Orient

Welcome To Orient, Maine!

The Story

It Sounds Exotic, You Are Heading To Orient, Maine.

Like the Far East, This Orient in Maine is up north. It is a bit of a hike to get here but you won’t want to leave. Orient Maine is water.

lake sunset boat — Maine Lake Boating. Orient Is Full Of Waterfront Fun Options.

Lots of lakes of all waterfront sizes. Early settlers to Orient on April 9th, 1856 organized the township originally labeled T9 R1 or Monroe and Orient Gore.

The name Orient was picked because it is as East as you can go up against the province of New Brunswick Canada.

Plus East Grand Lake has a jagged, watery International boundary line jutting east into this 16,000 plus acre lake. The population of Orient Maine now is 147 but don’t let the number fool you.

Summer vacation residents here part time make the numbers swell. Snow birds return and tourists arrive each spring.

Lumbering, farming, tourism are the big Orient Maine industries.

Besides one of Maine’s largest East Grand Lake, Deering, Brackett, North Lakes are other waterfront recreational options.

With our high speed Internet connections, telecommuting and working remotely online on your out of state job is an option when your simple week’s vacation turns to desire to be a full time Maine resident.

Easy peasy getting to Orient Maine.

orient me town — Orient Maine, Town In Aroostook County!

The path is easy but long because Maine is an eight hour tall state. Heading up US RT 1 along the Maine coast will twist and turn take you in and out of small harbor town locations. It will chew up some time, burn a little money but be worth it if you can spare the time. Otherwise, set the cruise control on what you drive to 75 miles per house and point the vehicle north to head up Interstate 95.

I-95, the quickest route to head to the Orient Maine location. Get off at the Lincoln exit and over onto RT 169 to proceed diagonal to RT 1 in Danforth Maine. Keep driving north, passing through Weston and the Million Dollar

View to your right and next town up is Orient Maine.

You could use US RT 2A the main highway before I-95 along with US RT 2 to head north in Maine just to break up your journey with different scenery to look at along the way. How much time do you have to spend in Maine is a question determining the best route to take to Orient Maine.

Orient Maine has a US Canadian International port of entry border crossing.

You can use the Boundary Road check point or go South on US RT 1 to Danforth, then take a left up into Forest City to visit Canada through another border crossing station.

Funny we get asked is it dangerous being this close to Canada. Ah no. Just the opposite and everyone on both sides of the borderline is related.

Enjoy the weakened Loonie too and with free trade, make the purchase for discounted priced items you need from Canada.

If you are not running the roads to Canada or on a mission to bee line to Downeast Maine for seafood and blueberry pie, there’s lots to do in Orient Maine with all this water frontage. Major lakes, interesting coves and islands to explore.

Bring your fishing gear. Or maybe it’s fall and you are a leaf peeker, someone who likes to hunt for white tail deer, black bear, moose or other game.

Don’t forget your camera no matter which season you find yourself in Orient Maine. That’s a given for essentials to capture the Kodak moments. To collect the cherished moments with your family and sporting buddies.

haynesville me perks — Haynesville Maine, Handy To Orient, Weston Maine.

Right next door and the small Maine towns blend together. As you criss cross back and forth across the town likes.

Don’t miss spending some time in nearby Haynesville Maine. It is worth a side step to see.

To learn about the Haynesville woods the song about the lost truckers was penned for in tribute. To paddle the Mattawamkeag River to fish. To tramp the hunting grounds around Haynesville Maine in unorganized places like Forkstown, Glenwood Plantation. Ever spent time in the sauna in an off the beaten path location like the Orient – Haynesville area affords?

Snow sled the trails, four wheel ATV the network of pathways that open up the nooks and crannies of Orient Maine. Boat, swim, sail, fish with or without the five inch hole in the ice.

Orient Maine offers the parked by or out on the lake setting that everyone is looking for today.

They say a lake fixes everything. Take your pick of many in Orient Maine in Aroostook County.

I’m Maine REALTOR Andrew Mooers your host and here to gratefully serve you.

Looking forward to providing the best insider local information from a native passionate about living here. Let me share what living here as a native I can offer you!

Thank you for visiting our Maine real estate website and we will work hard to show you the ropes, the lay of the land.

To give you the small town community online tour perspective the best way possible to educate and not waste your time.

You get involved living in small Maine towns. I do. You will too. You will fit in just perfectly. Proud member of the state and national REALTOR associations. Past president of the Aroostook REALTOR Council, Rotary Club, Chamber Of Commerce, the Southern Aroostook Growth Council and Drews Lake Property Owners Association. Past chairman of the Houlton Zoning Board.