![]() ![]() The route rejoins Route 1 for a couple of miles before we turn left and drop down to cross the Dennys River into Dennysville. As we pass Cobscook Bay State Park, the remote back road here gives beautiful views of Whiting Bay. Turning away from the coast on a briefly busy stretch of road, we will pedal into Whiting. Legend has it that Captain Bailey thought he was reaching Lubec when he turned his ship full of lumber into this cove and ran aground on a foggy night in 1830. More ocean views await as the route passes Moose Cove and Bailey’s Mistake in South Trescott. The route grows more remote after leaving Cutler, with very few houses to be seen, and views of the classic eastern Maine coastal forest, heath, bog, and wetlands. Navy low-frequency radio communication facility for contacting submarines. You will also notice a large array of towers and cables-a U.S. Along the way, you will catch ocean views of Holmes Bay and Little Machias Bay. We’ll head into Machiasport (the center of shipbuilding in times past), over the East Machias River to Route 191, and through Dogtown on our way to the coastal fishing village of Cutler. The 75-mile Saturday long route heads out of Machias, crosses the tidal Machias River at Bad Little Falls, and then turns past the University of Maine at Machias on the less-traveled Route 92.
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