Western Lakes and Mountains: Places to Explore

Bethel is pure New England, a town with white clapboard houses, white-steeple churches, and a mountain vista at the end of every street. In winter, this is ski country: Sunday River ski area in Newry is... Read more

Bridgton's winding Main Street (U.S. 302) reveals picturesque New England townscapes at every curve. On steamy summer days, kids dive off the dock at the town beach tucked at the end of Highland Lake... Read more

At Center Lovell you can glimpse secluded Kezar Lake to the west, the retreat of wealthy and very private people. Only town residents and property owners can use the town beaches, but there is a public... Read more

In the shadows of Mt. Abram and Sugarloaf Mountain, Kingfield has everything a "real" New England town should have: a general store, historic inns, and white clapboard churches. Sugarloaf has golf and... Read more

Rangeley, on the north side of Rangeley Lake on Highways 4 and 16, has long lured anglers and winter-sports enthusiasts to its more than 40 lakes and ponds and 450 square mi of woodlands. Equally popular... Read more