June 2023

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Features

The Islands Issue

We dispatched nine writers to 14 islands — large and small, peopled and unpeopled, along every stretch of the coast — in search of the kinds of wonders, experiences, and stories that can only be found on a Maine island.

Great Duck Island 

44° 08.53′ N
68° 14.75′ W

Monhegan

43° 45.93′ N
69° 18.92′ W

Bean Island

44° 28.53′ N
68° 12.49′ W

Crow Island

43° 50.92′ N
69° 58.92′ W

Swan’s Island

44° 9.39’ N
63° 25.32’ W

Chebeague Island

43° 44.28′ N
70° 07.07′ W

Vinalhaven

44° 02.65′ N
68° 50.34′ W

Goat Island

43° 21.48′ N
70° 25.47′ W

Appledore Island

42° 59.26′ N
70° 36.87′ W

North Haven

44° 08.99′ N
68° 51.82′ W

700 Acre Island

44° 15.87′ N
68° 56.62′ W

Meguntic Islands

44° 24.34′ N
68° 46.29′ W

Peaks Island

43° 39.66′ N
70° 11.32′ W

Lyons Island

44° 52.34′ N
67° 05.98′ W

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Where in Maine

Maine Moment

Dooryard

Editor’s note, responses to April’s Where in Maine, the masthead, and more.

Columns

My Favorite Place

On Our Cover: Little Hen Island, by Dave Waddell

Additional Photos: Dave Waddell and Jacob Bond Hessler