Of all Maine's many fine beaches, there are none in the state, and few along the entire northeast Atlantic, as lovely as those at Reid State Park and Popham Beach, each bracketing the spot where the Kennebec meets the Atlantic, each with vistas of Maine's islands, headlands and rocky points enhancing some of the most dramatic shorescapes in the nation. There are other state parks for hikers and campers at Wolfe's Neck in Freeport and Bradbury Mountain in Pownal, as well as the Josephine Newman Sanctuary in Georgetown and Morse Mountain in Phippsburg. And for those who want their farm-fresh produce brought to their doorstep, there is the Tuesday and Friday Farmers Market on the Brunswick Mall from May through November. You'll find crafts, jams and jellies, fresh flowers and fresh fruit as well as vegetables of all sorts, each harvested for you that very morning. Autumn not only colors the forests so vividly that visitors travel hundred of miles to see them, but brings a new vitality to the air that makes for some of the year's best fishing, hiking and canoeing.
Hunters can choose from waterfowl, woodcock, partridge, pheasant and deer.
And for those whose recreation may be less adventurous, this is the season for traveling Maine's back roads, stopping for a country auction at the Grange Hall, or finding that oil lamp you've been looking for at an antique shop that's such a find you may never tell even your best friend. There are football games at the high schools and at Bowdoin College and some of the best church clambakes and baked-bean suppers of the entire year. For autumn in Midcoast Maine is a season of vitality, a time for doing, for being outdoors and loving it. Indeed as more and more people make Maine their winter recreational headquarters, the season is now almost as busy as summer and fall. Ski resorts continue to expand, building more trails, adding more lifts and introducing more amenities like heated pools and four-star restaurants.