About Bath
Set in the southern part of Maine, Bath is a close-knit town counting 8,817 people who proudly call it home.
Bath holds the status of an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 9.12 square miles, giving it a balanced suburban layout with room to breathe at roughly 967 residents per square mile.
📰 Bath News Today
- A historic home in Maine could be yours for $1, but there's a catch WMTW · Aug 6
- Maine officials, workers blast Trump’s plan to build US warships overseas Baltimore Sun · Aug 18
- Got a dollar? You could buy a historic house in Bath but there's a catch WGME · Aug 7
- Historic Maine House Selling for $1 — but Under One Condition or It’ll Face Demolition Realtor.com · Aug 11
- A historic home is selling for $1. Here’s the catch WVLT · Aug 7
Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.
What Makes Bath Unique
- A top-25 city in Maine by population (#14 of 23 incorporated places).
- One of 7 places in the US named Bath — but the Maine one has a character all its own.
- Positioned in southern Maine, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
Why People Love It Here
- Big enough for services and schools, small enough to feel like home.
- Local businesses and schools anchored by a stable resident base of 8,817.
- Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 7 miles.
📍 Neighborhoods in Bath
📍 Days Ferry📍 Harding📍 Maritime Apartments📍 Murphys Corner📍 Nequasset📍 North Bath📍 North Meadows📍 White Project📍 Winnegance
Click a neighborhood to see it on the map.
🍽️ Where to Eat in Bath
- Burano’s Wood-Fired Pizzeria — american
- Longreach Kitchen and Catering
- Solo Pane & Pasticceria — bakery (café)
- Southgate Family Restaurant — american
- Beale Street Barbecue — barbecue
- Best Thai II — thai
- J.R. Maxwell & Company
- Mae's Cafe and Bakery — coffee shop
- Midcoast Pizza and More — pizza
- Salt Pine Social — new american
Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🎡 Fun Things to Do
- Maine Maritime Museum · Museum
- Maine Maritime Museum Library Archives · Museum
Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Bath
- Bay Bridge Landing Wetland Park reviews ★
- Captain William A. Fitzgerald U.S.N. Recreation and Conserva reviews ★
- Maine Maritime Museum Park reviews ★
- Bald Head Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Bath Community Garden · Garden reviews ★
- Brick Island Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Bridge Park reviews ★
- Butler Head Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Cold Spring Farm Easement · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Druid Park reviews ★
- Fiddler's Reach Meadows · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Flying Point Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.
🏫 Schools in Bath
- Bath Middle School
- Bath Regional Career & Technical
- Dike-Newell School
- Fisher-Mitchell School
- Morse High School
- West Bath School
- Woolwich Central School
Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.
⚡ Quick Facts
StateMaine
TypeCity
Population (2024)8,817
Rank in state#14 of 23
Land area9.12 sq mi
Density967/sq mi
Coordinates43.9325, -69.8472