1Frances Perkins National Monument
Historic house in Maine, United States.
Attractions near Newcastle
Frances Perkins National Monument: Newcastle’s one place to visit
Around Newcastle, the places to visit include 11 museums, 2 gardens and a national monument. Look within 40 miles and the list grows by 17 beyond the one inside Newcastle. Acadia National Park lies 45 mi out, the pick for a day trip.
Attractions nearby
34
within 60 miles
The big one
45 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 · 45 mi east
Acadia National Park
National park in the US state of Maine.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
The map
Mapped
At 36 mi, Colby College Museum of Art is the farthest one out.
Orange: Newcastle. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Everything nearby
All of it
First the one in town, then the 33 within 60 miles.
Acadia National Park
National park in the US state of Maine.
3Popham 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.
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.
The places inside Newcastle 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 Newcastle → · Newcastle’s history →
Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits
Frances Perkins National Monument: Robert Reed, NPS employee (per the same source), Public domain · 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 · 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 · 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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