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Quoddy Head State Park

Address: S. Lubec Rd., off Rte. 189, Lubec, ME
Phone: 207/733-0911; 207/941-4014
www.state.me.us/doc/parks

Category: Parks
Location: Lubec

Write a review | Avg. member rating: 4.0/5

Fodor's Review:

The easternmost point of land in the United States, Quoddy Head State Park, 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 lighthouse art by locals. A mystical 2-mi path along the cliffs here, one of four 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.

Cost: $2
Open: May 15-Oct. 15, 9-sunset

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Reviewed by gypsy_grey from Poultney, Vermont on 7/29/09
This was a beautiful spot, and the trails were great. If you like natural explorations try going down to the shore (very rocky, requires a lot of climbing, but it's worth the view of the ocean, especially if you get there on a fine day. You can also take the trail down to the Quoddy bog, where they have a boardwalk going through the marsh - when we stepped out of the trees and into the bog it felt like going back in time to some prehistoric swampland, with the mist hanging over the trees and all.