There is excellent bus service to Portland and Boston accessed from Bangor. National and International flights can be arranged at the Bangor International Airport. Dover-Foxcroft is a typical small town New England community of lovely tree lined streets and beautiful turn of the century homes. It also offers a wonderful mixture of traditional and modern architecture that seems to blend well together. Though a small town, it is not lacking in recreational and cultural offerings.
Downhill skiing is easily accessible in Greenville, an hour north of the town.
Recreational offerings during non-winter months include hunting, fishing, camping, swimming, boating, and tennis all within the town, or a short distance from the town. Peaks Kenny State Park, about five miles from Dover-Foxcroft, offers all the aforementioned activities, including hiking trails and areas for picnics, surrounded by beautiful, twelve mile long, Sebec Lake. There is easy access to the Allagash Wilderness, Baxter State Park and Moosehead Lake in Greenville, the largest lake in the northeast and just an hour north of Dover-Foxcroft. These places offer some of the best hiking, canoeing, boating, hunting and fishing opportunities in the east. They are especially beautiful in the fall during the peak foliage season.