We invite you to spend your next vacation right here in Lubec,
the easternmost town in the U.S.A., in Washington County, Maine.
Discover the ease with which you can plan and spend your next vacation away from the maddening crowds, where the sun first rises on the United States of America, and a welcome awaits you!
What Lubec offers:
- Year-round attractions
- Rural / coastal setting
- Tranquility and solitude
- Rugged, natural beauty
- Affordability
- Unique, unaffected character, community and culture
- Activities, services and amenities to welcome and satisfy business people, vacationing singles, couples and families.
What Lubec does not offer:
(so get your fill of these en route)
- Movie theaters
- Shopping malls
- Theme parks
- Fast food restaurants
- Heavy traffic
- Stop lights
Lubec things to note
Thanks to everyone who entered our photo contest! Click here to see a slide show of all the accepted photos The photos will rotate through the year on our new masthead. Keep taking those photographs for next year! The theme will be Happy People doing Fun Things. Here we see this year's grand winner, Scott Olson's "Moonrise Over West Quoddy."
May 24 - 27 Help us celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the Down East Spring Birding Festival!
June 23 Bay of Fundy Marathon and 10K
To make your trip to Lubec more interesting, APPLE through its Tours of Lubec and Cobscook has recorded the Walking on Water Street and Bogs and the Ice Age tours. They are now available to download at ToursofLubecandCobscook.com. More recordings to come!
The New England Aquarium has been conducting a variety of Right Whale research from its Lubec field station for over 25 years. Read the current research blog.
Please note: If your mobile device's clock jumps one hour ahead while in the Lubec area, that means it is using Canadian towers (Atlantic time zone). (Lubec currently has no cell towers)
Special Events Calendar - view complete events calendar
Heidi Herzberger speaks on "Transition Lubec" at CCLC
May 21, 7 PM Eastern Time: Heidi Herzberger on "Transition Lubec" showing parts of the film "Transition 2". Transition Lubec is part of an exciting world-wide movement towards local self-sufficiency and the move away from a carbon-based economic model. Click Title for more details.
Down East Spring Birding Festival 10th Anniversary
May 24 to 27: The Cobscook Community Learning Center and Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge are presenting over two dozen guided walks and talks, hikes, and presentations in and around eastern Washington County and Campobello Island. Presenters and guides represent a wide array of bird-related work and passions, and provide terrific educational content and birding techniques. There will be opportunities for children and families to engage in fun bird-related activities, boat tours to view puffins and other seabirds, storytelling, guided sea kayak trips, nature sketching and journaling, and evenings of great food and music. Click on title for more info.
Cinder Conk plus the amazing fiddle of Sarah Mueller
May 24 and May 25: At Annabell's Pub Friday, May 24; At Crow Town Gallery Saturday, May 25. Click on Title for more details.
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Pathfinders Walk at Roque Bluffs
May 26th at 1 PM Eastern Time: Join us for enjoyable explorations of our beautiful area. Click on title for specifics.
Lubec Memorial Library Art Show
Month of June: Lubec Memorial Library Art Show featuring Washington Academy Student Art. Click Title for more information.
