Things to do in Southern Maine Coast

A classic Maine seaside water park with slides, pools, bumper boats, and mini-golf near Old Orchard Beach.

Maine's biggest amusement and water park combo, with two roller coasters and a dozen water rides in Saco.

Captain-led sport fishing, lobster-hauling, and sunset harbor cruises out of Saco Bay near Old Orchard Beach.

A Portland, Maine bakery famous for dense, made-from-scratch potato doughnuts in inventive flavors.

Open-air trolley tours through Kennebunkport's historic streets and shoreline.

Professional summer musical theatre on the Bowdoin College campus in Brunswick.

Storied summer playhouse on the Maine coast staging Broadway-caliber musicals and plays.

Oceanfront amusement park on Old Orchard Beach's sand, with rides, arcade games, and a boardwalk feel.

Windjammer sails on Casco Bay aboard classic Maine schooners.

Narrated cruises along the New Hampshire Seacoast, from harbor tours to the Isles of Shoals.

Animatronic-dinosaur mini golf with local ice cream in Arundel, Maine.

The world's largest trolley museum, with vintage streetcar rides in Kennebunkport.

Ten-acre living history museum on Portsmouth's original waterfront neighborhood.

Coastal Maine outlet-shopping town anchored by the L.L.Bean flagship.

Maine's largest city, known for its Old Port district and food scene.

Zoo and amusement park near Short Sands Beach in York Beach, Maine.

A Route 1 candy shop in Kittery, Maine piled with old-fashioned sweets.

Official visitor information source for Portsmouth and New Hampshire's Seacoast region.

The trade association promoting camping across Maine, publishing the statewide Maine Camping Guide.

Regional tourism council promoting the lakes and mountains of western Maine, including Sebago Lake, Bridgton and Rangeley.

Coastal Maine town with seven miles of coastline, sandy beaches and protected estuarine reserves.

Maine's statewide tourism trade group, promoting travel and running visitor information services from Hallowell.

State-run welcome center at the Maine border promoting the seven beach towns of the southern Maine coast.

Historic riverside downtown in southern Maine with shops, restaurants and a self-guided river walking tour.

Stroll themed gardens, tidal shoreline and woodland trails where giant trolls hide among the trees in Boothbay.

The outdoor outfitter's 24-hour flagship campus has a two-tiered trout pond, a stream tank, a kids' camp area and a café.

A paved cliff walk of about 1.25 miles along the Ogunquit shore, running between Perkins Cove and the village.

Watch the 1879 Nubble Light on its rocky islet from the shore of Sohier Park, which has viewpoints and a Nubble-themed gift shop.

A seven-mile sand beach on Saco Bay with a wooden pier, clam shacks and a beachfront amusement park.

Portland's waterfront district of cobblestone lanes, 19th-century brick warehouses, shops, restaurants and working piers.

Walk the granite ledges below a white 1835 lighthouse and tour a fishermen's museum in the old keeper's house.

Walk the grounds of Fort Williams Park to Maine's oldest lighthouse, first lit in 1791, and its keeper's house museum.

See Winslow Homer, Andrew Wyeth, Monet and Picasso across three linked buildings in Portland's downtown Arts District.

Tour an 1860 brownstone Italianate villa that keeps about 97 percent of its original contents, including Gustave Herter furniture.