Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Take a right on US 1 and go about 3½ miles. Turn right onto Route 207.
Straight takes you to the
Prouts Neck Sanctuary
. A left turn onto
Route 77 after a few miles loops you around
Cape Elizabeth
with its
Crescent Beach State Park and numerous lighthouses. Eventually you
end up in busy downtown
South Portland
. Take 77 across the new
bridge into
Downtown Portland
and stop by the
Old Port shopping
district
with its cobblestone streets, unique shops and restaurants and
antique buildings.
Signs in Portland will direct you back toward I-295 and other highways
headed north.
Orrs Island/Bailey's Island
15 miles, 30 minutes, one way
Highlights:
Traveling out to the tip of Bailey's Island in Harpswell from
Brunswick is one of the unique driving experiences in Maine. Boat launch
ramps and places to picnic abound on this 15-mile, one-way trip. Unless
you have a boat waiting, there's only one way back - the way you came.
Route:
Get on Route 24 where it crosses US 1 in
Brunswick
and head
east. The road soon cuts south around the end of the Brunswick Naval
Air Station and heads out onto a narrow finger of land left over from the
time when glaciers gouged out Maine's many bays. Between Orrs and
Bailey Islands the road crosses the unique
Cobwork Bridge
, which is
registered as a National Civil Engineering Landmark. The criss-crossed
granite “logs” of the bridge, which sit on a ledge, allow the tidal waters to
course through with little impedance.
On the way back, take a right onto the Cundy's Harbor Road and visit,
where else,
Cundy's Harbor
. This is the quintessential Maine fishing
village is there ever was one.
Riding the Rails
Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Company and Museum
,
58 Fore Street, Portland 04101.
828-0814. Maine two-foot
gauge operational museum and railroad. Celebrates the history
and tradition of Maine's tiny two-foot trains. Train rides daily in season
on three-mile stretch along Casco Bay. Museum and train ride are handi-
capped accessible. Adults $5, children $3. Open May-October, with some
runs offered on weekends and school vacations throughout the rest of the
year.
