Lubec

Sports and the Outdoors

Quoddy Head State Park. The easternmost point of land in the United States is marked by candy-striped West Quoddy Head Light. In 1806 President Thomas Jefferson signed an order authorizing construction of a lighthouse on this site. You can't climb the tower, but the former light keeper's house has a museum with a video showing the interior. The museum also has displays on Lubec's maritime past and the region's marine life. A gallery displays works by artists who live or summer in the area. A mystical 2-mi path along the cliffs here, one of five trails, yields magnificent views of Canada's cliff-clad Grand Manan Island. Whales can often be sighted offshore. The 540-acre park has a picnic area. 973 S. Lubec Rd., off Rte. 189, Lubec, ME, 04652. 207/733-0911. www.parksandlands.com. $3. Daily, 9-sunset.