Alternate Scenic Route 1 from portland:

Use the Route 1 scene drive from Portland. Take route 95 north from Boston or Portsmouth. From Portland, elect the scenic route along Route 1 north through Freeport (outlet shopping and L.L. Bean Company), Brunswick (Bowdoin College), Bath (Bath Iron Works), Wiscasset (stop for a lobster roll* at Red’s and explore the antiques), Boothbay Harbor (a boat ride and artisans), Damariscotta, Waldoboro (don’t miss Moody’s Diner*), Thomaston (shop at the prison store), Rockland (take a trolley to see the sights), Rockport (grab some groceries at Shaws), Camden (enjoy the harbor, try your sea legs on a schooner, and poke through the shops) then on to Lincolnville – 5.2 miles north of Camden – where you will relax and rejuvenate in your well-appointed cottage. From your “home base” at Bay Leaf Cottages you can explore the mid-coast of Maine including Acadia National Park!

*From Food Network’s “Diners Drive-ins and Dives”

FROM BRUNSWICK AND NOVA SCOTIA

The most direct route coming from locations in New Brunswick, CA, is to take Canadian Highway 2 West from Fredericton over to U.S. Interstate I-95 down to Bangor. Then take Hwy 1A South from Bangor to Hampden, Frankfort, and Stockton Springs. Here it joins Hwy 1 to Belfast and onto to Lincolnville.

If you are coming from Nova Scotia, you can take the ferry from Digby NS over to St. John's and then Hwy 7 up to Canada 2 to Fredericton. For a more scenic route from New Brunswick, you can crossover into the U.S. at Calais and follow coast Hwy 1 down through Machias to Bucksport ME (passing by Bar Harbor and Frenchman's Bay), on to Stockton Springs, Belfast, and into Lincolnville.

Coming from Nova Scotia, there is also the ferry from Yarmouth NS to Bar Harbor. Take the Bar Harbor Rd (via Hwy 3) from the island to join coast Hwy 1 around Ellsworth and onto Bucksport as above.

FROM MONTREAL, CANADA

There are several alternatives for traveling to Bay Leaf Cottages in Lincolnville, Maine, from Montreal. Here is one suggested route; see the MapQuest map below for details. These directions will take you to Augusta, Maine, and then follow the directions from Augusta above.

• Take Autoroute 10 E for about 120 km to Exit 121. At Exit 121, take Autoroute 55 for some 35 km toward the Vermont U.S. border where the road becomes Interstate 91 S.
• At Exit 19, some 79 km, merge onto I-93 S toward Littleton, New Hampshire.
• In 36 km, exit I-93 on highway US-302/NH-10 E toward Bethlehem Twin Mountain for some 20 km.
• Then look for US-3/NH-115 N and go some 20 miles to US-2 "Presidential Highway" heading east. Stay on US-2 E for some 60 km until you cross over into Maine and connect with ME-26 S.
• You then follow ME-26 for about 25 km, to ME-219 "North Paris Road," and then 48 miles on ME-219 to ME-133 S toward Winthrop ME.
• In Winthrop pick up ME100 N/US-202 E for another 60 km until you reach Augusta, Maine (you will cross I-95 on the way).
• From here follow our directions above starting from Augusta. The total trip is about 550 km.