Boothbay Harbor and Vicinity

 

Exploring Boothbay Harbor today. We went to a number of preserves with trails along salt water rivers. This area is made up of a number of north-south fingers of land. Temperature was near perfect today at 65. After the walks we went to the aquarium and then to Boothbay Harbor. The aquarium had local ocean creatures and a white lobster which is seldom seen. We went to:

Ovens Mouth Preserve

Oak Point Farm Preserve

Porter Preserve

Maine State Aquarium

Boothbay Harbor

Pineland Farms on the way over:

Fort Edgecomb on the drive over:

Ovens Mouth Preserve:

Oak Point Farm Preserve:

Porter Preserve:

Aquarium:

Boothbay Harbor:

Ferry Beach State Park

 We went to Ferry Beach State Park and Clifford Park in Saco. Ferry Beach State Park is a long stretch of beach with the Saco river on the South. There are also about of mile of trails that go near a pond, woods, and swamp. Today it was hazy from wild fires in Canada. 

Clifford Park is near the center of Saco where all the old mill buildings are. This park appears to be an old quarry although this is a guess. OK trails in the woods. Probably not worth returning to. We also walked around the mill buildings in town before heading home. 

Ferry Beach State Park:

Sunfish nests. I think.

Fisher cat:

River Otter:

Quail:

Coyote:

Clifford Park:

Saco Mills: