About Bethel
Bethel, ME is a small unincorporated community located in western Maine.
Officially, Bethel is a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 1.63 square miles.
📰 Bethel News Today
- Motorcyclist flown by LifeFlight after Bethel crash newscentermaine.com · Jul 21
- Bethel Air Quality Index (AQI) and USA Air Pollution IQAir · Jun 23
- Motorcyclist seriously injured in Bethel crash WGME · Jul 21
- AWOS III Weather Systems Now Live at Bethel, Strengthening Safety and Community Resilience Maine.gov · Jul 2
- Ellen Jane Crocker Obituary Jul 14, 2026 Legacy obituary · Jul 28
Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.
What Makes Bethel Unique
- One of 11 places in the US named Bethel — but the Maine one has a character all its own.
- An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
- Positioned in western Maine, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
Why People Love It Here
- Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
- Housing dollars stretch further here than in the nearest metro.
- Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 17 miles.
📍 Neighborhoods in Bethel
📍 East Bethel📍 Locke Mills📍 Mayville📍 Middle Intervale📍 North Bethel📍 North Woodstock📍 Northwest Bethel📍 West Bethel
Click a neighborhood to see it on the map.
🍽️ Where to Eat in Bethel
- Butcher Burger — burger
- DiCocoa's Market and Bakery — coffee shop (café)
- Gemini Cafe
- Matterhorn Ski Bar — pizza
- Pat's Pizza — pizza
- Steam Mill Brewing
- Sunday River Brewing Company
- CAMP Restaurant
- Shipyard Brew Haus
- The Victorian
Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🎡 Fun Things to Do
- Moses Mason House Museum · Museum
- Bethel Historical Society Regional History Museum · Museum
- Maine Mineral and Gem Museum · Museum
- Sunday River Covered Bridge · Attraction
Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Bethel
- Angevine Park reviews ★
- Bethel Common reviews ★
- Bethel Community Forest · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Bethel Community Forest West · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Bingham Forest · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Buck's Ledge Community Forest · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Davis Park reviews ★
- Dunham Recreational Park reviews ★
- Flint Mountain Wildlands Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Great Brook Preserve Conservation Easement · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Intervale Gateway · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Keewaydin Lake Beach reviews ★
Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.
🏫 Schools in Bethel
- Crescent Park School
- Telstar High School
- Telstar Middle School
- Woodstock School
Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.
⚡ Quick Facts
StateMaine
TypeCDP
Population (2024)—
Land area1.63 sq mi
Coordinates44.4038, -70.7863