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Attractions near Falmouth

Nothing in Falmouth itself: Portland Head Light is 9 mi away

Among the places to visit in and near Falmouth are 15 museums, 2 lighthouses and 2 landmarks. With nothing inside Falmouth, the list has 27 places within 40 miles. Lake Winnipesaukee is worth a day, 53 mi from the centre.

Attractions nearby
53
within 60 miles
The big one
9 mi
Portland Head Light
National park units
1
parks & monuments
Ski areas
8
Attitash Mountain Resort
Lighthouse · 9 mi southeast

Portland Head Light

Lighthouse in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, United States.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

How they lie

The farthest of them, Pemaquid Point Light, is 39 mi out.

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

Everything nearby

The complete list

Look within 60 miles for all 53 places listed.

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

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

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

Lake Winnipesaukee: No machine-readable author provided. JohnJHenderson~commonswiki assumed (based o, Public domain · 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 · Story Land: AnotherMaker, CC BY-SA 4.0 · 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 · Boon Island Light: Originally uploaded by Dk69, Public domain · Seashore Trolley Museum: Rene Schwietzke from Jena, Germany, CC BY 2.0 · 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 · Portland Museum of Art: John Phelan, CC BY 3.0 · Cranmore Mountain Resort: Davidafranklin, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wildcat Mountain: Ken Gallager at en.wikipedia, Public domain · 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 · 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 · 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 · Maine Mineral and Gem Museum: Amandabachand, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Ogunquit Museum of American Art: John Phelan, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Richard Jackson House: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Peary–MacMillan Arctic Museum: Tndou, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Portsmouth Athenæum: Unknown photographer, Public domain · Western Promenade: Namiba, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Bates College Museum of Art: Xin Deui, CC BY-SA 4.0 · MacPheadris-Warner House: Unknown photographer, Public domain · Willowbrook Museum Village: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 3.0 · 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 · 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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