Salt spray and blustery winds are also part of the charm of the community of Roque Bluffs, home of Roque Bluffs State Park, where you will find a fresh water pond and 900 yards of sandy beach. There is also a picnic area, playground, restrooms and pedestal grills. Machias is the commercial and historic hub of Washington County, and has lately become the wreath making center for Maine. The first engagement of the Revolutionary War took place here even before the Battle of Bunker Hill in 1775. The site of the naval battle was near Fort O'Brien, parts of which can still be seen overlooking Machias Bay.
History is really at the core of the Sunrise County Region.
Micmac and Passamaquoddy Indians still reside at Pleasant Point outside Eastport. The Roosevelt International Bridge connects Lubec and Campobello Island, site of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's summer home. Calais, the largest community in the region, was settled in 1770, and is now the nation's fifth busiest port of entry from Canada. One point of interest is a granite monument on the road between Lubec and Eastport. Placed there at the site of the Reversing Falls Park by the National Geographic Society, the monument marks the 45th parallel, the exact midpoint between the equator and the North Pole.