Camden and Mid-Coast Maine Regional Information

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Conservation Organizations are very strong and play a vital role in protecting the natural beauty and environmental health of the Mid Coast.

The Coastal Mountain Land Trust's mission is to establish a system of conservation lands with conservation easements and preserves that permanently protect biological diversity, scenic landscapes, and agricultural, forest, and water resources of the coastal mountains region of western Penobscot Bay.

St Georges River Trust
Camden State National Park
Trout Unlimited

Camden Harbor on a sunny winter day

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Camden Regional Public Schools

Ashwood Waldorf School

The Riley School offers a unique and creative approach to learning. First, it matters greatly how the child constructs knowledge and learns. Then specific skills and facts become meaningful and useful tools for the child. A curriculum that supports this stance is continually evolving based upon the child's interests, needs, and experiences. This in turn nurtures the child's self-worth and creativity, encouraging her/his continued participation in the educational process.

Riley is not an exclusive learning environment but an inclusive one which uses the diversity of its children and adults to achieve a sense of genuine community. Finally, but not incidentally, Riley tries not to take itself too seriously. Knowing that laughter is a unique human gift, we support all children in gaining an enlightened and loving perspective of the human conditions Riley's campus consists of 45 acres of peaceful and beautiful open fields, woods, and shore frontage. There are six buildings: a Farmhouse (office located), a Lower School and Science Building, a spacious Library, a Creative Arts Building, a Carpentry Shop and a large Victorian Barn which is on the National Historical Register. Riley was the first Independent Elementary School established in Midcoast Maine.

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Hurricane Island Outward Bound School - Rockland

Maine Photographic Workshops - Rockport
For 29 years, The Workshops has provided serious photographers, filmmakers and visual artists with basic and advanced career training. There are more than 250 one and two-week workshops to choose from, including workshops in fine art photography, nature and wildlife, advertising, portraiture, photojournalism, darkroom techniques, digital imaging and digital video, architectural and corporate photography, the Zone System, antique processes and personal vision.

Five County Adult Education – extensive and diverse courses
Penobscot Language School offering Russian, Japanese, Spanish, French, Italian,
Atlantic Challenge Foundation – Boat Building School
Furniture Building School

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Bay Chamber Concerts has been bringing fine music to Maine since 1961 and is committed to making quality music and music education experiences available for everyone in the mid-coast community. Rockport.

The Farnsworth is one of the finest regional art museums in the country with a specialized collection focusing on Maine's role in American art. Rockland.

Downeast Magazine - Rockport/Camden
The quintesential Maine magazine.
Order Book: Moving to Maine from Down East magazine

Bayview Street Cinema is an extraordinary movie theater in Camden featuring only the best films.

Center for Maine Contemporary Art Maine Coast Artists - Rockport
For nearly fifty years, the Center for Maine Contemporary Art (formerly Maine Coast Artists) has been at the heart of contemporary Maine art, providing Mainers, summer residents and tourists the opportunity to view and appreciate works by many of the best Maine artists--often emerging artists not seen elsewhere. The gallery is now open year round, providing three floors of gallery space, as well as a gallery shop which showcases handcrafted, thoughtfully designed Maine-made objects.

Avena Institute
On a south facing ridgetop, four miles from the sea, Avena's herbal apothecary, herb gardens and teaching center is nestled into the hillside, bordering a 6000 acre wetland. Avena is a small business owned and run by women committed to working in ways which nourish ourselves, our community and our planet.

The Camden Farmers Market happens every Saturday year round and every Wednesday afternoon in Summer. You can find great local organic produce, handcrafted goods, and freshly concocted treats.

Owl's Head Transportation Museum

Penobscot Marine Museum

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Camden-Rockport-Lincolnville Chamber of Commerce

The Camden Public Library

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Penobscot Bay, Mt. Battie and Lake Megunticook
Diverse population of fascinating people: writers, artists, former and current fortune 500 CEOs, globetrekkers of every sort, filmmakers, musicians, holistic health care practitioners (homeopaths, acupuncturists, medical intuitives, herbalists), craftspeople, farmers, and gardeners.

For those conscious of body and mind: Day spas, Pilates, Yoga, a new YMCA facility
Affordable and well-stocked Health food stores, coops and farmers markets
Camden Conference, Institute for Global Ethics, Tech Conference, National Toboggan Championship
Restaurants, Galleries, Museums, Holistic Health Care Practitioners, Art, Foreign and Independent Films in Downtown Theatre, Movie Theatres, Cultural Events, Concerts, Camden Opera House, Rockport Opera House, a spectacular library on the harbor, Belted Galloways at the Aldemere Farm, Lakes, Rivers, Antiques, Auctions, Sailing, Boating, Sea and River Kayaking, Exploring, Hiking, Skiing, Rock Climbing, Golf, Tennis, Horseback Riding,
State of the Art High School with 700 seat auditorium, Recreation Center

Less than 1 1/2 hrs from Acadia National Park
1 1/2 hrs from Portland
about an hour to LL Bean and the outlet stores of Freeport

And ... not that it is the final word,
"Don't bother looking for a prettier town; none exists,"
boasts Outside Magazine. Camden was chosen one of its top ten dream towns September 2001.