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Attractions near Cape Elizabeth

Portland Head Light is Cape Elizabeth’s place to visit

Visitors to Cape Elizabeth can choose from 15 museums, 4 lighthouses and 2 theme parks. Look within 40 miles and the list grows by 26 beyond the one inside Cape Elizabeth. Travel 56 mi and you reach Lake Winnipesaukee.

Attractions nearby
47
within 60 miles
The big one
in town
Portland Head Light
National park units
1
parks & monuments
Ski areas
3
Cranmore Mountain Resort
Lighthouse · in town

Portland Head Light

Lighthouse in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, United States.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

Where to go

Pemaquid Point Light, 40 mi away, is the farthest on the map.

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

Everything nearby

All 27 on the list

In town there is one, and the list adds 46 more within 60 miles.

The places inside Cape Elizabeth 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 Cape Elizabeth → · Cape Elizabeth’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 · Lake Winnipesaukee: No machine-readable author provided. JohnJHenderson~commonswiki assumed (based o, Public domain · Fort Gorges: Dirk Ingo Franke, CC BY 3.0 · Conway Scenic Railroad: Pi.1415926535, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cape Neddick Light: Stefan Hillebrand, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Strawbery Banke: Ken Gallager (Ken Gallager from en.wikipedia), Public domain · Pemaquid Point Light: WestportWiki, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Seashore Trolley Museum: Rene Schwietzke from Jena, Germany, CC BY 2.0 · Boon Island Light: Originally uploaded by Dk69, Public domain · Portland Museum of Art: John Phelan, CC BY 3.0 · Cranmore Mountain Resort: Davidafranklin, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fort William and Mary: AlexiusHoratius, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum: No machine-readable author provided. Gwernol assumed (based on copyright claims), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Funtown Splashtown USA: Paulec252, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens: CMBG editor, CC BY-SA 4.0 · 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 · Bowdoin College Museum of Art: Charles Follen McKim. Uploaded 28 September 2005 to en:Wikipedia by Hugh Manate, Public domain · Maine Maritime Museum: Maine Maritime Museum, CC BY 3.0 · Maine State Museum: Stilfehler, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Joshua L. Chamberlain Museum: Reroche at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Moffatt-Ladd House: Unknown photographer, Public domain · Monument Square: Needsmoreritalin, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Sarah Orne Jewett House: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ogunquit Museum of American Art: John Phelan, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Richard Jackson House: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 3.0 · American Independence Museum: DebraHardy, CC BY-SA 3.0 · 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 · Portsmouth Athenæum: Unknown photographer, Public domain · MacPheadris-Warner House: Unknown photographer, Public domain · Viles Arboretum: eddie welker from Laurel, MD, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Willowbrook Museum Village: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wiscasset Jail and Museum: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Children's Museum of Maine: Kitetails, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fuller Gardens: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0 · New Hampshire Farm Museum: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Payson Park: Daderot, Public domain · Rochester Museum of Fine Arts: AlexiusHoratius, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Museum of African Culture: John Phelan, CC BY-SA 4.0

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