From Farnsworth Art Museum on: Rockland’s list
Roughly 4.1M visitors a year make it to Acadia National Park. Mapped inside Rockland are 2 places to visit, and within 40 miles another 13. Among them are 7 museums, 2 lighthouses and 2 gardens. Make a day of it at Cadillac Mountain, 48 mi away.
Acadia National Park
National park in the US state of Maine.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
The places, mapped
Out at 40 mi is Bass Harbor Head Light, the farthest.
Orange: Rockland. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
All 15 on the list
It starts in town with 2 places and goes on to 26 within 60 miles.
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2Acadia National Park
National park in the US state of Maine.
4Popham Colony
Short lived English colony in present day Maine, United States.
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11Frances Perkins National Monument
Historic house in Maine, United States.
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14Bowdoin College Museum of Art
Museum at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine.
Fay Hyland Botanical Plantation
Arboretum and botanical garden in Orono, Maine.
The places inside Rockland 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 Rockland → · Rockland’s history →
Photo credits
Farnsworth Art Museum: Panoramio user MementoMori, CC BY 3.0 · Farnsworth Homestead: Unknown, Public domain · Acadia National Park: Plh1234us, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cadillac Mountain: The original uploader was NightThree at English Wikipedia., CC BY 2.0 · Fort Knox: Unknown, Public domain · Pemaquid Point Light: WestportWiki, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Bass Harbor Head Light: G. Edward Johnson, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens: CMBG editor, CC BY-SA 4.0 · 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 · Colby College Museum of Art: Colby Mariam, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Abbe Museum: AbbeMuseum, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Peary–MacMillan Arctic Museum: Tndou, 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 · Redington Museum: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fay Hyland Botanical Plantation: Jalnet2, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Islesford Historical Museum and Blue Duck Ships Store: Thomson M, CC BY 3.0
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