America's Best Little Beach Towns
Ogunquit, ME
Known for having the prettiest beach in southern Maine, the Native American–named Ogunquit translates, conveniently enough, to “beautiful place by the sea.” Ogunquit is also known as the birthplace, in the 1930s, of summer stock theater, and the Ogunquit Playhouse is still thriving today. If Stefanie Powers in Sunset Boulevard isn’t your speed, hike the 1.5-mile Marginal Way, the town’s dramatic coastal trail.
Stay: For the best ocean views in the area, stay at the Cliff House Resort & Spa, where every room has a balcony and most face the Atlantic.
Eat: The James Beard Foundation named Arrows co-owners Clark Frasier and Mark Gaier the Best Chefs of the Northeast in 2008. Come to their renovated 1820 farmhouse for squab, sea-salt-roasted rabbit, and all manner of dressed-up lobster. —Katrina Brown Hunt
