Waldo County, situated in mid-coast Maine along scenic Penobscot Bay, has genuine New England character evidenced by working port towns and quaint rural villages.

Visitors are awed by the area's unspoiled beauty. From striking coastal views to sweeping mountain vistas, dramatic natural settings abound. In addition, great care has been taken to preserve and refurbish numerous historic landmarks, homes and buildings. Consequently, the Maine of yesteryear is still found here.

Belfast is the county seat with approximately 8,600 people , a charming
shopping district, beautiful architecture and a lovely harbor. If you are lucky, you will see two tug boats that escort the big ships into

Searsport. Huge mansions and old trees line the streets of this beautiful city and Belfast is home to the country's oldest shoe store.

The next largest city is Searsport just 6 miles from Belfast. It is a waterfront community of about 2,600 residents and it is a one
of three deep water seaports in Maine.

Searsport was a large ship building town and supplied over 10% of the world's sea captains at one time.

Beautiful old sea
captain's mansions and magnificent architecture line the streets of this charming town. Searsport is home to Penobscot Marine Museum,  the oldest marine museum in Maine.

The county is peppered with smaller inland communities with pick your own orchards, wonderful greenhouses, Unity College, and the Belfast & Moosehead Lake excursion

railroad with its beautiful red and white gingerbread station. In Thorndike you will find Bryant's Antique Stove museum with is collection of old stoves, dancing dolls, Wurlitzer organs and more.

From Belfast, the county seat, to Searsport, the anchor of port activity in mid-coast Maine and nearby Stockton Springs bordering Penobscot Bay, to Winterport on the Penobscot River, to the inlands of Unity, Liberty, Monroe and Thorndike to Lincolnville with its two town centers, Waldo County is a wonderful place to be at any time of the year.

Henry David Thoreau may have been talking to potential Waldo County visitors where he said "Probe the earth and see where your main(e) roots run."