• Bangor Children's Museum - Downtown Bangor 

• Bangor Museum and Center for History - Downtown Bangor (free admission and open on Shabbat)

• Cole Transportation Museum - Downtown Bangor 

• Owls Head Transportation Museum - Rockland - 70 miles (includes aircrafts)

• Maine seacoast - From Bangor its an hours drive to Bar Harbor

• Hiking - There are various hiking trails within 2 hours drive
      1) Acadia National Park - (1hour drive) - trails/bicycle routes for beginners to advanced
      2) Borestone Mountain - (1 hour drive) - 3 hour hike, magnificent 360 view.
      3) Mount Katahdin, 5200 ft - (2 hour drive) - For serious hikers
      4) Moosehead Lake - (1.5 hour drive) - Multiple activities

• Skiing - There are various locations with 2-3 hours drive.
      1) Sugarloaf USA - Carabasset, Maine -100 miles.
      2) Squaw Mountain - Greenville, Maine - 75 miles.   
      3) Sunday River - Bethel, Maine - 135 miles.

• Whitewater Rafting - 1.5 hours drive (Penobscot, Kennebec and Dead Rivers). NorthCountryRivers, NorthernOutdoors

• Whale Watching - (1hour drive) WhalesRus, AcadianWhaleAdventures, 

• Sea Kayaking - (1hour drive) AcadiaFun, AcadiaKayak, 

• Moose Safaris and Dog Sled Trips (1hour 15 minute drive)  Moose Country Safaris

• Boston, Massachusetts - 225 miles.

• Canadian Maritime Provinces - 90 miles.