Local Attractions
- Bangor City Forest – Enjoy a leisure stroll through the nice Bangor Forest, which includes the bog walk. Dogs welcome with leashes.
- Dreams by Janice – Local art studio perfect for your kids to express themselves and practice in the creative arts.
- Bangor Escape Rooms – Test your problem solving skills with your friends by immersing yourselves in a room where you have one goal, to escape!
- Thai Orchid – Thai food available in Orono and Old Town. Order online through their website.
- Spotlight Cinemas – Movie theater featuring new lounge chairs and recent movie releases. See movies and showtimes on their website.
- Bangor Mall Cinemas 10 – Movie theater conveniently located in Bangor near other attractions!
- Hollywood Slots & Casino – Nearly 1,000 Vegas-style slots, thrilling harness racing, big-time table games, and the kind of red carpet service you can only find in Hollywood.
- Maine Bass Fishing – If you like to catch aggressive Smallmouth Bass while looking at beautiful scenery, you will love the Penobscot River.
- Penobscot River Guide Service – Troy, Maine
- University of Maine – Orono
- Visitors’ Center and campus maps
- Maine Center for the Arts – Cultural focus of the University of Maine campus and the surrounding region.
- Lyle Littlefield Ornamental Trial Garden – 2500 wooden and herbaceous plants.
- Roger Clapp Greenhouses – Agronomy, entomology, forestry, horticulture, plant biology, soil science and sustainable agriculture.
- University Forest – Hiking trails and bike paths. Map available at Visitors’ Center.
- Old Town Canoe – Old Town. Factory and factory outlet.
- Sunkhaze Meadows National Wildlife Refuge – Milford. An undeveloped 9,000 acre wildlife refuge, including the second largest peatland in Maine. Waterfowl, large and small mammals and birds.
- Bangor Daysails on the Penobscot River – The Pauline – Bangor City dock #3, behind the Sea Dog Tavern.
- Cole Land Transportation Museum – Bangor. Over 200 vehicles ranging from antique baby carriages to a locomotive.
- Bass Park Complex – Bangor Auditorium, Civic Center and Fair Grounds.
- Hirundo Wildlife Refuge
- Shopping
- Betts Bookstore – The Store for Stephen King books. Bangor is King’s home.
- Natural Living Center – One of Maine’s premier health food stores.
- Mexicalli Blues – The store full of fun. A shopper’s paradise.
- Bangor Mall and surrounding area – J. C. Penney, Furniture Mattresses & More, Bed Bath & Beyond, Old Navy, L.L. Bean, Kohl’s, Hobby Lobby, Wal-Mart, Sam’s Club, Buffalo Wild Wings, Kobe Ninja House (Hibachi-style Cuisine), Staples, BAM Books & Music, Dexter Shoe, and many more.
- Byer of Maine Factory Store – Orono, Maker of fine wood and canvas goods.
- Canoe Rental – University of Maine, Orono 207-581-1794
- Golf – Penobscot Valley Country Club , Orono 207-866-2423
Hidden Meadows Golf Course , Old Town 207-827-4779 - Leonard’s Mills – Reconstructed logging and milling community of the 1790’s, Bradley, 207-581-2871
- Great Skates – Bangor Mall area, 17,000 sq ft.
- Blackbeard’s Family Fun Park – Bangor. Miniature golf, go carts, batting cages.
- Central Maine Flying Service – Scenic flights and charters. Old Town, 827-5911
- Bangor Region Chamber of Commerce – 519 Main Street Bangor, 207-947-0307
- Kanù – 283 Main St, Old Town, ME 04468 (207) 817-4100
- Kosta’s – 268 Main St, Old Town, ME 04468 (207) 817-0417
- China Garden – 6 Stillwater Ave, Orono, ME 04473 (207) 827-8228
- Dr. Disc Golf – 85 Kelley Rd, Orono, ME 04473
Interior Maine Attractions
- Gulf Hagas “The Grand Canyon of Maine” (1 hour).
- Mattawamkeag Wilderness Park (1/2 hour).
- Kathadin Area – Millinocket (1 hour).
- Moosehead Lake Region – Greenville (1 1/4 hours).
- Whitewater Rafting – Kennebec and Penobscot Rivers.
- Lumberman’s Museum – Patten
Midcoast Attractions
- Acadia National Park – Second most visited National Park in the US, (1 1/4 hours)
- Antiques – Maine Antique Dealer Directory.
- Belfast Chamber of Commerce – (1 hour)
- Belfast & Moosehead Railroad – Unity (1 hour) Scenic Rail & Sail excursions.
- Camden-Rockport Chamber of Commerce – (1 1/2 hours)
- Ellsworth Chamber of Commerce – (1 hour)
- Owl’s Head Transportation Museum – Owl’s Head (1 3/4 hours)
- Penobscot Marine Museum – Searsport (1 hour)
- Searsport Chamber of Commerce (1 hour)
- Whale Watching – Bar Harbor (1 1/4 hours)
- Windjammers Cruise the coast on a Maine Windjammer (1 1/2 hours)
174 US Route 2, Milford, Maine,04461
Phone: 1-800-282-3330
Email: info@milfordmotelontheriver.com