlton Maine Total Solar Eclipse for updates and additional information.

Also, around Aroostook County, more about the solar eclipse here. “Over home” as we like to call the province of New Brunswick Canada and beyond, here is what is planned in Woodstock’s solar eclipse on the other side of the border. A million people are on the move to track and witness the 2024 solar eclipse.

More from a Maine television broadcasting outlet Newscenter report.

Thinking about a little vacation up in Northern Maine, a road trip to look up and see, feel the awesome power of a total solar Maine eclipse?

Here for questions, getting around Southern Aroostook County, over into Canada,eating, lodging, directions and who to contact for help! Glean all the logistics from a lifelong local native if you plan to be in Houlton Maine area for the total solar eclipse.

I’m Maine REALTOR Andrew Mooers, ME Broker

207.532.6573 | info@mooersrealty.com |

MOOERS REALTY 69 North ST Houlton ME 04730 USA

January 15, 2024
Short Term Casual Vacation Rentals In Maine

Short term casual vacation rentals in Maine.

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Everyone wants to come to Maine for outdoor recreation fun. But how does the state of Maine revenue tax folks look at your AirBnB, Vrbo or Craigslist etc vacation rental income.? Toying with renting out your private Maine vacation property?

This blog post about owner rules and regulations renting out Maine vacation property.

Not using your Maine lake cottage or downhill ski chalet and thinking why not rent it out for a few weeks? Sure would help pay the property taxes, the cost of insurance, maintenance and mortgage payments right?

Allowing others to stay, rent your cottage in Maine?

Casual Maine vacation rentals, what’s involved tax wise ? As a property owner you are in this group if letting other Maine vacationers stay at your place for 15 days a year or less.

What To Do For Fun Up In Maine On Your Short Term Rental Vacation?

You need to register, pay into the Maine revenue service . It amounts to 9% of the combined listing rental price and the on top cleaning and any guest fees.

Short term vacation renters are under fifteen days, long stays rentals considered 28 a days a year or more.

The words “Maine” and “Vacationland” are interchangeable but the state only has a handful of cities, 450 small town communities or plantations.

The major tourist traps, er I mean venues have local requirements. The bulk of the state’s lesser known tapped into vacation hot spots do not. The rental lone arranger operator has to get a permit too for your AirBnB, Vrbo, Craiglist property listing.

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So moving on to what other tips to share in whatever length vacation rental in Maine, here are some top considerations.

Like any vacation rental property, you need money in advance to assure payment for the stay and a security deposit to cover damages. Standard cleaning fees can be added on to the vacation stay charge.

Clear as a bell, spelled out conditions of the stay help misunderstanding or legal remedies from happening.

Check out time is noon on Saturday at the Maine vacation rental property for example.

Small Town Living In Maine. Means Trail Rides With Your Family And Friends. Want To Vacation In Maine?

Much like the way a cruise ship whisks you off the floating vacation experience with steady pressure and amazing efficiency, your little one, two or more bedroom private hotel needs a procedure.

Check in time is 4PM in large bold print in several places avoids the needless calls asking when it is over and over. Also avoids chance of guests arriving and interfering with other happy camper stays or the housekeeping staff doing their tasks.

It’s like after last call and the bright lights come on and someone says “We don’t care where you go but you can’t stay here no more no more no more”. You the property rental owner want a good review to help attract more happy campers. Their friends on social media see and reach out because of what they like shared around the channels everyone haunts.

What you See On Maine Winter Recreation Trails. Wildlife, Scenery, A Bald Eagle, Moose. Like To Rent Out Your Maine Rec Camp Or Cottage Or Home?

Maine is a returnable bottle state but where does the property owner want those containers put? Bins for bottles and cans can generate funding raising help for a local Maine small town cause. Where do you want the vacationer to stash their beer suitcases, wine or pizza boxes?

Renting out your property for someone’s vacation use? Makes you nervous?

What to do for fun on vacation in Maine?

As a local insider who knows your way around the lay of the land “inn keeper”, put the suggestions in a loose leave binder. Have the tourist information brochures in a rack, local eatery lists with their menus.

River Rafting In Maine. Hang On, Paddle Hard, You Will Get Wet. Vacations In Maine Might Involve A Watery River Raft Ride.

