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Kennebec Valley
What can easily be said about The
Kennebec Valley is that it is a place
that offers two sides of the same
coin. In it's southern towns and cities like Augusta (Maine state capital), Gardiner, Hallowell, Belgrade,
and Waterville offer the civility and
culture that accompany communities with architecturally beautiful
and vibrant Main Streets, fine dining,
museums, shopping and the performing arts. However, head north,
and you'll pass into wild country.
North, above Skowhegan and Madison you arrive in some of the finest
hunting and fly-fishing country our
state has to offer; north, to the rollicking and pounding excitement
of whitewater on the Kennebec &
Dead Rivers. North to Coburn Moun

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west out of Millinocket taking you towards another of the highlands most
glorious features: the picturesque resort town of Greenville on Moosehead Lake. As Maine's largest lake
there are no end to the things you
can enjoy in the outdoors here - hiking, paddling, the age old traditions
of hunting and fishing, moose safari
and the spectacular sights to be seen
from a top Mt. Kineo perched in the
center of the lake just waiting for
you to explore. This is the epitome
of camping bliss, beautiful stretches
of uninterrupted green punctuated
with deep hues of blue from the
lakes and ponds and just about nothing else to get in theway.
Cities & Towns: Bangor, Greenville,
Lincoln, Millinocket, and Orono
Roads & Highways: I-95, Rt. 11, Rt.
202, Rt. 2, Rt. 6, Rt. 15, Rt. 16, and
Rt. 11State Scenic Byways: Katahdin
Woods and Waters Scenic Byway (Rt.
11), Moosehead Scenic Byway (Rt.
15) Notable Features: Maine Children's Discovery Museum, The Bangor Waterfront,Paul Bunyan Statue
at the Cross Insurance Center, Bxter
State Park, Mount Katahdin, Paddling the East & West Branch of the
Penobscot River, Whitewater Rafting
and Guided Expeditions, Moose and
Wildlife Safari, Moosehead Lake &
Mt. Kineo, The Golden Road

tain near Jackman, Maine's highest
groomed snowmobile trail. North to
where Rt. 201 becomes the Old Canada Road Scenic Byway which carries you through twisting and swiftly
rising roads into picturesque parts
of Maine and quaint and quiet New
England towns. The Kennebec Valley
is a quieter side of Maine that begs
to be explored in every season. Paddling, hiking, snowmobiling, fishing
are all here. And don't forget to look
to explore the Kennebec Valley for its
broad collection of fairs and festivals
including the Nation's Oldest State
Fair at Skowhegan, the Kneading
Conference and Fiber Frolic in June.
Cities & Towns: Augusta, Gardiner,
Hallowell, Waterville, Skowhegan,
Madison,The Forks, and Belgrade
Lakes
Roads & Highways: I-95, Rt. 201, Rt2, Rt. 9, Rt. 202, Rt. 100, Rt. 27, and
Rt. 16Scenic Byways: National Scenic
Byways: Old Canada Road Scenic Byway; State Scenic Byways: Moosehead Scenic Byway (Rt. 15)
Notable Features: The State Capital,
Old Fort Western, Antiquing in Hallowell, Hobbitland at Vaughan Wood's,
The Maine State Museum, Theater at
Monmouth, Belgrade's Lakes, Waterville Opera House, LC Bates Museum,
Colby College Museum of Art, The
Skowhegan Indian, Lakewood Theater,
Whitewater Rafting on the Kennebec
and The Dead Rivers
Maine's Lake's & Mountains
Passing through the many communities that make up Maine's Lake's and
Mountains you'll see that you are

surrounded by nearly endless access
to the outdoors. From the broad and
welcoming shores of Sebago Lake in
the south to the deep forested areas
that flank the Appalachian Trail to
the north and the hundreds of miles
of ski slopes on Saddleback, Sugarloaf, and Sunday River. The beauty
and bounty of being this close to
nature gives visitors to the region no
reason whatsoever to complain that
they have nothing to do. Even the
many small communities spread out
through the region offer something
for everyone: Take the Rangeley
Lakes Scenic Byway - spot a moose,
maybe. Visit Lewiston & Auburn's
twin cities for a taste of in-town culture, and the Sebago area delivers on
the promise of an easy lakeside summer vacation. Like the other inland
regions, the Lakes & Mountains region is oriented primarily from south
to north with communities connected not by four and six lane highways
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