Page 31 - (DK Eyewitness) Top 10 Travel Guide - New England

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Map of Portland 8
CONGRESS STREET
CUMBERLAND AVENUE PEARL ST 3
and Casco Bay FOR E STREET
THAMES ST
FRANKLIN ST
9 MIDDLE STREET FORE ST 1A 5
25 FOREST AVE 0
1 PARK AVE HIGH ST
7 STATE ST
CONGRESS STREET COMMERCIAL STREET 1
Portland Sea
7 PINE ST STATE ST
Dogs
A minor­league affiliate PROMENADE WESTERN PINE ST 77 2(7 miles)
of major­league 4 (4 miles)
baseball’s Boston Red 6 (6 miles)
Sox, the Sea Dogs have
a loyal, almost fanatical
following in Portland.
The home games are
played at Hadlock
Field (above).

Portland Observatory
Children’s
8 9
Museum and
Built in 1807 to alert merchants when their
ships were arriving, this 86­ft (26­m) wooden obser­ Theatre of Maine
vation tower is the last remaining US maritime sig­ An ambitious program
nal station. It provides fine views of Portland harbor. of plays for children and
interactive exhibits that
NEED TO KNOW Crescent Beach State Park: both entertain and
enlighten make the
MAP N4 Rte 77, Cape Elizabeth;
207 799 5871; adm Children’s Museum and
Two Lights State Park: Portland Sea Dogs: 271 Park Theatre of Maine an
Cape Elizabeth; 207 799 essential place to visit
5871; adm Ave; 800 936 3647; adm with kids up to age 12.
Portland Observatory: 138
Odyssey Whale Watch:
Portland
170 Commercial St; Congress St; 207 774 5561; 0
207 775 0727; adm adm Museum of Art
Maine Sailing Adventures: Children’s Museum and In a complex of three
Maine State Pier, Theatre of Maine: 142 Free historic buildings, the
Commercial St; St; 207 828 1234; adm museum features pain­
207 749 9169; adm • Be prepared for steep ters of the Maine land­
Portland Head Light and walking, often on cobbles. scape, notably Winslow
Fort Williams Park: Shore Residential Portland is on Homer (1836–1910),
Rd, Cape Elizabeth; 207 a high ridge; downtown Marsden Hartley (1877–
799 2661 sits on a steep slope. 1943), and Rockwell Kent
(1882–1971) (see p40).

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