Welcome to our FOUR-season vacation
area!!
Winthrop area boasts over 10 lakes and ponds and is ideally
located about 1-½ hours from the ocean, the mountains,
and Portland. A quiet residential area, convenient to I-95
experiences a doubling of its population during the summer
months, is a very welcoming area providing a quality of
life so difficult to find in today's hurried world.
Excellent theaters (our own Performing arts center plus
Maine Music Theater and Theatre in Monmouth), museums, hiking
trails, variety of fresh and salt water activities, excellent
colleges (Bates, Bowdoin, Colby, State University), State
Capitol, historic forts, the tidal Kennebec river, two excellent
medical facilities and more are all within a short drive
of these relaxed communities.
Thank you for your interest in our communities.
Getting Here (How do I?):
From Augusta: Take U.S. 202 west approximately
9 miles. First sign for
Winthrop is Main Street.
From Lewiston: Take U.S. 202 east approximately
18 miles. First sign for
Winthrop is Route 133
What to do (See and Do within a one hour drive):
Also available are swimming, boating and fishing in any of our
dozen lakes and ponds, as well as many ocean activities.
Golf
Augusta Country Club
Springbrook Country Club
Cobbossee Colony Golf Club
Other area
clubs
Theater
Winthrop Performing Arts Center
The Theater at Monmouth
Maine State Music Theater
Maine State Museum
Hiking (Mountain 1 hour
away)
Driving and History
Maine office of Tourism
Accommodations
Winthrop Motel
Lakeside Motel
Cobbossee Motel
Camping Beaver Brook Campground
Rise and Shine B & B, Monmouth
Health Care
Winthrop Area Medical Center
Winthrop Pediatric Center
MaineGeneral Medical Center, Augusta
Central Maine Medical Center, Lewiston
Shopping
Mr. Market – Hannaford foods
Downtown Winthrop Shops
L.L. Bean in Freeport
Marketplace at Augusta
Weather
Winthrop Area Weather
Other information
The Kennebec Land Trust
http://www.tklt.org/
Winthrop Public Schools
http://www.winthrop.k12.me.us/
Town of Winthrop
http://www.winthropmaine.org/
Info on Winthrop
http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=2425
Town of Monmouth
http://monmouthmaine.netfirms.com/
Info on Monmouth
http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=2237
Town of Manchester
http://www.manchester.govoffice2.com/
Info on Manchester
http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=2218
