Acadia National Park
National park in the US state of Maine.
Attractions near Jefferson
32 mi from Jefferson, Popham Colony leads the list
Around Jefferson, the places to visit include 13 museums, 2 gardens and an ancient site. None of our places to visit is inside Jefferson; 20 are within 40 miles. For a full day, there is Acadia National Park, 44 mi away.
Attractions nearby
34
within 60 miles
The big one
44 mi
Acadia National Park
National park units
2
parks & monuments
Ski areas
1
Camden Snow Bowl
Big draws
1
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
National Park · 44 mi east
Acadia National Park
National park in the US state of Maine.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
The map
Where to find them
Penobscot Marine Museum marks the outer edge, 35 mi away.
Orange: Jefferson. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Everything nearby
The list in full
34 places make the list, every one within 60 miles.
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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13Frances Perkins National Monument
Historic house in Maine, United States.
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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 Jefferson → · Jefferson’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 · Bass Harbor Head Light: G. Edward Johnson, 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 · Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens: CMBG editor, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Farnsworth Art Museum: Panoramio user MementoMori, CC BY 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 · 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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