Sunrise Cottages are located in Brooksville, Maine on the Blue Hill Peninsula and offers cozy and stylish cottages with the friendliness of a bed and breakfast, yet tranquil and private. There are back roads for biking and here you experience nature at her very best, remote yet not far from town with magical gift shops, antiques, music, art and fine dining. Sunrise Cottages serves a delicious breakfast in the Breakfast shed prepared by Fred the chef, and cooked to order with views overlooking the farm pond, not to be missed with Mountain coffee and assorted teas. The cottages come with a refrigerator and coffee pot, WIFI, comfy chairs and more and provide the ideal stay in beautiful surrounds, for a complete Downeast Maine experience. There is a sandy beach and picnic area close by, a wildlife sanctuary as well as kayaking and canoeing, come for a memorable stay.READ MORE

Bagaduce Lunch in Brooksville, Maine offers the best lobster rolls and fried fish you'll ever taste, and with views overlooking the beautiful Bagaduce River, it's a dining experience not to be missed. They come highly recommended and there's rustic outdoor seating with shaded picnic tables to enjoy the views and a really good meal. Other menu items include the must try fried clams, farm fresh vegetable crudites, fish sandwiches, french fries, hotdogs, grilled cheese, slaw and much more, and they serve ice cream and milkshakes, plus their legendary and generous fried haddock sandwich with tartar sauce will leave you craving till your return. Bagaduce Lunch are open for season, and also offer take-out, it's a place where warm summer days entice and great meals delight, this small family owned fast food restaurant focuses on serving excellent, fresh local seafood and other delicacies for a great outing with views.READ MORE

The Good Life Center in Brooksville, Maine is a wonderful attraction that preserves the historic Forest farm homestead and perpetuates the legacy of Helen and Scott Nearing, two of America’s most inspirational practitioners of simple, frugal and purposeful living. Visitors are welcome to tour the Forest Farm June through October, and can view the organic gardens and last stone built home, purchase some books from the bookstore or attend a seasonal program. The Good Life Center hosts an excellent program of events and presentations throughout summer, and the Nearing residents who live at Forest farm manage the gardens, live off the land, and entertain the many hundreds of visitors who come by every year, come visit and view a rare opportunity of simple living and organic gardening, or volunteer and get involved, you support whether in dollars or time is always needed.READ MORE

Four Season Farm in Harborside village of Brooksville, Maine produces vegetables year round and is an experimental market garden, and in their own words, has become a nationally recognized model of small-scale sustainable agriculture. Run by writers who have authored many books and have extensive experience in horticulture and organic farming, they also have a talented crew of people working on the farm each year, and you can contact them for available positions. There is a summer farmstand open if they aren't too busy, or they can be found at the Winter Farmer's Market at Mainescape in Blue Hill Maine. Four Season Farm grow and produce a wonderful diversity of crops available throughout the year including, tomatoes, flowers, lettus, carrots, cucumber, garlic, corn, celeriac, arugula, beets, potatoes, fennel, kale, basil, scallion, spinach, chard, radishes, herbs, broccoli, zuchini, celery, cabbage, onions, artichokes, eggplants, beans, leaks and more, you don't get any fresher.READ MORE

Buck's Restaurant in Brooksville, Maine offers fine dining in a great atmosphere in one of the best restaurants on the peninsula. It's an upscale locale dining experience with warm ambiance, and the seasonal menu delights with delectable seafood, duck breast, mouthwatering pasta, succulently grilled Black Angus flatiron steaks and more with most selections gluten free. Buck's Restaurant offers reasonably priced meals in casual surrounds, and the freshest seasonal produce including games dishes, local fish and shellfish are enjoyed with a carefully chosen list of wines from around the world, come for a memorable dining experience, where the head chef delights with every bite, and visit often to experience the ever changing menu. They also cater to groups, events and celebrations where talented and friendly staff ensure the special occasion will be long remembered.READ MORE

Tinder Hearth is a bakery and restaurant in Brooksville, Maine offering wood fired European style bread and pizza made from organic flour. Their delicious bread is available at the bakery and other venues on Tuesdays and Fridays, and pastries most days, they also do the best pizza in the area on Tuesday from 5-pm, and you are well advised to reserve your pizza in advance, it comes with delicious crust and an every changing assortment of toppings. Tinder Hearth offers carefully handcrafted products from high quality ingredients and their croissants come highly recommended, check out which days they serve what and visit, they come very highly recommended. READ MORE

Friends of Holbrook Island Sanctuary in Brooksville, Maine welcomes you to visit Holbrook Island Sanctuary bordering Penobscot Bay and explore and enjoy the many different ecosystems that are protected here. There are old volcanoes, beaches and mud flats, rocky coasts and steep hills as well as a diversity of plant and animal life including forests and old fields, marshes and ponds, spruce-fir, pine, and mixed hardwoods, wetlands and meadows, a multitude of colorful wildflowers and so much more. A bird list is available at the sanctuary headquarters and there are nesting great blue herons and ospreys, bald eagles and peregrine falcons flying over to name but a few. Holbrook Island Sanctuary is unique with a network of old roads, paths and animal trails and visitors can experience a natural environment shaped by natural forces rather than modern park facilities.READ MORE