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When you want to stay local:
Sign up early for a week of music lessons at Summer Keys.
Find and photograph our four area Lighthouses!
Only a quarter of a mile from the cabin is Carrying Place Cove and the Coastal Trail head at the beginning of the 481-acre
Quoddy Head State Park. Hike the 2 miles along the rugged coastline to the West Quoddy Head Lighthouse Visitors Center and enjoy a picnic overlooking Sail Rock, the easternmost point of land in the continental U.S.A.
Many other trails in the Cobscook Bay area are detailed in the local information package provided for you at the cabin, or you may prefer to join the local Pathfinders free of charge, who hike
a favorite spot together each Sunday afternoon.
Visit the local souvenir and gift shops, including
Monica's "Hand-Made-Chocolates" shop on Pleasant Street.
Browse one of the local art and craft galleries to view local artisans' work and find that perfect memento to remind you of
your Sunrise Sanctuary vacation in downeast Maine.
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If you want to explore the surrounding area:
Take the 10 minute drive and cross the toll-free bridge to Campobello Island, New Brunswick, Canada
(photo ID required by Customs). On Campobello you will find the Roosevelt Summer Cottage; the 2,800-acre Roosevelt-Campobello International Park; the delightful 9-hole Herring Cove Golf Course and Herring
Cove Provincial Park. Be sure to also stop by Head Harbor, from which
you can go whale-watching in the Bay of Fundy. There are five trips a day to choose from! Keep your eyes open for finbacks, minke and perhaps even a humpback, as well as harbor seals, grey seals and bald
eagles nesting on nearby islands.
Or, you may prefer to take a car ferry to Deer Island, and enjoy a guided sea-kayaking experience before you go on to L'Etete, New Brunswick,
mainland Canada, to visit the Kingsbrae Garden, www.kingsbraegarden.com, a majestic 27
acre horticultural masterpiece in St. Andrews, just a short drive from L'Etete, and browse in the boutiques or lunch in one of the St. Croix riverside cafes or restaurants.
Another must-not-miss sightseeing trip, from late May through August only, is to take an early morning excursion from
Cutler harbor, a short 20 miles away. Join Cap'n Andy Patterson, www.boldcoast.com on his boat the Barbara Frost and enjoy the ride to
Machias Seal Island just 10 miles off-shore, to see thousands of Atlantic Puffins and Terns at their breeding ground. This is a photographic opportunity you will always remember! Take a picnic and water! It is a 4-6 hour trip!
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