MAINE STATE 

Best Time to Visit Maine

Maine is very visited in Summer. Coastal cities as Portland, Ogunquit and Kannebunkenport (near New Hampshire), or Belfast and Bar Harbor (edging the Acadian National Park) are massively visited.

Other Maine's sites - mainly its large forests and numerous lakes - are scarcely visited and largely unknown, partly because of the harsh climate associated to Maine's inland and north.

See:
Best time to visit Maine
When not to go to Maine
Map: Maine Top Travel Destinations

MAIN GEOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES
WHAT TO VISIT IN MAINE?

Portland
The main coastal city, and a top tourist destination: see Portland 
Ogunquit
Popular beach city in the south
Boothbay Harbor 
Small harbor for ferries and sea trips 
Bar Harbor
Major coastal destination at the Acadia National Park edge. See: Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park
Acadia National Park
Major travel reference: see Acadia National Park
Baxter State Park
Northern isolated forests and mountains in a frosty region
Augusta
Maine's administrative capital


Map of Maine top travel destinations




BEST TIME TO TRAVEL TO MAINE

Summer is undoubtedly the best period to visit Maine.

Precipitation is moderate all over the year, but the weather is extremely severe and snow very intense in winter and early spring or late autumn. Most of Maine is under snow all over this period.

Very cold spells affect the whole Maine since the end of October till late Spring, specially in the North and interior, with very severe snowfalls. 


WHEN NOT TO GO TO MAINE

If you aren't a skier or a hiker and an adept of hard outdoors sports, avoid winter or even November and early and mid spring, mainly if you plan to visit the interior or the North of Maine.

Fall's foliage - as in other sites of New England - causes many thousands of weekenders to demand the region, and you should want too avoid Autumn's weekends to avoid crowds.

See, the Maine / Portland Weather Table for details about the weather:
Portland Table Weather

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