Farmer’s markets, musical events, museums, rec trails to hike and bike, public landing waterways to access.

The what to expect for costs to activities all part of the neighborly hospitality.

Make your short term rental property user feel like they are getting more than just lodging accommodations and all the fringe benefits. Where the locals go for this and that.

The best family day trips, go here for fishing and hunting spots, pizza, burgers, steaks, seafood, dairy and pub style bar lubrications and panoramic photo moments.

Small Town Living In Maine, What’s Like? Home Made, Local Talent, Volunteers Pitching In.

For a family with kids, cottages for rent near amusement parks, go carts, carnival rides could be attractive.

But for an older couple, you want the total opposite. Who is the target audience for renting your vacation property in Maine?

Invite your lodging guests to local venues they might not be aware of that locals enjoy. Check out the three golf courses or ski areas here on the map. Help yourself to the corn hole and board games. Try your hand tossing iron trying to get ringers down at the horseshoe pits.

Personal recommendations and tourist information goes a long ways in helping your vacationer or extended stay resident feel right at home.

There’s a rope swing on this lake the kids will like.

Use the kayaks and canoe down at the shore, the gas grill on the open deck. Everyone coming to Maine wants to see a moose. Hear a lake loon or two. Where are the best odds for that near your Maine rental property location?

What a great picnic locations to enjoy the natural beauty of Maine while you munch on a chicken salad sandwich or crunch cucumbers, an hand picked wild apple or raspberries, blueberries, field strawberries? Know of any local community potluck suppers tonight?

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Many in the Maine tourist crowd want lobster and fresh Maine seafood.

A slice of wild Maine blueberry pie or fresh picked dish of strawberries or raspberries.

The video and media displays to share on social media promotion for your “home away from home” must have digital links.

Tap Your Toe, Sing Along. Music Made Locally And Live Is Huge In Maine Communities.

Maps to help your short term property user get out, about, there and back with ease erases worry or confusion. To anything and everything about what to do for fun on vacation up in Maine. To this particular corner of Maine.

Post the snowmobile and four wheeler ATV maps on the wall with the circled “you are here” X marks the spot.

Three reasons for the give your guests fun tip suggestions in the area around the Maine vacation property rental.

One, you are an ambassador to your state of Maine, county and local community. You are proud of your piece of ME and don’t hesitate to toot the horn on what the vacation day trip options are.

The local history of your part of Maine. Share it and help promote the pride and excitement. Immerse your traveler into everything local. You don’t get the spirit of the area staying a few days at a franchise motel by an interstate truck stop.

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Make the overnight, multi day experience better for your guest vacation up in Maine.

Two, while your rental vacation guests are out of the property or out on the waterfront it might be parked next to, less wear and tear happens. The neat thing about rental properties is the folks who pay for their week of heaven up in Maine are moving around sampling it.

Help them know what there are for entertainment or dining options to enhance their stay at your Maine rental property.

In small rural Maine vacation destinations, not everything appears on a glossing four color tri fold tourist brochure.

Pot Luck Suppers In Maine, Using Natural Ingredients.

The social media splash for things to do for fun in small Maine towns is what is shared online for reviews.

The images and videos tourist in Maine on vacation post get a lot of eye ball and ear drum impressions on the social media grapevines.

Help feed those channels. Local merchants, non profit museums and clubs will thanks you for the media exposure too.

Every local Mainer tries to protect their community and regional economy. Each vacation tourist dollar in Maine turns over six to seven times and helps all of the locals living here in Vacationland year round.

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The third reason to share the fun around your neat Maine vacation rental is for repeat visits. The online reviews, photos, video clips. The same people rent the same week at the same vacation property. Why?

Whoever stays at your place leaves wonderful reviews or never returns for one or many reasons. They had fun thanks to your neat, clean, affordable accommodations. And your helpful showing them around to assure they have a memory making experience worth repeating.

Your board games, photo albums, maps, lists of locals to call for goods and services are valuable to your out of town or state or country house guests.

Or if no advance information or help to know what to do after they arrive on vacation is provided, the property renter’s expectations were not met. No one wants a lousy review about an AirBnB or Vrbo property in an area you are proud of right?

Maine, The Way Life Should Be! Welcome To Vacationland! Common Sense Still Used In Our Daily Life. Not Outdated.

