Start from 27 curated places around Kennebunkport, ME, then choose the recommendations that fit your guests.
Restaurants & cafés
Earth at Hidden Pond
The destination farm-to-table restaurant at the Hidden Pond resort, with a wood-fired kitchen and produce pulled from organic gardens steps away. Chef-driven seasonal menus, house-made pasta and charcuterie, and a Wine Spectator-recognized list. This is the splurge dinner of a Kennebunkport trip, not a casual drop-in.
Nunan's Lobster Hut
A bare-bones Cape Porpoise lobster shack run by the Nunan family since 1953, serving boiled lobster on newspaper-lined tables. Cash only, no reservations, and known for homemade blueberry pie. This is the unfussy old-Maine lobster dinner everyone tries to imitate.
Trails & outdoors
Emmons Preserve
The Kennebunkport Conservation Trust's home preserve, with about 3.3 miles of easy woodland and brook trails on a former homestead. The Batson River and shorter loops wind through quiet forest, good for an unhurried hour. The most convenient real trail walk near the village.
Smith Preserve
The Conservation Trust's largest preserve, over 1,100 acres with roughly 10 miles of trails through forest and wetland. The Steele Trail to Fox Den and Brook Loop is the popular pick, an easy 2-plus miles with gentle terrain. The choice for a longer woodland outing without serious elevation.
Things to do
Seashore Trolley Museum
The world's oldest and largest electric railway museum, with over 300 streetcars and transit vehicles and a working antique trolley ride along a wooded line. Indoor exhibit barns plus the ride make it an easy half-day, especially with kids. Genuinely unusual rather than a generic tourist stop.
Rugosa Lobster Tours
A roughly 75-minute trip on a classic wooden lobster boat that hauls real traps while the crew explains the fishery. Family-friendly, hands-on, and tied to the actual working harbor rather than a staged show. The best way to understand the lobster on your dinner plate.
Landmarks & sights
Walker's Point Overlook
The roadside overlook on Ocean Avenue facing the Bush family compound on Walker's Point, the oceanfront estate used by two U.S. presidents. The house is private and not open, but the pull-off gives the classic photo across the cove. A short, free stop that anchors any Ocean Avenue drive.
St. Ann's Episcopal Church
A stone seaside church on Ocean Avenue, built in the 1880s, with an open-air altar and lawns running to the rocky shore. The grounds are open to the public and the interior holds unusual stained glass set with real seashells. One of the most photogenic spots in town and genuinely peaceful off-season.