Maine for Families
Planning a family vacation in Maine? Start here if you're looking for family-friendly places to visit, attractions to see, and things to do.
The Children's Museum of Maine
Review of the Children's Museum of Maine in Portland, Maine. How much can you pack into a two-hour visit to the Children's Museum of Maine, an attraction for kids in Portland, Maine? New England Travel Guide Kim Knox Beckius' five-year-old daughter shares her account of a morning at the Children's Museum.
Review of the Children's Museum of Maine in Portland, Maine. How much can you pack into a two-hour visit to the Children's Museum of Maine, an attraction for kids in Portland, Maine? New England Travel Guide Kim Knox Beckius' five-year-old daughter shares her account of a morning at the Children's Museum.
The Family That Camps Together...
From your About Guide, when you send the kids off to summer camp, after that initial burst of elation, don't you feel, well... just a bit... jealous?! Point Sebago Resort in Maine is a 775-acre playground with activities for the whole family.
From your About Guide, when you send the kids off to summer camp, after that initial burst of elation, don't you feel, well... just a bit... jealous?! Point Sebago Resort in Maine is a 775-acre playground with activities for the whole family.
Gold Rush
There's gold in them there rivers and streams of Maine, and I'll tell you how to rent panning equipment and go for the gold at Coos Canyon, a scenic Swift River gorge on Route 17 in Byron. You may not find fortune... but you might just find fame!
There's gold in them there rivers and streams of Maine, and I'll tell you how to rent panning equipment and go for the gold at Coos Canyon, a scenic Swift River gorge on Route 17 in Byron. You may not find fortune... but you might just find fame!
The Sweetest Moose in Maine
You don't have to kiss a lot of moose to find the sweetest one in all of Maine. Lenny is a life-size moose sculpted from 1,700 pounds of chocolate! See him at Len Libby Chocolates.
You don't have to kiss a lot of moose to find the sweetest one in all of Maine. Lenny is a life-size moose sculpted from 1,700 pounds of chocolate! See him at Len Libby Chocolates.
Aquaboggan
This water amusement park in Saco has more water than all of Maine's rivers put together!
This water amusement park in Saco has more water than all of Maine's rivers put together!
Belfast & Moosehead Lake Railroad Co.
Take a wonderful trip by antique steam or diesel locomotive or by boat and explore the beautiful scenery of central Maine.
Take a wonderful trip by antique steam or diesel locomotive or by boat and explore the beautiful scenery of central Maine.
Desert of Maine
Thanks to a glacier that left behind a large deposit of sand some 11,000 years ago, Freeport, Maine, is now home to a genuine desert!
Thanks to a glacier that left behind a large deposit of sand some 11,000 years ago, Freeport, Maine, is now home to a genuine desert!