- The list below includes 171 free or cheap things to do in or near Scarborough, Maine, including 87 different types of inexpensive activities like Beaches, Food Shops, Nature & Wildlife Areas and Bowling.
- From Higgins Beach to Scarborough Beach State Park, there are a variety of budget-friendly attractions in Scarborough and in nearby cities within 25 miles like Portland, South Portland, Kennebunkport and Saco.
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Footbridge Beach, named after the access bridge crossing the small river and sand dunes, is a wide, flat beach with soft sand. Visitors particularly enjoy the views, strolls, and the beach's spacious feel.
27.3 Miles
A small stone building dating back to the 1897, Ogunquit Memorial Library is a historic landmark. Its field stone construction makes it of interest to architecture buffs, and grandfather clocks and stuffed owls add atmosphere inside.
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Marginal Way is a paved 1.5 mile oceanside cliffwalk lined with benches that runs along the Atlantic Ocean. The path has some restaurants and gift shops along it, as well as places to walk down to the water.
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Perkins Cove is a shopping area filled with restaurants, jewelry stores, artist studios, and other small businesses, along with charter lobster and party boats. The cove also has views of the Atlantic shoreline.
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Featuring a captain knowledgeable about the prime fishing spots in the area, Bunny Clark Deep Sea Fishing takes visitors on full day fishing excursions. During the trips, visitors have the opportunity to catch fish like haddock and cod.
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With a permanent collection of over 20,000 items, the Bowdoin College Museum of Art has exhibits from the antiquity to the present times. Decorative art, painting, and sculpture are some of the domains covered.
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The 7,500 square foot Oqunquit Museum of Art, and the accompanying three-acre landscape gardens, features American Modern art, particularly from the early 1900s Oqunquit Art Colony, and Andy Warhol paintings.
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Sequin Lighthouse, or Seguin Lighthouse, is an active and functional lighthouse built in 1857. It is open for tours, and is an attraction on a number of historic and scenic cruises.
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Bowdoin College is a small liberal art college offering 39 majors and minors. Visitors to the campus can view their Museum of Art, the Perry-MacMillan Artic Museum, or watch the Polar Bears compete in several sporting events.
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The Perry MacMillian Artic Museum and Art Studies Center is located within Hubbard Hall on the Bowdoin College Campus. The museum started after receiving 9,000 images and objects from the private collection of Donald B. MacMillian, an artic explorer starting in 1916.