Parson's Beach - Kennebunk Beach

  • Address: Kennebunk, Maine, USA
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Parson's Beach
Kennebunk
Maine, USA

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  • KENNEBUNK BEACH, MOTHER'S BEACH & GOOCH'S BEACH - Beach Avenue, off Routes 9 & 35 These long, wide sandy beaches are the perfect place to walk, sun yourself, play in the surf, look for sand dollars or just enjoy the sight of the waves rolling into shore. There's no better place to be on July 4th, when fireworks explode overhead in a myriad of glittering lights. .There are lifeguards and public restrooms at both Gooch's Beach and Mother's Beach - from July through Labor Day. - GOOSE ROCKS BEACH King's Highway, off Route 9 North of Kennebunkport Village. At 3 miles long, Goose Rocks Beach is a favorite with walkers as well as the sand pail set. It's wide, smooth and sandy, and affords wonderful views of Eastern Goose Rocks and Timber Island, just off the coast. - While visitors are welcome at the above beaches, a permit to park at the beach is required. Day and seasonal passes are easily available at the Chamber of Commerce, your local lodging establishment, the Kennebunk Police Station and Kennebunk Town Hall. (For Goose Rocks Beach, go to the Kennebunkport Police Station or Town Hall.) Or, catch the trolley and ask to be dropped off at the beach. - ARUNDEL BEACH Off Ocean Avenue, near the Colony Hotel. Though quaint, this beach (also known as Colony Beach) is much appreciated by those who love to scramble on its rocks and watch the surf dash the shore.(Photo and text Kennebunk Chamber of Commerce) The first Europeans to visit the shores of southern Maine probably were sixteenth-century fishermen. Although it is well known that these fishing parties put ashore along the coast of Maine, whether any landed on Kennebunk's beaches is not part of the present historical record. At that time the native population followed a pattern of seasonal migration, living near the coast during the warmer months of the year, moving inland during the colder months. The presence of native Americans in Kennebunk was even then an ancient tradition. Because of recent archaeological excavations it is known that 11,000 years ago PaleoIndian hunters traveled seasonally to the Kennebunk Plains from throughout the Northeast to trap and kill bison and caribou. The early seventeenth century brought a period of English and French exploration. In 1602 Bartholomew Gosnold, seeking a northern route to what would become the English settlement of Jamestown, Virginia, made landfall on the coast of Maine2. In 1603 Martin Pring, utilizing the services of the same pilot who had guided Gosnold, made his own voyage. Pring explored a short distance up the Kennebunk River, finding no natives but signs of fires where they had been. In 1604 Samuel de Champlain explored the coast of ... more on GoingToTheBeach.com, Inc.

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