Bethel (Maine)
Get in
By car
Interstate 95 (Maine Turnpike) to Exit 63 "Gray" Route 26. Take Route 26 North.
Get around
- The Mountain Explorer - a free shuttle providing shuttle service between Bethel Village and the Sunday River Ski Resort.
See
Patte Brook Auto TourA five-mile (8-km) self-guided tour into the White Mountain National Forest that you can read and print from this link
Do
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phone: +1 207 824-2912 (in season), +1 207 624-6080 (off season)The Appalachian Trail passes through this rugged landscape used to hike, fish, hunt, and in the winter snowmobile and cross-country ski. Breathtaking views from Old Speck Mountain.
Ski
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address: Sunday River Rd131 trails and 18 lifts. Large resort with summer alpine activities and always something happening.
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Mt. Abram
phone: +1 207 875-5000address: 308 Howe Hill Rd, Greenwood, ME
Golf
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phone: +1 207 824-4653Robert Trent Jones, Jr. course with 18 holes, par 72, 7,130 yards, CR75.2, slope 146. $95, cart included.
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Bethel Inn & Country Club
phone: +1 207 824-6276address: 1 Broad StPar 72, 6,663 yards, CR71.3 Slope 131.
Eat
Cafés & bakeries
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Café DiCocoa and Dicocoa's Market Bakery
phone: +1 207 824-5282address: 119 and 125 Main StA cozy café-restaurant serving up pastries and a wide selection of coffee and hot drinks throughout the day, and then global cuisine at night. The market, which is next door, is filled with groceries, coffee and wine from around the globe. -
phone: +1 207 824-3754address: 212 Mayville RdGreat selection of natural foods and drinks, along with a made-to-order sandwich service. Fine wines and cheeses, specialty beers, great soups, heat and eat meals, organic and local produce. The area's best catering.
Pizza
Suds Pub, the Matterhorn, Liam's, and other local establishments also serve pizza.
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Bethel's Best Pizza, Subs, & Ice Cream
phone: +1 207 824-3192address: 160 West Bethel RdServes breakfast, a wide variety of pizza, subs, panini sandwiches, and all sorts of ice cream treats. Delivery available to houses, condos, or hotel rooms anywhere in Bethel and surrounding towns including Sunday River. -
Home Slice Pizza
phone: +1 207 824-4700address: Lower Main StreetPizza, subs, tacos, stuffed breadsticks available. Delivery and take-out available. -
phone: +1 207 824-6969address: 119 Skiway Rd(Newry). Authentic New York pizza and sub take-out shop on the Sunday River access road. NY Pizza is now part of the Barking Dawg Market.
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Pat's Pizza Family Restaurant
phone: +1 207 824-3637address: 37 Mayville RdFull-service homemade pizza restaurant, also featuring homemade soup, lasagna, and chicken and eggplant parm. Also has full liquor bar with micro-brew drafts, wine and bottled beers.
Casual dining
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Suds Pub
phone: +1 207 824-6558address: 151 Main StGreat pizza, take out, 29 beers on tap, live entertainment Th-Sa. -
Smokin' Good BBQ
phone: +1 207 824-4744address: 212 Mayville Rd (Rt 2)Finest fresh meat, dry rubbed with secret spices and slowly smoked with local hardwood. Served up with homemade sides and some attitude.
Fine Dining
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Sudbury Inn
phone: +1 207 824-2174address: 151 Main StRoasted rack of lamb, duckling with maple blueberry glaze are served by the fire. Excellent service and wine list. -
phone: +1 207 824-8060address: 32 Main StFine dining in three intimate dining rooms. Extensive wine list. Monthly Wine tasting Dinners featuring wines and foods of different countries and/or regions.
Drink
Matterhorn Ski BarOn the way to Sunday River in Newry, the Matterhorn is only open during ski season.
Shipyard Brew HausAt Sunday River's White Cap lodge.
Sudbury InnTry hoot night on Thursdays.
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phone: +1 207 824-4253Also goes by Moose's Tale Food and Ale, and StoneCoast Brewing Co.
Sleep
Bed & Breakfasts, inns and motels
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phone: +1 207 824-4717address: 150 Mayville RdOpen year round. Five miles from Sunday River, features six rooms and an English pub. $79-149.
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address: 32 Main StRedone historic 19th-century inn with 14 elegantly decoarted rooms and loft bedroom suites.
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Austin's Holidae House Bed & Breakfast
phone: +1 207 824-3400address: 85 Main StOpen year round. Seven-room Victorian inn in the heart of Bethel. -
phone: +1 207 824-2657address: 1 Mill Hill RdQuaint inn in Bethel's historic district.
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phone: +1 207 824-3111address: 186 Mayville RdMotel/inn five minutes down the road from Sunday River.
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L'Auberge Country Inn and Bistro
phone: +1 207 824-2774address: 15 L'Auberge Lane6 rooms in a casual inn with a great restaurant. -
phone: +1 207 824-2002address: 134 Mayville RdThe motel, which has 22 rooms, and the inn, 8 rooms, is five minutes down the road from Sunday River.
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phone: +1 207 824-0508address: 16 Park StHomey renovated farmhouse with two rooms.
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address: 151 Main StCirca 1873, the Sudbury offers 18 rooms with seven suites and a three bedroom apartment. Excellent fine dining restaurant and the lively "Sud's Pub" all under one roof. Recommended by Bon Appetit as "the perfect way to end a day".
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phone: +1 207 824-2410address: 23 Skiway Rd(Newry). Family-oriented inn with a cross-country skiing center, a 1/2 mile away from Sunday River.
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Bethel Spa Motel
address: 88 Main StIn the heart of Bethel on the Mountain Explorer Shuttle route with direct access to Sunday River. -
phone: +1 207 824-4224address: 646 West Bethel RdAll-season hostel with 18 total beds. Bed price is from $19.
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phone: +1 207 824-2175On the Common. 150 room resort on 200 acres, featuring an 18-hole golf course, fine and casual dining, fitness center, ski and snowshoe center, tennis court, and more.
Chalets & rental homes
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phone: +1 207 824-7513address: 42 Wilderness Dr(Newry). Luxurious 9-bedroom mountain estate on the Sunday River Golf Course with free door-to-door trolley service to the Mountain. All the amenities of a top resort (and then some!), but with the conveniences of home.
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phone: +1 508 943-7162address: 18 Walters Way(Newry). Cozy mountain house has 4 bedrooms along the Roadrunner trail in Sunday River.
Slopeside Lodging
The Grand Summit HotelSunday River Ski Resort. Upscale 230 room hotel featuring two restaurants, a health club and a heated outdoor pool and a true slopiside location.
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address: 27 Grand CirSunday River Ski Resort. 195 room hotel slopeside to the Lollapalooza trail with a health club, heated outdoor pool and hot tub, and two restaurants.
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address: 9 Snow Cap RdSunday River Ski Resort. Cozy mountainside lodging featuring a fitness room, outdoor pool and ski lockers a short walk away from the slopes.
Connect
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Bethel Area Chamber of Commerce
address: 8 Station PlaceFree internet access via Wi-Fi or kiosk and local phone calls.