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Exploring Southern Maine's Beaches

Photo: John Kernick

Sandy beaches, wild blueberries, rowboat rides, and lobster at least once a day! Look no further than the state’s southern coast for summer as it was meant to be. The southern shore is Maine’s beachside boardwalk, its most kid-friendly playground. Here the beaches have sand—sand! Prices are reasonable, even in summer. And nothing beats the state’s south end for sheer variety of landscapes and attractions.

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4 Hotels 9 Restaurants 17 Activities

Destinations: Ogunquit · York · Kittery · Kennebunkport + The Southern Beaches · Freeport + Mid-Coast · Wells · Cape Neddick

Themes: Beach · Food + Drink · Summer Travel

Inspired by: The Maine Attraction | T+L Family — by Peter Jon Lindberg, Published May. 2007

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Dockside Guest Quarters

Kennebunkport + The Southern Beaches | U.S. + Canada | U.S. | Maine
Stage Neck Inn

Kennebunkport + The Southern Beaches | U.S. + Canada | U.S. | Maine
Beach House Inn

Kennebunkport + The Southern Beaches | U.S. + Canada | U.S. | Maine

This 1891 inn, a sister property to the nearby White Barn, is set right on Mother’s Beach overlooking the steel-blue waters of the Atlantic. Purchased
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Yachtsman Lodge & Marina

Kennebunkport + The Southern Beaches | U.S. + Canada | U.S. | Maine

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Goldenrod

York | U.S. + Canada | U.S. | Maine | Kennebunkport + The Southern Beaches
Grissini, Kennebunkport

Kennebunkport + The Southern Beaches | U.S. + Canada | U.S. | Maine
Flo's

Cape Neddick | U.S. + Canada | U.S. | Maine

For 50 years, the Stacy family has been serving up some of America's best dogs from this ramshackle, cabin-like red shed in Maine. The franks come ste
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Wild Willy's Burgers

Kennebunkport + The Southern Beaches | U.S. + Canada | U.S. | Maine
MC Perkins Cove

Kennebunkport + The Southern Beaches | U.S. + Canada | U.S. | Maine

Chefs/partners Mark (“M”) Gaier and Clark (“C”) Frasier of the esteemed Ogunquit restaurant Arrows opened this seaside bistro in quaint Perkins Cove i
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Clam Shack

Kennebunkport + The Southern Beaches | U.S. + Canada | U.S. | Maine

The Clam Shack has been a summertime tradition since 1968. That’s when Richard Jacques debuted his seafood hut above the Kennebunk River. In 2000, Jac
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Barnacle Billy's

Ogunquit | U.S. + Canada | U.S. | Maine | Kennebunkport + The Southern Beaches

Knockout lobster rolls and harbor views from a breezy, sun-drenched wraparound deck. More
Maine Diner

Kennebunkport + The Southern Beaches | U.S. + Canada | U.S. | Maine

This instant institution has been open along Highway One since 1983. The low-slung white building with a blue awning flies a series of flags along the
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Chauncey Creek Lobster Pier

Kittery | U.S. + Canada | U.S. | Maine | Kennebunkport + The Southern Beaches

BYOB and join local families at this old-timey favorite, hidden away on a lovely tidal river a short ride from Portsmouth, New Hampshire. More

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Activities (17)

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Buffum Hill Farm

Kennebunkport + The Southern Beaches | U.S. + Canada | U.S. | Maine
York Corner Gardens

Wells | U.S. + Canada | U.S. | Maine | Kennebunkport + The Southern Beaches
Spiller Farm

Freeport + Mid-Coast | U.S. + Canada | U.S. | Maine | Midcoast

There's a whole lot happening at Spiller Farm. Strawberries, apples, raspberries, potatoes, and other fruits and veggies are grown on the land, and so
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Congdon's

Kennebunkport + The Southern Beaches | U.S. + Canada | U.S. | Maine

This family-owned bakery and diner is beloved for its doughnuts, which come in unusual flavors like butter crunch, maple crème, and powdered chocolate
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The Eleanor

Kennebunkport + The Southern Beaches | U.S. + Canada | U.S. | Maine

This four-sailed schooner offers visitors the chance to take a ride on the wild side — of the Atlantic, that is. Cushioned cabin seating, a teak cockp
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Nick's Chance

Kennebunkport + The Southern Beaches | U.S. + Canada | U.S. | Maine

Guests can experience a beloved New England tradition aboard Nick's Chance, a state-of-the-art whale-watching vessel that sails the Gulf of Maine dail
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Finestkind Scenic Cruises

Kennebunkport + The Southern Beaches | U.S. + Canada | U.S. | Maine

Finestkind Cruises has three diesel-engine vessels making as many as 15 trips a day along the Ogunquit shore of Coastal Maine. The boats—named Finestk
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Ugly Anne

Kennebunkport + The Southern Beaches | U.S. + Canada | U.S. | Maine
Fun-O-Rama

Kennebunkport + The Southern Beaches | U.S. + Canada | U.S. | Maine
Short Sands Beach

Kennebunkport + The Southern Beaches | U.S. + Canada | U.S. | Maine

A great place for a stroll, this quarter-mile stretch of Atlantic coastline bordering downtown York Beach is one of New England's top summertime desti
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Fort Foster

Kennebunkport + The Southern Beaches | U.S. + Canada | U.S. | Maine
Wells Auto Museum

Kennebunkport + The Southern Beaches | U.S. + Canada | U.S. | Maine
Seashore Trolley Museum

Kennebunkport + The Southern Beaches | U.S. + Canada | U.S. | Maine
Wells Reserve at Laudholm

Kennebunkport + The Southern Beaches | U.S. + Canada | U.S. | Maine
Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge

Kennebunkport + The Southern Beaches | U.S. + Canada | U.S. | Maine
Nubble Lighthouse

Kennebunkport + The Southern Beaches | U.S. + Canada | U.S. | Maine
Brown's Ice Cream

Kennebunkport + The Southern Beaches | U.S. + Canada | U.S. | Maine

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