1. Crescent Surf Beach
City: Wells, ME
Category: Parks & Recreation
Description: The tides put the squeeze on these sands, eliminating most of the beach when the water is high. The facilities are fairly limited—no lifeguards, no picnic areas, no ice-cream stands—so if you want to make a day of it, you should bring your own lunch and be prepared to watch the kids. Portapotties are it as far as relief is concerned. Everyone enjoys the tide pools here, which can be rife with life and can entertain for hours, and the bird-watching is good as well, because of more National Wildlife Refuge marshes. Parking is available at the Gold Ribbon Drive lot, accessible from Webhannet Drive.
City: Wells, ME
Category: Parks & Recreation
3. Wells Beach
City: Wells, ME
Category: Parks & Recreation
Description: Besides simply being one of the finer stretches of sand and surf on the coast—4,000 feet of fun and sun—Wells Beach offers some interesting bird-watching, thanks to the Webhannet Marsh, where there are often waders, shorebirds, and migrating waterfowl of all sorts. But it also has many of the hallmarks of resort beaches, those conveniences and superficial delights that seem to grow up wherever there is a natural wonder—an arcade, playground, take-out stands, and restrooms. Lifeguards patrol all summer long. Parking is limited, so you might consider paying to put your car in a lot.
4. World Within Sea Kayaking
City: Wells, ME
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (207) 646-0455
Address: 746 Ocean Ave.
Description: With the great Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge marshes in its backyard, World Within has a prime playground. The most popular outing here is the Ogunquit River Plantation tour, which is designed for novice kayakers and doesn’t venture out onto the open ocean, but the company also does sunrise, sunset, and full-moon trips. The plantation tour is $70 per person.
City: Wells, ME
Category: Parks & Recreation
Address: 321 Port Rd.
City: Wells, ME
Category: Parks & Recreation
Address: 342 Laudholm Farm Rd.