About Highlands

The Maine Highlands spans the heart of northern and central Maine. This area, the size of Massachusetts, offers guests of Maine Vacation Homes an exciting experience. The Maine Highlands is a 4-season region. The spring and summer seasons are packed with exciting biking, hiking, paddling, fishing and sightseeing. Late August to October, the Maine Highlands are ablaze with reds, oranges and golds.

Or you ca choose your winter sports destination and delight in the singular beauty of the Maine Highlands. Frozen lakes, tall snow-laden trees, frosted hills, a clear sky - guests of Maine Vacation Homes who love winter sports couldn't pick a better destination than the Maine Highlands.

The City of Bangor offers something unique - it is small and rich in culture, but is truly unspoiled nature in The Maine Highlands. West of Bangor in the Maine Highlands, the Sebasticook Valley with its gentle, rolling hills and waterways is a huge magnet for vacationers. The Lincoln Lakes Region and Penobscot River in the Maine Highlands are a sportsman's and boater's paradise. Wildlife is plentiful here, and small communities exist merged with untouched natural settings.

If you go north in the Maine Highlands, the dramatic vistas of Mount Katahdin and Baxter State Park unfold. Baxter State Park can be called the jewel of Maine's conservation efforts- forever wild and inspiring to the nature lover in you. The Moosehead Lake region holds every kind of outdoor adventure you can think of. Moosehead is the largest fresh-water lake contained in the northeast. The coves, beaches, bays, etc., offer a stunning setting for every outdoor activity the vacationer can imagine.

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