1. Boothbay Country Club
City: Boothbay, ME
Category: Golf
Telephone: (207) 633-6085
Address: 33 Country Club Rd.
Description: Designed in 1921 by Styles and Van Cleek, the Boothbay Country Club expanded to 18 holes in 2000. The course is a scenic, rolling, par 70 affair, and the log-cabin-style clubhouse atop the first tee reminds you you’re in Maine. Open from mid-April through October. The facility includes a full pro shop, a driving range, a practice green, and club and cart rental. Instruction is available.
2. River’S End Farm
City: Boothbay, ME
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (207) 633-4044
Address: 409 Wiscasset Rd.
Description: Hankering for a free-range chicken sandwich? Or a fine Maine wine? Perhaps a taste of emu? This cool specialty store is your friend. Inside its barnlike confines you’ll find all kinds of exotic meats, organic vegetables, jams and preserves, condiments, wines, beers, and more, the vast majority of which is grown or made within a 100-mile radius.
3. Salt River Gallery
City: Boothbay, ME
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (207) 633-0770 or (877) 725-87
Address: Route 27
Description: Another one of those nifty co-op stores that’s owned and run by a group of artists, Salt River brims with handmade home furnishings, the sorts of lamps and benches that elevate simple household items to the level of art. Each of the nine artisans has a specialty and seems to excel at it; simply finding so many talented individuals in one spot makes this a rewarding stop.
4. Boothbay Railway Village
City: Boothbay, ME
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (207) 633-4727
Address: Route 27
Description: Ten acres and 28 historic buildings provide the backdrop for train tours at the Boothbay Railway Village, an ersatz hamlet on the main route to Boothbay Harbor. The steam engine makes runs at least hourly (sometimes twice an hour) around a short, narrow-gauge rail through the village to the delight of passengers young and old. Many of the trains in the collection here date back to the heyday of train travel—the late 1800s—and there is a vintage vehicle exhibit, too, which includes all sorts of automobiles.