Boothbay Harbor is only an hour down the coast from Camden, and is another beautiful waterfront town. They are very proud of The Footbridge, a pedestrian bridge built back in 1901. If you visit here, it’s likely you are going to cross the bridge several times.
We stayed at another waterfront hotel in Boothbay Harbor, “The Harborage Inn”, which is a good thing, as most of the best photos I took in Boothbay were from the deck adjacent to our room. The bay directly in front of the hotel also gave us daily reminders of how dramatic the tide changes are here, with a 14′ range.
The hotel staff have named this Heron “Fred”. He is a constant fixture along the waterline as the tide moves in and out.
On our first day here we visited the nearby LaVerna Preserve. This spot was created from three parcels of land, two from private owners, and one parcel from the excellent charitable organization “The Nature Conservancy”.
The views when you reach the coast are excellent!
In both directions!
Not too far from the LaVerna Preserve is the Pemaquid Point Lighthouse.
With more excellent views up the coastline.
This is another view from our hotel on our second night. Such a gorgeous spot!
The view from a little bit later. You can see how much the tide has come in over the last 30 minutes.
Earlier in the evening you could see this small cloud just dumping rain. Fortunately it avoided us completely.
We took a hike around nearby Ocean Point, which is just filled with beautiful ocean front homes. Kim found the house she wants.
The views from here are incredible. What a gorgeous day! That’s Ram Island Ledge Light off the coast, so called because it’s on a ledge of land (a shoal in Maritime terms) that sticks out from the island. This was the location of many shipwrecks before the lighthouse was built, but I suppose that can be said about pretty much every lighthouse.
Back in Boothbay Harbor, this is the line of hotels along the bay, one of them being ours, from “The Footbridge”.
McFarland Island sits in the middle of the bay.
On our last day in the area we took a hike through Lobster Cove Meadow and Appalachee Preserve. I think we saw one other person while we were hiking, but it did start raining, so that might have kept the less adventurous hikers away.
This is called Meadow Brook, and there were obvious signs of beavers in the area.
The fall colors continue to amaze, and everybody keeps telling us this is an off year.
Near the end of our hike Kim spotted this little guy after I nearly stepped on him. Looks like your basic Garter Snake.
A couple of final shots of Boothbay Harbor from the hotel deck.
Yeah, the colors suck this year…not!
Up next, we travel into New Hampshire and visit the White Mountain National Forest.