Moon Handbooks: Maine 2 Ed

This guide will lure you in with its extensive coverage of the 33,000 square miles of mountains, lakes, forests, and islands that make up this coastal state. And it will keep you hooked with updated information on restaurants and lodging, exciting activities like llama trekking and panning for gold, and cultural insight that helps you fit in with the locals.

Heading Down East to go blueberry picking, antiques shopping, or beachcombing? From the best lobster co-ops in the New Harbor and Boothbay areas to the Rachel Carson Salt Pond, from top snowboarding spots to gorgeous camping sites on Moosehead Lake, this book has the whole Pine Tree State covered. Author Kathleen M. Brandes knows the best places for just about everything, and she doesn't keep secrets. As a longtime Mainer and a contributing editor to Down East magazine for more than 20 years, she's a trustworthy tour guide and imparts historical facts throughout the 650-page book, helping to make a trip to Vacationland informative as well as darn fun. The book is full of photographs and dozens of clear area maps, as well as lists of festivals and special events. It's organized by county, so whether you're going snowmobiling in Presque Isle or bargain hunting in Freeport, you'll have all the information you need in one glorious book. Brandes also includes a "wicked useful" Yankee glossary and pronunciation guide so you can sound like a native! --Erica Jorgensen