Enjoying Maine's Islands by John Gibson

Author:John Gibson
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780892728268
Publisher: Down East Books

ACCOMMODATIONS AND MEALS

Most people come to Monhegan for the day, but a fair number stay over, some renting cottages and most staying at the several hotels or guest houses. The Island Inn overlooks the harbor; people sit on its front porch and watch the boats come and go. It also boasts a restaurant open to the public. Its rooms have electricity, and some have a private bath. The Island Inn, Monhegan, ME 04852, tel. (207) 596-0371. Toward the south end of the island, opposite the Community Church, the Monhegan House, a tall, multistoried Victorian residence, offers forty-five simple, lamplit rooms with shared hall baths and toilets. The Monhegan House also has a dining room open to the public. Daily specials are announced on a board by the front steps. Monhegan House, Monhegan, ME 04852, tel. (207) 594-7983.

The Trailing Yew, on a rise farther southward, is an amalgam of buildings with space for sixty guests and the habit of feeding people from other spots on the island as well as its own. If you stay somewhere meals are not served, sign up for your three squares at the Trailing Yew. Eating here is fun because everyone sits together at long tables, and you meet a bunch of interesting people. One morning at breakfast at the Yew, I sat next to a young couple soon to complete a circumnavigation of the United States on bicycles, a Portland restaurant owner, a retired Scottish twosome, a hospital administrator, a German couple, and an artist. The Trailing Yew, Monhegan, ME 04852, tel. (207) 596-0440.

The Tribler Cottage rents a single room with bath and several small apartments with private bath and cooking facilities. It nestles against the hillside below the lighthouse and is off by itself on a grassy lane above the library. Owner Richard Farrell takes excellent photographs of the island, which he sells. Tribler Cottage, Monhegan, ME 04852, tel. (207) 594-2445. The Hitchcock House uphill on the south end of the island has several guest rooms and cabins seasonally. The Hitchcock House, Horn Hill, Monhegan, ME 04852, tel. (207) 594-8137.

Two small shops on Monhegan’s main road offer snacks and sandwiches and a limited grocery selection, with one providing coffee and wine selections. The Port Clyde General Store, behind the ferry wharf on the mainland, is open year-round and has sandwiches, beverages, groceries, and other necessaries. Persons renting an apartment or cottage on Monhegan should bring the groceries they require with them.

GETTING THERE

Visitors to Monhegan travel with the Monhegan Boat Line out of Port Clyde in St. George. The Elizabeth Ann or Laura B makes three trips daily to the island in summer, grazing some smaller islands where you are likely to see large numbers of seals resting on the ledges. Two trips daily are made in spring and fall, and the schedule drops to three trips weekly in winter. Reservations are advisable, especially in midsummer and definitely on summer weekends. Monhegan Boat Line, P.O. Box 238, Port Clyde, ME 04855, tel. (207) 372-8848 or www.

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