Biking in Maine
Biking is of course a common activity in the warmer months in Maine, and every town and city has its own bike paths.
Explore the beauty of Casco Bay on a Bicycle. Join Summer Feet Cycling for one of their fun and active tours. Learn all about Portland from the seat of a bicycle. Choose to visit Portland’s Lighthouses on the ½ day 5 Lighthouse Bicycle Tour or Discover Island Living on the Exploring Casco Bay Tour.
Acadia is famous for its carriage trails that wind up and down hills and in and out of beaches and coastline views. Affordable bike rentals are available throughout the state.
With its beautiful scenery, bike-friendly roads and shared-use paths, Maine is a great place to cycle. In the mountains, along the coast, through the woods and over the beautiful byways in between, cyclists of all ages and skill levels find that cycling in Maine is a great experience.
The Maine Bike Book
The Maine DOT has created a book with 33 loop bicycle tours which provides turn by turn directions, points of interest, safety tips, etc. Featured in the book is Tour #13 which is located in the Greater Portland Region. The 9-mile loop takes you out to Wolfe's Neck Woods State Park where you can see the rocky coast. The 16-mile loop explores the back roads in the Freeport area and goes by the Maine Audubon Mast Landing Sanctuary.
Tour # 14 concentrates on scenic 22-mile+ and 30-mile+ rides have three different starting points and then take similar routes, offering a quintessential view of coastal Maine. Portland has a working waterfront and a picturesque shopping district. In the 18th and 19th centuries, this was once a busy shipping port. From Portland, cyclists cross over the Fore River on the Casco Bay Bridge and head out toward the coast with opportunities to stop along the way at state and municipal parks with lovely sand beaches, historic lighthouses, and two interesting lighthouse museums. The 30-mile+ ride takes you to Prouts Neck, where artist Winslow Homer lived and painted.
Be sure to check out Explore Maine by Bike for these tours and so many more that will take you throughout the state on your own two wheels!