Boothbay Harbor, Maine

About Boothbay Harbor

Set in the southern part of Maine, Boothbay Harbor is a small unincorporated community.

Boothbay Harbor holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 0.85 square miles.

📰 Boothbay Harbor News Today

• Boothbay Harbor Air Quality Index (AQI) and USA Air Pollution IQAir · Jun 22
• Boothbay Harbor drone show moved to Friday night Spectrum News · Jul 16
• Motorcyclist seriously injured in Boothbay Harbor crash newscentermaine.com · Jul 16
• Maine's Boothbay Harbor blends iconic clambakes with world-class tugboat building WCVB · Aug 3
• Maine’s largest drone show in Boothbay Harbor July 18 Boothbay Register · Jun 17

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Boothbay Harbor Unique

• The only place in America named Boothbay Harbor — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in southern 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.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 13 miles.

📍 Neighborhoods in Boothbay Harbor

Click a neighborhood to see it on the map.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Boothbay Harbor

• Blue
• Coveside Restaurant & Marina
• Five Islands Lobster Company — seafood
• Harbor Nutrition (café)
• Robinson's Wharf
• Spinney's — seafood
• Anchor Restaurant
• Baker's Way — vietnamese
• Bet's Fish Fry — seafood
• Blue Moon Cafe (café)

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• Boothbay Railway Village Museum · Theme park
• The Thompson Ice House Harvesting Museum · Museum
• Antique Auto Museum · Museum
• Antique Engine Display · Attraction
• Arbor Garden · Attraction
• Balmy Days Cruises · Attraction
• Black River Gallery · Art gallery
• Boothbay Harbor Schooners · Attraction
• Boothbay Region Art Foundation Gallery · Art gallery
• Boothbay Region Historical Society · Museum

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Boothbay Harbor

• 🏞️ Reid State Park · National Park reviews ★
• 🏞️ Fort Baldwin State Historic Site · National Park reviews ★
• Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens · Garden reviews ★
• Gregory Hiking Trail · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Indiantown Island Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Lobster Cove Meadow Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Ocean Point Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Plummer Point Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Popham Beach State Park · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Porter Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Saunders Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Schoolhouse Pond Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in Boothbay Harbor

• Boothbay Region Elem School
• Boothbay Region High School
• Bristol Consolidated School
• Georgetown Central School
• South Bristol Elementary School
• Southport Central School

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Boothbay Harbor

🏘️ Nearby Communities