Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Handicapped-Accessible
Adventures
The whale watch vessels
Friendship V
and
Atlantis
in Bar Harbor are
handicapped accessible.
In Acadia National Park, a recent grant from the Shelby Cullum Davis
Foundation helped Friends of Acadia bring two high-quality, handi-
capped-accessible
horse-drawn carriages
to the riding stables there.
Special wheelchair ramps and viewing areas have also been created at
the popular attraction,
Thunder Hole
along the Ocean Drive.
National Park Tours
, which offer narrated bus rides through Acadia
National Park, has a wheelchair-accessible bus.
In Portland, the group
Portland Trails
, which oversees a 30-mile net-
work of paths and bike trails in and around the city, has made several
areas suitable for wheelchair access. They can be reached at PO Box
17501, Portland 04101.
775-2411.
Also in Portland, the
Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Company and
Museum
operates a museum dedicated to the history of the state's two-
foot gauge trains. Operating equipment provides train rides daily in sea-
son. Museum entrance and trains are handicapped accessible.
In Jackman, the non-profit group
Disabled Outdoor Experiences
have planned a
nature center
and wheelchair-accessible trails through
the woods and along a river. They can be reached at PO Box 607,
Jackman 04946.
465-3064.
At Greenville the restored lake steamer
Katahdin
,
which offers tours of
various durations on Moosehead Lake, is wheelchair accessible.
In Presque Isle, the town's recreation department operates an
indoor
pool
on Mechanic Street that includes a handicapped lift as well as
handicapped-accessible showers and restroom facilities.
764-2564.
Several parks and recreational areas sport nature trails and paths for
those with handicaps. Look in the various chapters throughout this topic
for details. They include:
Wells National Estuary Reserve, Wells.
Rachel Carson Wildlife Refuge, Wells.
Wolfe's Neck State Park, Freeport.
Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife Game Farm, Gray.
The Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge in Washington
County has a handicapped accessible nature trail, restrooms
and an observation and fishing pier.
