Maine Stops
Road-trip stops in Maine
2 featured Maine stops — National Parks, iconic roadside attractions, and Steve’s hand-picked favorites.
Maine (2)
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Acadia National Park
The only national park where you watch the sun come up over the Atlantic from a mountain you drove up. Cadillac Mountain at sunrise needs a timed-entry reservation in summer. Otherwise it's twenty-seven miles of carriage roads, lobster rolls in Bar Harbor, and sea-cliff drops that feel like Ireland with a US zip code. Easiest national park to bring grandparents to.
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Portland Head Light
If you're starting your road trip from Maine, Portland Head Light is the most photographed lighthouse in America and it's worth the twenty-minute detour off I-95. Your kids will climb on the rocks, your spouse will take forty-seven photos, and you'll stand there watching the Atlantic thinking 'we have 1,500 miles to go.' Enjoy the moment. It gets flatter from here.