City of Portland

I-295 / I-95 Maine Tpk / US-1 / Amtrak Downeaster

Maine's largest city and the cultural and economic hub of Northern New England. Portland contains the **Old Port** (the cobblestone waterfront district with historic 19th-century warehouses converted to restaurants, shops, and galleries — one of the most-visited tourist districts in Maine), the **Portland Head Light** (just over the line in Cape Elizabeth — the oldest lighthouse in Maine, commissioned by President George Washington in 1790), the Portland Museum of Art, the Victoria Mansion, Longfellow Square, the Maine Historical Society, the University of Southern Maine (Portland campus), the Maine College of Art & Design (MECA&D), Hadlock Field (home of the Portland Sea Dogs AA baseball), Merrill Auditorium, and neighborhoods from Munjoy Hill (with the Portland Observatory) to Bayside to the West End to the East End to Parkside to Deering Center to Oakdale to North Deering. Portland's food scene has received national acclaim — the city was named 'Restaurant City of the Year' by Bon Appétit in 2018.