Guest, Sign inJoin

Post to Bowdoin

We’ll email a one-tap link to publish your post. No password, and nothing is public until you click it.
Already a member? Sign in
Attractions near Bowdoin

A day out from Bowdoin: Portland Head Light, 33 mi away

Around Bowdoin, the places to visit include 14 museums, 3 gardens and 2 lighthouses. No place to visit is mapped inside Bowdoin; 25 are within 40 miles. Further out, Conway Scenic Railroad is 58 mi away.

Attractions nearby
43
within 60 miles
The big one
33 mi
Portland Head Light
National park units
1
parks & monuments
Ski areas
7
Sunday River
Lighthouse · 33 mi south

Portland Head Light

Lighthouse in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, United States.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

Where to find them

Out at 37 mi is Colby College Museum of Art, the farthest.

1234567891011121314

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

Everything nearby

Every entry

These 43 are within 60 miles, none in town.

Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.

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

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

Portland Head Light: Aniarku, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort Gorges: Dirk Ingo Franke, CC BY 3.0 · Conway Scenic Railroad: Pi.1415926535, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Pemaquid Point Light: WestportWiki, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Seashore Trolley Museum: Rene Schwietzke from Jena, Germany, CC BY 2.0 · 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 · Cranmore Mountain Resort: Davidafranklin, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Funtown Splashtown USA: Paulec252, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens: CMBG editor, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Farnsworth Art Museum: Panoramio user MementoMori, CC BY 3.0 · Palace Playland: Andrew Malone, CC BY 2.0 · 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 · Maine State Museum: Stilfehler, CC BY-SA 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 · Willowbrook Museum Village: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 3.0 · L. C. Bates Museum: W.A. Judge, Public domain · Penobscot Marine Museum: John Smith, Public domain · Viles Arboretum: eddie welker from Laurel, MD, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · 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

Know a spot visitors miss?Locals know the overlook without the crowds and the diner the tour buses skip.
Share a tip in Bowdoin’s Town Square