Ship Harbor Info, Maine

Damariscotta is a town in Lincoln County, Maine, United States. A popular tourist resort area, the towns of Damariscotta and Newcastle are linked by the Main Street bridge over the Damariscotta River, forming the "Twin Villages." The name Damariscotta is an Indian name meaning "river of little fish".

Surrounded on three sides by Acadia National Park and on the fourth by the Atlantic Ocean. This is a gentle place but never dull; a place of both innocence and deep sophistication. Bar Harbor is a renaissance town, a place for rebirth, well rounded and open minded.

Blue Hill area of Maine is rich with New England history, antiques, crafts, fine restaurants, inns, and art galleries, and an important summer cultural life. The charm of our small villages, their peninsula settings and water related activities have produced thriving year-round communities.

Camden, Maine is central to the coast, and convenient to Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park for day tripping.

Castine is a small coastal village located on a peninsula in Maine's East Penobscot Bay region. The town is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is home to two historic forts and more than 100 historic markers. The village streets are lined with beautifully restored homes and buildings representing 18th century architecture. Area restaurants, inns, art galleries, and gift shops offer the traveler additional activities.

Lincolnville Maine is a classic seaside village 10 minutes north of Camden. It is nestled on Penobscot Bay and is a welcoming destination for tourists.

Rockland, Maine is the geographic center of the mid-coast region, which makes easy day tripping to LL Bean in Freeport, Acadia National Park in Bar Harbor, and every town in between. All along mid-coast Maine you'll discover seaside resorts, charming villages, glacier-carved peninsulas, and grand panoramas of the Penobscot Bay and Atlantic Ocean. While on your Maine vacation, you can go antiquing, biking or kayaking, attend a country auction, browse seaside shops, and visit one of our many wonderful museums including the Farnsworth Art Museum and Wyeth Center or the Owls Head Transportation Museum. Sightseeing for seals, puffins and dolphins is always a favorite.

A former center of the shipbuilding industry, Searsport on Penobscot Bay is best known for the excellent Penobscot Marine Museum. Visit the rock-bound coast in search of the many fine galleries, museums and antique shops or seek the whale-watching and sailing experience.

Southwest Harbor, Maine, is located at the southwestern entrance to Somes Sound on Mount Desert Island. It is often referred to as the quiet side of the island because it has a mellower pace and is an easy distance from the more tourist oriented and busy Bar Harbor, located on the Northeast side of the island. Southwest Harbor has some great shops, galleries and eateries worth checking out. Access to the offshore islands by boat can be found here as well.

It only takes a quick glance at the map to see that this broad swath of rocky shoreline and rolling countryside is indeed located at Coastal Maine's heart. A brief visit is all you'll need to learn that the Belfast area is nestled in Maine's heart in a more important way as well.

Situated on the North shore of the River Forth, 3 miles from the Forth bridge. In a beatiful setting within easy distance of Edinburgh and St.Andrews

Dunoon is the seaboard gateway to the Scottish Highlands, including the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park. It is a great touring base with an excellent selection of accommodation, shops and eating places to choose from.

Known as the "Gateway to the Isles". Oban nestles around its spectacularly beautiful bay, further protected by the Isle of Kerrera with Mull and Morvern beyond. The Town's popularity owes much to the intrepid Victorian travellers who came on steamers and later, by rail, to experience the charm and grandeur of the local scenery, and then just as now to visit peaceful Iona, Staffa together with the ancient historic castles of Dunollie, Dunstaffnage, Gylen and Duart.

Brodick is a town on the eastern side of the Isle of Arran. The main road across the island runs from Brodick to Blackwaterfoot on the west side. The Isle of Arran is located an hour ferry's ride from Ardrossan, not far from Glasgow. The island has 10 peaks over 600m and a coastal road. The main city is Brodick, which has a castle.

Bruichladdich Distillery is a Scotch whisky distillery on the Rhinns of the isle of Islay. It is one of eight distilleries on the island, and until the recent opening of Kilchoman the only independent one.

Campbeltown is a town and former royal burgh in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, located by Campbeltown Loch on the Kintyre peninsula. Originally known as Kinlochkilkerran - this form is still used in Gaelic. It was renamed in the 17th century and became an important centre for shipbuilding and Scotch whisky, and a busy fishing port.

Ayr is a town and port situated on the Firth of Clyde, in south-west Scotland.

Brodick is a town on the eastern side of the Isle of Arran. The main road across the island runs from Brodick to Blackwaterfoot on the west side. The Isle of Arran is located an hour ferry's ride from Ardrossan, not far from Glasgow. The island has 10 peaks over 600m and a coastal road. The main city is Brodick, which has a castle.

Craobh Haven is a small purpose-built village and sailing port on the west coast of Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It is situated on the Craignish peninsula.

Drymen is a village in Stirling district in central Scotland. Drymen lies to the west of the Campsie Fells and enjoys views to Dumgoyne on the east and to Loch Lomond on the west. The Queen Elizabeth Forest reaches down to the village edge, and the whole area is part of the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park (the first National Park in Scotland).

Falkirk lies at the junction of the Forth and Clyde Canal and the Union Canal, a location which proved pivotal to the growth of Falkirk as a centre of heavy industry during the Industrial Revolution. Today Falkirk functions as the principal retail and administrative centre for the wider Falkirk Council area.

GLASGOW is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands. A person from GLASGOW is known as a Glaswegian, which is also the name of the local dialect.

Balquhidder Glen has it's origins lost in the mists of time, but Balquhidder has been important, probably since neolithic times. Below the Manse there are remains of a stone circle, the Pudreag Stone , and there is a Neolithic chambered cairn near further east. Don't miss 'Balquhidder Summer Music' a regular concert of Classical music in the beautiful setting of Balquhidder Church.

Port Bannatyne is a centuries old stonebuilt highland village in north Bute, situated around a safe yacht bay and with its own charming golf course. A haven for walkers, cyclists, fishermen, birdwatchers, yachtsmen, and nature lovers. It is close to the seal colony at Scalpsie Bay and the bathing beach at Ettrick Bay.

Stonington is a town in Hancock County, Maine, United States.

Deer Isle is a town in Hancock County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,876 at the 2000 census. Notable landmarks in Deer Isle are the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts and the town's many art galleries.

Waldoboro is a town in Lincoln County, Maine, in the United States. Waldoboro is a picturesque fishing and resort town.

Newburgh is a town in Penobscot County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,394 at the 2000 census.