Rt. 1 from Old Orchard Beach all the way up to Bar Harbor. Must visit places are:


1. Old Orchard Beach - Pier and Amusement Park
2. City of Portland - Lots to see.
3. Village of Camden - Touristy Town, Dinner at Cappy's Chowder House.
4. Camden Hills State Park
5. Lunch at Hideaway Diner - They got the best Blueberry Medley Burgers.
6. Maine Prison Store - David Mann and a gal on a carved wooden bike display.
7. Rockland Lobster Festival
8. Fort Knox and Penobscot Narrows Observatory Bridge
9. Bar Harbor
10. Acadia National Park - Cadillac Mountain, US's first Sunrise in the AM.


Thorey

 

I would also suggest along with the ones mentioned.......


Kennebunkport
Day's Crabmeat & Lobster (best lobster rolls) Yarmouth, ME
Freeport (LL Bean)
Bath Iron Works
Several light houses up and down the coast.


Have fun

 

I second heading through Bath. They have a nice shipping museum and the shipyard is pretty visible from US-1. There are some pretty nice islands in the area as well.

 

Go up and down the coast, we did it two years ago in mid may and it was great not crowed at all.
A Side trip if not windy is up Mt Washington

 

Howdy,

Maine has some excellent riding.. If you love the ocean the seacoast here doesn't get much better but it is slow riding generally. When are you thinking of coming? Camping or hotel/moteling? Weekdays are the way to go during the summer but even then the coast is very busy in certain areas and some like bar harbor, will need to be booked early. June is a decent time as is Sept. but it really depends on how much "riding" versus tourist stopping you want to accomplish. Inland Maine has a totally different vibe and the Northern part is nice and remote. If you are looking for mountains etc. I would recommend NH over Maine just for the quick accessibility but there are some good loops inland in Maine as well. Got a feel for preferences, maybe three days inland and three on the coast ?? You could do the big ride up to Grrenville/Moosehead then Rt 11 to Fort Kent and along the Canadian border on Rt1/1A heading south to Bar harbor for a couple day stop then head down Rt 1 to Bentleys/Kennebunkport/Ogunquit/York/Porsmouth etc as indicated by others.

Well that gets the juices flowing :-)

 

Road in Maine last summer with a small group. Best thing was just hitting the coast. Tried to stay away from most of the heavy tourist spots. Have fun

 

Mabel's Lobster Claw in Kennebunkport,not sure why they bothered with the french fries.

 

I was only in Maine once and it was this past summer. We were actually staying in the whites in New Hampshire. But wanted to catch Maine while up that way. The ride between the whites and the coast was pretty boring surprisingly. But we went to Portland and the view was fantastic.

 

Rt 1 follows the coast and there are endless places to stop in the little towns along the way. There can be a bunch of traffic in the summer tourist months. I grew up in Maine and agree that the coast is great, but inland can be great too.

We spent summers in New Harbor. It's a great area with many places nearby. For great seafood, go to Shaw's in New Harbor. They are right on a little bay and you can eat your lobster while the boats come and go. From the same dock as Shaw's is the Hardy Boat. They make daily trips out to Monhegan Island which is 10 miles offshore. It's a great place to go hike around and sightsee.

Going north can be nice, just watch the roads. Some can get really rough, or turn to gravel. Baxter State Park is the home of Mount Katahdin, the highest mountain in Maine. We see moose every time we go there. I'd stay on, or near Rt 2 if you go further north. The further north you go, the further into the boonies you go. If you go west from Bangor, there is some amazing scenery in the western Maine mountains.