Take a look at the map of Maine’s coastline and you’ll notice it’s dotted with small towns and beautiful rocky beaches. The state of Maine has 3,478 miles of coastline, which is actually more than California’s coast, so it is safe to assume there are quite a few towns in the entire state as well.
The only two states that have more coastline are Louisiana and Florida, which isn’t surprising when you think about the Louisiana bayou’s and Florida being surrounded by water on almost all sides of the state. For a complete list of the towns in the state of Maine, as well as a map of the state and its coastline, check out this guide.
There’s a quality of life in Maine which is this singular and unique. I think. It’s absolutely a world onto itself. – Jamie Wyeth
Map of Maine: Its Coast And Towns
The state of Maine. Notice all the islands along the coast that add up to Maine’s expansive coastline. Image source: Google Maps
Maine is a beautiful state up in New England that is about as north as you can go in the continental 48 states. You can see in the map above that the coastline is massive, and if you count all of the island’s landmass, then Maine was a coastline of well over 5,000 miles. to put that into perspective the distance between Los Angeles, California and New York City, New York is 2,797 miles. You could drive from LA to NYC and back again in the same mileage that it would take you to travel all of Maine’s coastline.
“I felt like I’d been misplaced in the cosmos and I belonged in Maine.” — Terry Goodkind
Here are some facts and stats on the state of Maine:
- The capital of Maine: Augusta
- Total area: 35,385 square miles
- Total population: 1.3 million people
- Perspective: Houston, Texas has a population of 2.3 million as of 2016
- Became a state in 1820 and was the 23rd state to enter the union
- It is in the Eastern time zone
- Primary languages are English and French
- Maine shares a border with one country and one state
- Maine is the nation’s largest lobster supplier
- Maine produces 99% of the United States blueberries
- Fallout 4’s DLC “Far Harbor” was based on Bar Harbor, Maine
- There are also many references to Maine, such as the character Longfellow
- This DLC has actually brought some tourism to the real Bar Harbor and residents seem to have loved having their town be the focus of the story
- President George H.W. Bush owns a home in Kennebunkport, Maine
- The honeybee is the official state insect
- The Revolutionary War’s first naval battle was fought off the coast of Maine in 1775
- The name “Maine” has unknown origins, it is possible it meant mainland by sailors
- Unfortunately, it is against the law to step out of a plane while it is in flight
- It is unclear if this includes skydiving
- Snowplows were actually invented in Maine
- L.L. Bean was founded in Freeport, Maine and is actually open 24/7
All Towns and Cities in Maine
“I would really rather feel bad in Maine than feel good anywhere else.” — E. B. White
Here is the list of all the cities and towns in the state of Maine. This list is in alphabetical order and includes both incorporated cities and unincorporated towns in the state:
- Abbot
- Acton
- Addison
- Albion
- Alexander
- Alfred
- Allagash
- Alna
- Alton
- Amherst
- Amity
- Andover
- Anson
- Appleton
- Arrowsic
- Arundel
- Ashland
- Athens
- Atkinson
- Auburn
- Augusta (the capital of Maine)
- Aurora
- Avon
- Baileyville
- Baldwin
- Bancroft
- Bangor
- Bar Harbor
- Bath
- Beals
- Beaver Cove
- Beddington
- Belfast
- Belgrade
- Belmont
- Benton
- Berwick
- Bethel
- Biddeford
- Bingham
- Blaine
- Blue Hill
- Boothbay
- Boothbay Harbor
- Bowdoin
- Bowdoinham
- Bowerbank
- Bradford
- Bradley
- Bremen
- Brewer
- Bridgewater
- Bridgton
- Bristol
- Brooklin
- Brooks
- Brooksville
- Brownfield
- Brownville
- Brunswick
- Buckfield
- Bucksport
- Burlington
- Burnham
- Buxton
- Byron
- Calais
- Cambridge
- Camden
- Canaan
- Canton
- Cape Elizabeth
- Caratunk
- Caribou
- Carmel
- Carrabassett Valley
- Carthage
- Casco
- Castine
- Castle Hill
- Caswell
- Chapman
- Charleston
- Charlotte
