Beautiful place to spend time hiking and exploring the gorgeous coast of Maine…read more Keep it as is...

Highly recommend this beautiful island. Great for hiking, exploring or spending the day at the…read morebeach. I recommend packing a picnic and making a day trip out of it. You want to be there when it is low tide. There is a cool driftwood fort on the beach. Pick up after yourself. No overnight camping or hanging out after dark. It is pristine and peaceful. They host yoga on the beach as well.

We had a nice day here, driving the loop, hopping into the cold water and hiking beehive…read more The hike was the most memorable. Dare seeker kind of heights with no railings. I had with me a fanny pack that impeded my movement - the cliff side overhangs were small enough for me to feel a wee nervous about the pack's width further from the safety of the rock face. My husband had a metal water bottle he had to keep one hand on. Also quite a bit of a burden. Should have left it so he could have both hands on some of these scrambles. My pre-teens loved the steps and ladders made from bent metal bars forced into rock. It was like a jungle gym with real life stakes. And the view! It was gorgeous. Worth the climb, even if the journey wasn't stupendously adventurous.

To Acadia National Park Management,…read more I am writing to express my frustration with the parking situation we encountered today at the Visitor Center. We arrived in our motorhome specifically looking for the designated RV parking, only to find that cars were occupying the spaces marked for RVs. Because of the size of our motorhome, we cannot simply pull into a regular automobile parking space, so when cars take the limited RV spaces, it can leave us with nowhere to park at all. What made this especially frustrating was the inconsistency in parking enforcement that we observed throughout the park. Along the Park Loop Road, we noticed vehicles receiving warning stickers when they were parked improperly or were sticking only a few inches into the roadway. Yet at the Visitor Center, we did not see a single car parked in the designated RV spaces receive a ticket, warning, sticker, or any other indication that the parking restriction was being enforced. If Acadia National Park is going to designate certain spaces specifically for RVs, those spaces need to be enforced. RV parking is already extremely limited, and cars have many more parking options available to them than visitors traveling in motorhomes. We understand that Acadia is extremely busy and parking is challenging. However, that makes consistent enforcement even more important. It is difficult to understand why minor parking violations elsewhere in the park appear to be actively enforced while cars occupying spaces specifically reserved for RVs are allowed to remain without consequence. We hope the park will address this issue by monitoring the RV parking area more closely, clearly marking it as RV-only parking, and enforcing those restrictions just as consistently as parking restrictions elsewhere in the park. Visitors traveling by RV should have a reasonable opportunity to use the parking spaces that the park has specifically designated for them. Thank you for taking this concern seriously.

This is a great FREE center for all local people to take advantage of…read more The track that circles the courts is 590 feet around (8 laps plus 580 feet is a mile). Please read the bulletin board since they rotate the direction of the track daily. There are two basketball courts with adjustable net heights that they will gladly lower if you ask nice and there are plenty of basketballs to use. One of the courts is also used for PIckleBall which they have leagues that you can join up if you call and pay their fee. There is also a section that is for stretching, small group aerobics, or any other small group class. In the lobby area there is a good amount of seats for people waiting for others to finish their run, basketball practice, or pickleball game. There is also vending machines for snacks and drinks. They have a good amount of stalls in the locker rooms and plenty of hooks and other cubbies to put stuff away. Please be aware of their schedule since they sometimes have basketball games in which they put bleachers on the track. You can access their current schedule on their website. Be aware that as of now they are closed 10:30-11:30 M-F for a preschool program. I love taking my friend's kid here to let him run around the track or play basketball with any other local kid his age that happens to be there. Such a blessing for the many cold months and rainy days.

Incredibly rude staff, it's a great facility..but the staff and policy making really lack. A lot of…read moretheir rules make no sense, and are enforced by people with poor interpersonal skills.

I used this place for a gym when housesitting for the winter up in Hope. What a great facility!…read moreSuper friendly staff, brand new equipment and lots of natural lighting within the workout room...a personal requirement of mine. It's pretty small but not having equipment to use was never a problem for me. They relatively recently opened the fitness facility up to the public as its main use is one on one personal training classes. For only $25 a month you get unlimited access during particular time slots during the day. At first I thought this rigid schedule was a downside, but in actuality, the compartmentalized options gave me two to three times in a day to feel guilty for not going! So I think it helped keep me more on a schedule than anything else! The changing facilities are standard, with lockers (bring your own lock if you feel strongly about it but I never did), bathrooms and showers (bring your own supplies) Overall, this place is great. I think it's still a hidden gem because more often than not I was working out alone!...Though that may just be midcoast Maine too. :P They have a super nice skating rank and equally nice tennis courts you can rent out for $30/hr too.

This is our local Recreation department in Lisbon, these folks are great! This is also where the…read moreMoxie Festival is planned and many activities throughout the year happen. MTM stands for "Mary T. Morse". If your looking for something to do the MTM is the place to start here in Lisbon, they have events all through the year for all ages kids to seniors.

I do not believe I will be able to put into words how I feel about this place. I recently…read moreSeperated from a very long marriage and I want to get healthy and fit so I took a chance and I am so glad I did. They are amazing, not only Do they know what and how to get fit, they make you feel so comfortable and welcome and at ease they have given me the support and tools to continue on this journey, they also were very understanding and accommodating with my limitations and are able to adjust my training for me and what I can and are able to do.

I'm 61 years old. had not been to a gym for the past two years. I started at CrossFit Black Bear…read moreabout two weeks ago. I'm not in good shape to start but noticed that I have more energy and feel better in just two weeks. It doesn't matter what your fitness level is when you start. The coaches at CrossFit Black. Bear are there to help guide to be more physically fit, The CrossFit Black Bear community is very welcoming. I'm so glad I made the call to CrossFit Black Bear to get started on my fitness goals.