When writing a guidebook about hiking, there’s no substitute for getting out into the field and putting in the mileage. No one ever researched a helpful book about hikes in Maine by sitting in a ...

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If your first thought when you hear “Portland” is the West ... Road to explore the east side of the island. Sand Beach is a rare sandy cove (most Maine beaches are rocky) perfect for a brisk ...

Portland doesn't end at the waterfront. Peaks Island, one of the Casco Bay Islands, is 3 miles east of downtown's shore and about a 15-minute boat ride away. Peaks Island was known as the Coney ...