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Attractions near Harpswell

Nothing in Harpswell itself: Portland Head Light is 14 mi away

Harpswell’s list takes in 13 museums, 2 lighthouses and 2 landmarks. None of our places to visit is inside Harpswell; 25 are within 40 miles. The trip to Cape Neddick Light is 50 mi.

Attractions nearby
43
within 60 miles
The big one
14 mi
Portland Head Light
National park units
1
parks & monuments
Ski areas
3
Pleasant Mountain
Lighthouse · 14 mi southwest

Portland Head Light

Lighthouse in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, United States.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

Around Harpswell, mapped

The farthest of them, Seashore Trolley Museum, is 34 mi out.

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

Everything nearby

Place by place

43 places make the list, every one within 60 miles.

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

Parks and trails in Harpswell → · Harpswell’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 · Cape Neddick Light: Stefan Hillebrand, CC BY-SA 3.0 · 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 · 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 · Sarah Orne Jewett House: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Colby College Museum of Art: Colby Mariam, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Ogunquit Museum of American Art: John Phelan, 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 · 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 · Farnsworth Homestead: Unknown, Public domain · New Hampshire Farm Museum: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Payson Park: Daderot, Public domain · Redington Museum: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0 · 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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