Aug 03 2007
Day Trip to Popham Beach
We took a day trip up to the mid-coast region Wednesday. We took along our dog Cindy too, and we intending on a hike in the Bates-Morse Mountain Conservation Area. Alas, the guide book we used didn’t mention that no dogs were allowed in the Conservation Area (although, really, I guess that should be somewhat obvious), so we ended up heading over to Fort Popham at the Popham Beach State Park. There Cindy got to play in the surf a bit:
Check out more photos from the area in our Maine Beaches and Parks photoset.
We also went hiking up around Fort Baldwin, a very cool WWI era fort built to watch for submarines. The hike was quite nice, but we left our bug repellant in the car. Huge mistake. If you intend to go hiking anywhere in Maine during the summer, be sure you’ve sprayed yourself liberally with repellant. You have been warned.
Aside from the mosquitoes, the entire Popham Beach area was great. We didn’t get to go to the main state beach due to having Cindy with us, but the fort areas were great and allowed her to get in the water. The parking at Fort Popham is quite limited, and we ended up paying $7 to park for the day over at the grocery store. Not too bad really, and we were able to get a snack after our hike for a very reasonable price. We’ll definitely be heading back there on our own so we can check out the beach.