Acadia National Park
National park in the US state of Maine.
Attractions near Dresden
Out from Dresden: Portland Head Light and more
Around Dresden, the places to visit include 16 museums, 2 lighthouses and 2 landmarks. None of our places to visit is inside Dresden; 27 are within 40 miles. For a longer trip, Acadia National Park lies 54 mi away.
Attractions nearby
40
within 60 miles
The big one
54 mi
Acadia National Park
National park units
2
parks & monuments
Ski areas
4
Pleasant Mountain
Big draws
1
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National Park · 54 mi east
Acadia National Park
National park in the US state of Maine.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
The map
The places, mapped
At the edge of the map sits Portland Fire Museum, 40 mi out.
Orange: Dresden. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Everything nearby
All 27 on the list
These 40 are within 60 miles, none in town.
2Popham Colony
Short lived English colony in present day Maine, United States.
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8Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum
Railway museum in Portland, Maine, United States.
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14Palace Playland
Seasonal amusement park in Old Orchard Beach, Maine, United States.
Frances Perkins National Monument
Historic house in Maine, United States.
Bowdoin College Museum of Art
Museum at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine.
Museum of African Culture
In Portland, Maine with Sub-Saharan African tribal art.
Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.
Parks and trails in Dresden → · Dresden’s history →
Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits
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 · 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 · 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 · 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
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