It’s the little things in your hired out personal lodging to make some extra money and provide additional area Maine rental income housing.

Get your Maine vacation renter up to speed, feeling like they know a thing or two about your area. The more they feel like they right at home and things are familiar, more higher quality relaxation happens. Hey look, a bottle of Frank’s hot sauce. Don’t have to buy salt, pepper and there’s a Keurig coffee machine.

Blueberries For Sal, Don Fendler’s Lost On Mt Kathadin, local Maine eye candy photography surf and turf books.

Splay them around the wire spool coffee table just so. Your wall art, magazines, loose leaf binders with how to have a super vacation in Maine.

How you decorate the simple or ooh la la vacation rental property in Maine considers someone brand new. Not as familiar with where everything is located around your local Maine community. Create the experience so they never forget what it was like up in Maine.

Tight Corners, Out On The Open Asphalt Go Cart Track. Welcome To Coastal Maine’s Attractions.

Give them something Maine four season outdoors or inspirational to remember their vacation.

Self help books and exercise healthier living in Maine equipment make your guest feel you do genuinely give a hoot about them. That they can help yourself because you trusted them with the key to a property you are proud to share.

Maine. Fresh air, clean water, no crowds, one of a kind all natural.

The Portland Seadogs Baseball Team Plays Home Games At Hacklock Field, Portland ME.

The vacation property can be an ideal extended stay, something besides a small same old local motel rental option when no vacancy happens.

You look out for the safety of your causal rental vacationers and to protect your insurance agent from claims. New properties after 2009 and multi unit rentals in Maine need hardwired CO2/Smoke fire detectors.

Make sure your insurance policy covers vacation rentals and what inspections need in place to comply with the coverage rules, regulations, regulations. Safety first and last. Deck railing strong enough to protect your camper from leaning back and ending out in the pucker brush beside your lake property?

A visit to the local ER is not the recreational fun your Maine lodging guest signed up for right?

Have gas grills, kayaks, a couple bikes, binoculars or outdoor recreation tools and toys help your vacation renter enjoy added conveniences. And not need to pack a lot of extra bulky stuff on top of the Pinto or piled high on the trailer hitch tray on their old school International Scout.

The Coastal Fishing Zones That Slice & Dice Maine’s Craggy, Rock Bound Coastline.

Lastly, how many occupants in what you let the World consider renting for Maine vacations or extended stays? You don’t want three families horsing around and the added stress on your septic system. And using the place like Animal House community center.

I list, sell, manage and own waterfront properties and a rural farm rentals in Maine. The repeat, already know what you have property renters are trained and start to feel like your place is their own. It is or should feel like that if you go above and beyond to partner up to assure your property user you care about them.

The cottage, camp, timeshare vacation property renter appreciates the red carpet VIP local welcome to my hometown treatment.

The place to rent in Maine has to be clean, tidy and maybe run to a higher standard of housekeeping than where you call your real home.

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If one burner only works on your cook stove. When the refrigerator spoils food due to can’t keep the temperature cool. Substandard conditions with real and personal property at your vacation property rental means bad reviews, no returns from the same lodging guests.

Same rules apply to rental properties in Maine that long term owners face.

Like an apartment house, what tenant are you after? One that trashes the place or treats it with pride and respect?

Do the neighboring owners thank or dislike you for all these crazy partying tenants?

More than the square footage or septic system was designed for chasing the almighty dollar? Was there value for the monetary exchange? What price point are you going after in your vacation property rental market? Does the place measure up as a value or someone feels short changed?

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Wouldn’t you want to return and spread the word back home about where you spend your Maine vacations if you have a great time?

Does the leave a comment or list some of your experiences on vacation book on the kitchen table show everyone had fun?

All people vacation differently due to interest, mobility, budget. Just sunrises, sunsets, a camp fire with a circle of lawn chairs. Gazing out over the wooded mountainside, rolling farm fields, the sparkling waterfront.

Paddling or swimming on a Maine lake or pond is enough for some.

Others want to know is there a casino, head to the water hole bars. Can you tell me Mister Host or Hostess is there an outdoor movie theatre, places with pulled pork and fish tacos or boiled lobster, maybe steamed clams, mussels or oysters.

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Always what are we going to do for fun today depends on the weather forecast.

