What to see near Camden Harbour Inn

The harbor is right below you, and that alone is worth stepping outside for. Camden has a way of concentrating everything beautiful about the Maine coast into one compact, almost improbable scene: wooden schooners at anchor, the hills rising steeply behind the village, and Penobscot Bay opening wide to the south. Drive or walk up to the Mount Battie summit for the full panorama, where the harbor shrinks to something jewel-like far below. If you want something quieter, watch for Curtis Island Light from the water's edge, small and white at the harbor mouth. And if you venture down the coast toward Rockland, the long granite breakwater walk out to the lighthouse there is unlike anything else on this stretch of shore.