A wide selection of recreational activities are available in the Saco Bay Region throughout the year. In the warmer months, share the fun with family and friends of exhilarating water and amusement parks. Maine's 1st wooden roller coaster in 50 years is housed in Saco.
Professional to amateurs will enjoy the many challenging golf courses.
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Looking for something more serene?
Try canoeing down the Saco River (from the New Hampshire border or Fryeburg); ocean kayaking; or sailing along the lovely Saco Bay. Nature lovers will want to experience the sights, smells and sounds of the many trails and paths for bicycling, hiking, and cross country skiing. Whale watching cruises are available; as well as chartered fishing trips. Rentals and charters will help take the work out and put the fun in!
The area also has facilities for ice skating, bowling, swimming or racquetball.
You'll find the perfect activity to stay fit and have fun. Biddeford offers a Skateboard Park at Rotary Park which includes a mini half pipe, grind rail, quarter pipe, fly box, half pyramid, bank ramp, launch ramp and two boxes and a monster 8' half pipe. Open dawn to dusk. Also at Rotary Park is the Teen Center, offering pool table, air hockey, foosball, video games, bumper pool, ping-pong, electronic darts and board games. Pizza night once a month. Open Monday-Friday from 2 - 5:30 p.m. Ages 12-18; no fees.
Area Lighthouses
Wood Island Lighthouse ~ Goat Island Lighthouse ~ Spring Point Ledge Lighthouse ~ Two Lights Lighthouse/State Park ~ Portland Headlight
Beaches:
Ferry Beach/State Park ~ Biddeford Pool ~ Fortunes Rocks ~ Bay View Beach ~ Camp Ellis ~ Hills Beach ~ Rotary Park Beach ~ Old Orchard Beach
Hiking:
Sylvan Trail ~ Atlantic Way Trail ~ Laurel Hill Cemetery ~ Saco Bay Trail ~ Ferry Beach/State Park ~ Great Saco Heath Sanctuary
Preserves:
Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve ~ Waterboro Barrens ~ Mount Agamenticus ~ Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge ~ Scarborough Marsh Nature Center ~ Saco Heath Preserve ~ Kennebunk Plains
Golf:
Dutch Elm Country Club, Arundel ~ Biddeford-Saco Country Club, Saco ~ Deep Brook Golf Course, Saco ~ Dunegrass Country Club, Old Orchard Beach
Amusements:
Funtown Splashtown ~ Vacationland Bowling
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The Amtrak Station is located in the heart of Saco!
Take the family on the train from Saco to Boston year round!
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