SUNNY SALTWATER COTTAGE STEPS FROM WATER,

The Mid coast is perhaps the best place to start exploring Maine's 3,500 miles of coastline including it's numerous inlets, fishing villages and bays along with 2,000 islands. This area and Acacia National Park are the only places on the East Coast where the mountains meet the sea. The views of Penobcot Bay are world class. You must drive to the top of Mt Battie ! Locally Wyeth landscapes abound with the Olson House and the Farnsworth Museum just a few miles from the cottage. Other nearby attractions are a ferry to Monhegan Island, perhaps the most beautiful of Maine's islands. Great shops, restaurants, lighthouses and parks are a short distance away. Boating, swimming and sunbathing are available in pristine lakes or along several miles of sand beaches on the ocean. Other activities in the area are whale - watching and puffin boat rides along with helicopter, glider and plane rides. Mountains are at the edge of the sea for climbing. Acadia Natl. Park Park is about two hrs. away. New England's largest botanical coastal garden is nearby as well. Sample the delectable locally caught seafood including lobster, crab, shrimp. oyster, mussels ,clams and an assortment of fin fish.