An increasing number of visitors look to the Cobscook Bay area as the last frontier of peace and untrammeled beauty, of quietness and clear, clean air. There are so many outdoor activities to enjoy in Lubec and the surrounding communities it is impossible to list them all. Here are a few. Which do you delight in? 

• Birding - on steep rugged headlands, tidal flats, forested hillsides or in grassy fields or bogs.

• Cycling - down quiet country roads or across hilly islands

• Hiking - in a wildlife refuge, on rocky promontories or in grassy meadows, or strolling on the beach at low tide

• Photographing - spectacular wildflowers, a windjammer in full sail, a rarely-seen bear, a more commonly-sighted moose or deer

• Spending - hours of solitude in splendid well-tended gardens

• Visiting - lighthouses

• Fishing - in ocean, lakes and streams

• Golfing - overlooking the Bay of Fundy

• Whale-watching - in the Bay of Fundy

• Puffin-watching - on Machias Seal Island

• Recreational boating - sea-kayaking, canoeing or sailing on the Bays and lakes

• Cross-country skiing - on a crisp, sunny winter’s day