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Something very special that we have here in Bath is The Chocolate Church Performing Arts Center whose diverse year-'round program offers the traveler a wonderful evening of entertainment, and is easily within walking distance from the inn. This Gothic Revival Church was built in the mid 1800's by part of Bath's Congregational Parish. Today it is painted a deep chocolate brown. Our area is also fortunate to have the Maine State Music Theatre which presents a full summer of musical productions at its home stage on the Bowdoin College campus in Brunswick. New to our area is the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, on Barters Island Road in Boothbay. You are invited to visit and watch their gardens grow. Even in winter, there are sights to see and trails to walk or snowshoe. The gardens are full of interesting textures, shapes, and colors. You can spend the day wandering the gardens, having a lovely lunch, and wandering some more! High on the list of activity favorites for travelers visiting Maine are exploring lighthouses and whalewatching. I highly recommend that you take a lighthouse water tour on the Kennebec River with one of the many local guides, or with the Maine Maritime Museum. Whalewatching is a popular summer and fall adventure that can be booked out of Boothbay Harbor. Another special aspect of Bath is that the Kennebec River is a major spawning ground for striped bass, attracting worldwide sportsfishing interest. Fly and spin fishing guides are available for full or half day trips.
Other Things to Do
When people call and ask what is there to do in our area, I start by telling them about our two extraordinary ocean beaches: Reid State Park, and Popham Beach State Park. Reid, on Georgetown Island, is both a rugged and rocky and a sandy beach. Popham State Park and Popham Beach are at the end of our peninsula, where the Kennecbec River meets the ocean, and have a marvelous pristine quality with a beautiful five-mile stretch of white sand. Rated one of the most beautiful beaches in New England, Popham Beach is particularly noteworthy because it is close to the site of the 1607 Popham colony as well as Fort Popham, a Civil War bastion, and Fort Baldwin, a World War I redoubt. Fall foliage enthusiasts should also know that the states of New Hampshire and Vermont do not have a corner on the foliage market (the same can be said for maple syrup). The great advantage of visiting Maine in the fall is that you can combine the beauty of autumn leaves with the grandeur of our beaches. Called a city, but really a small town, Bath is located on the Kennebec River about 10 miles inland from the sea with which it has had a romance for centuries. Because of its location on the Kennebec River and the river's inland proximity to timber, Bath became one of the largest centers of wooden-hull shipbuilding and shipping commerce on the eastern seaboard in the 1800's. Today, Bath still boasts a major shipyard - The Bath Iron Works. Tying us to this past is the fascinating Maine Maritime Museum which is located just two miles from The Inn at Bath. This past is also reflected in the wonderful architecture of Bath's residential Historic District where you can take a Sagadahoc Preservation sponsored tour of its beautiful homes or follow a detailed map which takes you on a self-guided tour of the District.
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