This is the Southern Maine side of our Maine trips — a different stretch of coast from our Mid-Coast and Acadia adventures. Fall color on the trees, lobsters in the tanks, the dogs in the surf.

A wide sandy beach in fall with people walking along the surf.
A quiet fall beach in Southern Maine.

The coast

Rocky shoreline, working harbors, and a boardwalk carousel.

Rocky coastline with a stone seawall and ocean waves.
Rocky shoreline.
A harbor with moored boats and fall-colored shoreline.
A working harbor.
An oceanfront restaurant patio with picnic tables beside a shingled building.
An oceanfront patio by the water.
A carousel and ticket booth at a beach-town amusement area.
A carousel on the boardwalk.

Lobsters and ice cream

Picking lobsters — and raspberry ice cream after.

A live lobster tank with turquoise water full of lobsters.
Live lobsters in the tank.
A man leaning over a lobster tank at a seafood shack.
Picking our lobsters.
A cup of raspberry ice cream with an upside-down cone on top.
Raspberry ice cream, Gluten Free cone upside-down.

The dogs came too

Wading at the shoreline, then posing at the marina.

Two white dogs wading at the shoreline beside a boardwalk ramp.
Wading at the shoreline.
A big white dog at the marina.
At the marina.
A brown-and-white dog at the marina.
Also at the marina.

Fall on the road

A road through blazing fall foliage, orange and red trees.
Fall color on the road.

Planning a Southern Maine weekend

Want a dog-friendly Southern Maine weekend? I can help you plan your route: send me a note at Sandy.Wilcox@fora.travel.

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