Your current guests in turn return the favor for the next ones. Everyone uses your what to do for fun in Maine vacation suggestions. And who knows, if they like it that much, let’s look over the vacation property listings and buy our own.

Who would you use for that search, comparison shopping to purchase a Maine real estate vacation property to enjoy and maybe rent out carefully?

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Hope these blog tips on short term casual vacation rentals in Maine provided something you can use.

You probably have booked, stayed and enjoyed a few AirBnB or Vrbo rental properties to write down the list.

What did you like that your lodging guest would too? Questions? Thinking of investing in a vacation property in Maine of your own? To use a little until you retire but enjoy rental income to pay it off? Hardworking Maine real estate vacation properties from simple cabins to way way more plus everything in between.

Reach out, here to help find vacation rentals in Maine to lease out or even buy!

I’m Maine REALTOR Andrew Mooers, ME Real Estate Broker

207.532.6573 | info@mooersrealty.com |

MOOERS REALTY 69 North ST Houlton ME 04730 USA

August 8, 2023
Goose Rock Beach Maine

Goose Rock Beach Maine.

Think one Maine beach is pretty much like another up here in Vacationland?

Life Is A Beach Right? A Maine Beach Like Goose Rocks, Fortune Rocks in Kennebunkport ME!

Like people, soils, Maine beaches are different.

No the same. It’s not just the color and quality of the beach sand. It’s more than the amount of Maine beach frontage. The take away experience of any Maine beach is the way it is developed.

Goose Rock Beach in Maine is three miles long.

Whoa. That’s is one long stretch of Maine coast beach sand. Spacing is what hits you first blush with Goose Rock Beach in Maine.

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The quaintness of the cottage and beach homes feels like a step back into time.

Vacationing up in Maine. Simplicity, well kept and quiet unlike wall to wall tourists when there are times where you feel you can not move. Or like you share the Maine beach with too many tourists and the resources are over taxed.

My partner has always loved Wells Beach Maine.

Going there as a young girl with her family for two week summer stints. We take yearly trips to Wells Beach continuing the tradition.

But the more time you spend in your “happy place” home away from home up in Maine, you branch out and explore. Really get to know a region of Maine and what is around it. Meg’s mom, sister Jessica went for a ride to seriously scope out nooks and crannies around Wells Beach Maine. All the kids and Meg had gone to Saco’s waterpark Fun Town Splash Town.

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Goose Rock Beach was discovered and a return trip this past weekend felt like Wells Beach but transported back in time to the 1940’s, 1950’s period.

Prince Edward Island Canada can hit you with a similar feeling of nostalgia.

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So Goose Rock Beach, what did we learn about this beach section of Kennbunkport, Maine?

(Sound of Maine map crinkling, unfolding.) Kennebunk and Kennebunkport are not one place.

Cape Porpoise is a section of Kennebunkport, Maine.

Fortune Rock Beach is in Biddeford, Maine is to the north, Wells Beach is to the south. Got your bearings yet? And you and I have not moved into all the islands off this section of Maine coast.

The woods and water for solitude in Maine have their own reward. Parked lakeside in Maine hits the soul. Waling a sandy beach or rocky shoreline with sea air and breeze. Hiking to the top of a mountain trail hits you deeply as you gaze out from peak perch.

There is nothing to compare with the Maine coastal beach sand, and rolling Atlantic Ocean waves in the “lobstah” state.

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Part of it is more than the natural beauty setting. Add in the fresh seafood harvested fresh and local from deep blue and green water out front. And how hard the local property owners work to preserve and protect their piece of the Maine beach.

But underneath it all is like the trek to the Holy land. A deep spiritual emotion that wells up inside a person. Positioned near, on or in view the Maine ocean beach location for many is a mix of tradition, fond family memories.

The salt air, sea breeze, lobster boats, schooner sails and refreshing cold Maine coastal water provide life clarity.

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Planning a vacation to Maine? Or live in Maine and looking for an instate getaway? Hope the travels around Maine posted on this Me In Maine blog post channel help provide suggestions you can use.

I’m Maine REALTOR Andrew Mooers, ME Broker

207.532.6573 | info@mooersrealty.com |

MOOERS REALTY 69 North ST Houlton ME 04730 USA

April 26, 2023