Augusta (Maine)

Augusta is the state capital of Maine in the United States.

Get in

By plane

• 🌍 Augusta State Airport (AUG  ^IATA), 75 Airport Rd (Located about 1/2 mile west/northwest out Western Ave (US-202/ME-17/ME-100/ME-1) from roundabout/rotary nearest the State Capitol), ☎ [phone]. Small regional airport with regular Cape Air flights to Boston's Logan International Airport.  
• Maine Instrument Flight, ☎ [phone]. Air charter and private aircraft, 123.00 MHz 

By car

• From Portland: take US Interstate I-295 North toward Falmouth; this becomes I-95 North; follow signs for Augusta. Exit at Augusta/Western Ave, and turn right, east, into Augusta; trip is under 60 miles, about one hour total in reasonable traffic.
• From Bangor: Take I-95 South to Augusta/Western Ave, and turn left, east, into Augusta; trip is about 80 miles, a bit under 1 1/2 hours in reasonable traffic.
• From Belfast: Take Maine State Route 3 South (really west/southwest); trip is about 47 miles, or about one hour in reasonable traffic.

By bus

• Concord Coach Lines. Service from Boston, Portland, and Bangor.

Get around

See

• 🌍 State Capitol Building, State St, ☎ [phone]. The west entrance is open to the public M-F, 8AM-5PM. Free guided tours are offered M-F 9AM-1PM. Free.  
• 🌍 Maine State Museum, 83 Maine 27 (Across parking lot from the State Capitol Building), ☎ [phone]. Tu-F 9AM-5PM. Sa 10AM-4PM. Closed Su, Mo, and state holidays. Exhibits focus on Maine-specific: natural history; prehistory and archaeology; natural resources and agricultural and industrial history; working people and manufacturing; and identity. Of particular interest is the reassembled two-story woodworking mill. Entrance $2, $1 for children aged 6-18 and senior citizens aged 62 and over, free for children under 6..  
• 🌍 Old Fort Western, 16 Cony St, ☎ [phone]. Hours vary depending on season: Memorial Day weekend to July 3: every day 1-4PM; July 4-Labor Day: M-F 10AM-4PM, Sa, Su 1-4PM; Labor Day-Columbus Day: Sa, Su 1-4PM; November–May: first Su of the month only, 1-3PM. Built in 1754, this is the oldest surviving wooden fort in North America (the main house is original). It is a National Historic Landmark. Near the rebuilt stockade overlooking the Kennebec River is a 1912 marker recording the September 1775 departure from the fort of an expedition under Benedict Arnold for the capture of Quebec. $5 ($4 for seniors aged 55 and over, $3 for children aged 6-16, free for children under 6 and residents of Augusta). 

Do

• 🌍 Viles Arboretum, 153 Hospital St., ☎ [phone]. Daily, Dawn-dusk. Office staffed M-F 8AM-4:30PM. Free. (updated Jan 2018)

Buy

Eat

Several of the popular chain restaurants are available as well.

• 🌍 Rebecca's Place, 434 Eastern Ave, ☎ [phone]. 
• 🌍 Riverfront Barbeque & Grill, 300 Water St, ☎ [phone]. 
• 🌍 Lisa's Restaurant and Lounge, 15 Bangor St, ☎ [phone]. Good food, great drinks, American food with Mexican items too! Prime rib, rib eyes, etc. 
• All Steak Hamburgers, 225 Hospital St. Extremely good all steak hamburgers for less than $2, hot fries, all the food cooked to order. Very reasonable prices. 

Drink

Sleep

• 🌍 Quality Inn, 65 Whitten Rd, ☎ [phone], fax: [phone]. 
• 🌍 Senator Inn and Spa, 284 Western Avenue @ Turnpike 95, ☎ [phone], toll-free: [phone], fax: [phone]. 
• 🌍 Best Western Plus Civic Center Inn, 110 Community Dr, ☎ [phone]. 
• 🌍 Motel 6, 18 Edison Dr, ☎ [phone], fax: [phone]. 
• 🌍 Comfort Inn Civic Center, 281 Civic Center Dr, ☎ [phone]. 

Go next

Routes through Augusta

Bangor ← Waterville ←	N  S	→ Gardiner → Lewiston
Quebec City ← Winslow ←	N  S	→ Hallowell → Brunswick
Lewiston ← Monmouth ←	W  E	→ China → Bangor
END ←	W  E	→ China → Ellsworth
Mexico ← Dixfield ←	W  E	→ Whitefield → Rockland