Down East
"Down East", also "Downeast", is a term for parts of eastern coastal New England and Canada, particularly the U.S. state of Maine and Canada's Maritime Provinces, an area that closely corresponds to the historical French territory of Acadia.| Tap on the map to travel |
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Popular Destinations
Acadia National Park
Acadia National Park is the only United States national park in New England and the easternmost national park on the mainland.
Bar Harbor
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Bar Harbor is a village on Mount Desert Island in Hancock County in the Down East area of Maine.
Ellsworth
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Ellsworth is a small city in Maine on the Union River.
Destinations
Mount Desert Island
Mount Desert Island is off the Down East coast of Maine, a state of the United States of America.
Calais
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Calais is a coastal town located in the Down East region of Maine at the Canadian border across from the town of St. Stephen, one of Maine's busiest border crossings.
Eastport
Photo: Ken Gallager, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Eastport a town in the Down East region of Maine on Moose Island at the junction of Cobscook and Passamaquoddy Bays.
Lubec
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Lubec is a town in the Down East region of Maine along the coast.
Down East
- Type: region
- Description: parts of Atlantic Canada and eastern coastal New England, United States
- Location: Maine, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude of centre
44.93° or 44° 55' 48" northLongitude of centre
-67.99° or 67° 59' 24" westWikidata ID
Q5302807Down East Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- English: DownEast
- English: Downeast
- Italian: Down East
- Japanese: ダウン・イースト
- Slovenian: Down East
- Venetian: Down East
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipdia page Down East. Photo: Tina Saey, CC BY-SA 4.0.