- Chebeague Island
- Chelsea
- Cherryfield
- Chester
- Chesterville
- China
- Clifton
- Clinton
- Columbia
- Columbia Falls
- Cooper
- Corinna
- Corinth
- Cornish
- Cornville
- Cranberry Isles
- Crawford
- Crystal
- Cumberland
- Cushing
- Cutler
- Damariscotta
- Danforth
- Dayton
- Deblois
- Dedham
- Deer Isle
- Denmark
- Dennysville
- Detroit
- Dexter
- Dixfield
- Dixmont
- Dover-Foxcroft
- Dresden
- Durham
- Dyer Brook
- Eagle Lake
- East Machias
- East Millinocket
- Eastbrook
- Easton
- Eastport
- Eddington
- Edgecomb
- Edinburg
- Eliot
- Ellsworth
- Embden
- Enfield
- Etna
- Eustis
- Exeter
- Fairfield
- Falmouth
- Farmingdale
- Farmington
- Fayette
- Fort Fairfield
- Fort Kent
- Frankfort
- Franklin
- Freedom
- Freeport
- Frenchboro
- Frenchville
- Friendship
- Frye Island
- Fryeburg
- Gardiner
- Garland
- Georgetown
- Gilead
- Glenburn
- Gorham
- Gouldsboro
- Grand Isle
- Gray
- Great Pond
- Greenbush
- Greene
- Greenville
- Greenwood
- Guilford
- Hallowell
- Hamlin
- Hammond
- Hampden
- Hancock
- Hanover
- Harmony
- Harpswell
- Harrington
- Harrison
- Hartford
- Hartland
- Haynesville
- Hebron
- Hermon
- Hersey
- Hiram
- Hodgdon
- Holden
- Hollis
- Hope
- Houlton
- Howland
- Hudson
- Industry
- Island Falls
- Isle au Haut
- Islesboro
- Jackman
- Jackson
- Jay
- Jefferson
- Jonesboro
- Jonesport
- Kenduskeag
- Kennebunk
- Kennebunkport
- Kingfield
- Kittery
- Knox
- Lagrange
- Lakeville
- Lamoine
- Lebanon
- Lee
- Leeds
- Levant
- Lewiston
- Liberty
- Limerick
- Limestone
- Limington
- Lincoln
- Lincolnville
- Linneus
- Lisbon
- Litchfield
- Littleton
- Livermore
- Livermore Falls
- Long Island
- Lovell
- Lowell
- Lubec
- Ludlow
- Lyman
- Machias
- Machiasport
- Madawaska
- Madison
- Manchester
- Mapleton
- Mariaville
- Mars Hill
- Marshfield
- Masardis
- Mattawamkeag
- Maxfield
- Mechanic Falls
- Meddybemps
- Medford
- Medway
- Mercer
- Merrill
- Mexico
- Milbridge
- Milford
- Millinocket
- Milo
- Minot
- Monmouth
- Monroe
- Monson
- Monticello
- Montville
- Moose River
- Morrill
- Moscow
- Mount Chase
- Mount Desert
- Mount Vernon
- Naples
- New Canada and Springfield
- New Gloucester
- New Limerick
- New Portland
- New Sharon
- New Sweden
- New Vineyard
- Newburgh
- Newcastle
- Newfield
- Newport
- Newry
- Nobleboro
- Norridgewock
- North Berwick
- North Haven
- North Yarmouth
- Northfield
- Northport
- Norway
- Oakfield
- Oakland
- Ogunquit
- Old Orchard Beach
- Old Town
- Orient
- Orland
- Orono
- Orrington
- Osborn
- Otis
- Otisfield
- Owls Head
- Oxford
- Palermo
- Palmyra
- Paris
- Parkman
- Parsonsfield
- Passadumkeag
- Patten
- Pembroke
- Penobscot
- Perham
- Perry,
- Peru
- Phillips
- Phippsburg
- Pittsfield
- Pittston
- Plymouth
- Poland
- Portage Lake
- Porter
- Portland (largest city in the state, with a population of about 67,000 people)
- Pownal
- Presque Isle
- Princeton
- Prospect
- Randolph
- Rangeley
- Raymond
- Readfield
- Richmond
- Ripley
- Robbinston
- Rockland
- Rockport
- Rome
- Roque Bluffs
- Roxbury
- Rumford
- Sabattus
- Saco
- Sanford
- Sangerville
- Scarborough
- Searsmont
- Searsport
- Sebago
- Sebec
- Sedgwick
- Shapleigh
- Sherman
- Shirley
- Sidney
- Skowhegan
- Smithfield
- Smyrna
- Solon
- Somerville
- Sorrento
- South Berwick
- South Bristol
- South Portland
- South Thomaston
- Southport
- Southwest Harbor
- Agatha
- Albans
- Francis
- George
- Stacyville
- Standish
- Starks
- Stetson
- Steuben
- Stockholm
- Stockton Springs
- Stoneham
- Stonington
- Stow
- Strong
- Sullivan
- Sumner
- Surry
- Swans Island
- Swanville
- Sweden
- Talmadge
- Temple
- Thomaston
- Thorndike
- Topsfield
- Topsham
- Tremont
- Trenton
- Troy
- Turner
- Union
- Unity
- Upton
- Van Buren
- Vanceboro
- Vassalboro
- Veazie
- Verona Island
- Vienna
- Vinalhaven
- Wade
- Waite
- Waldo
- Waldoboro
- Wales
- Wallagrass
- Waltham
- Warren
- Washburn
- Washington
- Waterboro
- Waterford
- Waterville
- Wayne
- Weld
- Wellington
- Wells
- Wesley
- West Bath
- West Gardiner
- West Paris
- Westbrook
- Westfield
- Westmanland
- Weston
- Westport Island
- Whitefield
- Whiting
- Whitneyville
- Willimantic
- Wilton