Within walking distance of the B&B

The village of Damariscotta including the library, post office, bookstore, Lincoln Theater, five restaurants, three churches, four art galleries, the working waterfront and public boat launch; the Whaleback Shell Midden

Within driving distance

Wiscasset and Red's Eats - 10 minutes
Boothbay Harbor and the beautiful Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens - 25 minutes
Pemaquid Lighthouse, Pemaquid Beach and Fort William Henry - 20 minutes

New Harbor and access to Monhegan Island and a puffin cruise - 20 minutes
Rockland and the Farnsworth Museum, the Maine Lighthouse Museum and Owl's Head Museum - 30 minutes
Camden and Rockport - 10 minutes north of Rockland
Bath and the Maritime Museum - 30 minutes
Brunswick and Bowdoin College - 40 minutes
Freeport and the original L.L. Bean - 45 minutes
Portland - 60 minutes

Notable annual events

Pirate Rendezvous - Damariscotta
Maine Lobster Festival - Rockland
Windjammer Days - Boothbay
American Folk Festival - Bangor
Annual Native American Festival - Bar Harbor
Oyster Festival - Damariscotta
Pumpkinfest - Damariscotta

For fitness

A dozen or so walking trails, swimming, kayaking, golf