FROM BOSTON / PORTLAND (most direct route)

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ALTERNATE SCENIC ROUTE 1 FROM PORTLAND (shorter but slower)

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!

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

ROUTE 95 TO AUGUSTA ALL THE WAY (longer but faster)

When coming up from the south, like from Portland or Boston, take Interstate 95 all the way to Augusta. Then Route 3 to Belfast, then Route 1 south to Lincolnville and Bay Leaf Cottages and Motel. This is longer but definitely the fastest way to get to our place.

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OVER THE MOUNTAINS FROM VERMONT

If you want to take on the challenge of cross-country driving from Vermont to Maine, one option is to take Route 2 across to Farmington, Maine, then Route 27 down to Augusta. Then head south on Route 3 to Belfast, then Route 1 to Bay Leaf Cottages in Lincolnville.

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FROM New BRUNSWICK AND NOVA SCOTIA

There are a number of options for coming from New Brunswick. Our route takes you across the border at Calais, down to Bangor, then to Belfast and Lincolnville.

If you are coming from Nova Scotia, you can take the ferry from Digby NS over to St. John's, then down to Calais for the border crossing.

For a more scenic route, when you crossover into the U.S. at Calais, 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.


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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.

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