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Attractions near Augusta

Augusta’s places to visit, starting with Maine State Museum

Among the places to visit in and near Augusta are 12 museums, 2 gardens and a lighthouse. Look within 40 miles and the list grows by 15 beyond the 2 inside Augusta. The best-known trip out is to Acadia National Park, 57 mi away.

Attractions nearby
40
within 60 miles
The big one
57 mi
Acadia National Park
National park units
2
parks & monuments
Ski areas
7
Sugarloaf
Big draws
1
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
National Park · 57 mi east

Acadia National Park

National park in the US state of Maine.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

Mapped around Augusta

Head to the south for most of the 15 on the list.

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Orange: Augusta. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors

Everything nearby

All of it

It starts in town with 2 places and goes on to 38 within 60 miles.

The places inside Augusta lead. The rest are ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places come first and the local favorites follow.

Parks and trails in Augusta → · Augusta’s history →

Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits

Maine State Museum: Stilfehler, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Viles Arboretum: eddie welker from Laurel, MD, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Acadia National Park: Plh1234us, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Portland Head Light: Aniarku, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort Knox: Unknown, Public domain · Fort Gorges: Dirk Ingo Franke, CC BY 3.0 · Sugarloaf: Bubblecuffer, Public domain · Pemaquid Point Light: WestportWiki, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Saddleback Mountain: petersent, Public domain · Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum: No machine-readable author provided. Gwernol assumed (based on copyright claims), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Portland Museum of Art: John Phelan, CC BY 3.0 · Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens: CMBG editor, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Farnsworth Art Museum: Panoramio user MementoMori, CC BY 3.0 · Pleasant Mountain: Denmarkmaine, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Frances Perkins National Monument: Robert Reed, NPS employee (per the same source), Public domain · Maine Maritime Museum: Maine Maritime Museum, CC BY 3.0 · Bowdoin College Museum of Art: Charles Follen McKim. Uploaded 28 September 2005 to en:Wikipedia by Hugh Manate, Public domain · Joshua L. Chamberlain Museum: Reroche at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Monument Square: Needsmoreritalin, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Colby College Museum of Art: Colby Mariam, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Maine Mineral and Gem Museum: Amandabachand, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Peary–MacMillan Arctic Museum: Tndou, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Western Promenade: Namiba, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Bates College Museum of Art: Xin Deui, CC BY-SA 4.0 · L. C. Bates Museum: W.A. Judge, Public domain · Penobscot Marine Museum: John Smith, Public domain · Wiscasset Jail and Museum: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Children's Museum of Maine: Kitetails, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Farnsworth Homestead: Unknown, Public domain · Payson Park: Daderot, Public domain · Redington Museum: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Museum of African Culture: John Phelan, CC BY-SA 4.0

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