Bethel is a town in Oxford County (Maine). It is near the White Mountain National Forest and home to Sunday River ski resort. Outward Bound and Gould Academy are also here.
Get in
By car
Interstate 95 (Maine Turnpike) to Exit 63 "Gray" Route 26. Take Route 26 North.
Get around
- The Mountain Explorer - a free shuttle providing shuttle service between Bethel Village and the Sunday River Ski Resort.
See
Do
Ski
- Sunday River, Sunday River Rd (off Rt. 2 north of town). 131 trails and 18 lifts. Large resort with summer alpine activities and always something happening.
- Mt. Abram, 308 Howe Hill Rd, Greenwood, ME, +1 207 875-5000.
Golf
- Sunday River Golf Club, +1 207 824-4653. Robert Trent Jones, Jr. course with 18 holes, par 72, 7,130 yards, CR75.2, slope 146. $95, cart included.
- Bethel Inn & Country Club, 1 Broad St, +1 207 824-6276. Par 72, 6,663 yards, CR71.3 Slope 131.
Buy
Eat
Cafés & bakeries
- Café DiCocoa and Dicocoa's Market Bakery, 119 and 125 Main St, +1 207 824-5282, dicocoa@cafedicocoa.com. A cozy café-restaurant serving up pastries and a wide selection of coffee and hot drinks throughout the day, and then global cuisine at night. The market, which is next door, is filled with groceries, coffee and wine from around the globe.
- The Good Food Store, 212 Mayville Rd, +1 207 824-3754, GoodFood@goodfoodbethel.com. Great selection of natural foods and drinks, along with a made-to-order sandwich service. Fine wines and cheeses, specialty beers, great soups, heat and eat meals, organic and local produce. The area's best catering.
Pizza
Suds Pub, the Matterhorn, Liam's, and other local establishments also serve pizza.
- Bethel's Best Pizza, Subs, & Ice Cream, 160 West Bethel Rd, +1 207 824-3192, smills48@verizon.net. Serves breakfast, a wide variety of pizza, subs, panini sandwiches, and all sorts of ice cream treats. Delivery available to houses, condos, or hotel rooms anywhere in Bethel and surrounding towns including Sunday River.
- Home Slice Pizza, Lower Main Street (at the intersection of Railroad Street), +1 207 824-4700. Pizza, subs, tacos, stuffed breadsticks available. Delivery and take-out available.
- New York Pizza, 119 Skiway Rd, +1 207 824-6969, frank@eatnypizza.com. (Newry). Authentic New York pizza and sub take-out shop on the Sunday River access road. NY Pizza is now part of the Barking Dawg Market.
- Pat's Pizza Family Restaurant, 37 Mayville Rd, +1 207 824-3637. Full-service homemade pizza restaurant, also featuring homemade soup, lasagna, and chicken and eggplant parm. Also has full liquor bar with micro-brew drafts, wine and bottled beers.
Casual dining
- Suds Pub, 151 Main St, +1 207 824-6558, info@sudburyinn.com. Great pizza, take out, 29 beers on tap, live entertainment Th-Sa.
- Smokin' Good BBQ, 212 Mayville Rd (Rt 2) (Orange Trailer at the Good Food Store), +1 207 824-4744. Th-Su 11:30AM-7:30PM. Finest fresh meat, dry rubbed with secret spices and slowly smoked with local hardwood. Served up with homemade sides and some attitude.
Fine Dining
Drink
Sleep
Bed & Breakfasts, inns and motels
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- The Victoria Inn, 32 Main St, info@thevictoria-inn.com. Redone historic 19th-century inn with 14 elegantly decoarted rooms and loft bedroom suites.
- Austin's Holidae House Bed & Breakfast, 85 Main St, +1 207 824-3400, holidaehouse@msn.com. Open year round. Seven-room Victorian inn in the heart of Bethel.
- Chapman Inn, 1 Mill Hill Rd, +1 207 824-2657, info@chapmaninn.com. Quaint inn in Bethel's historic district.
- Inn at the Rostay, 186 Mayville Rd, +1 207 824-3111, info@rostay.com. Motel/inn five minutes down the road from Sunday River.
- L'Auberge Country Inn and Bistro, 15 L'Auberge Lane, +1 207 824-2774, innkeeper@laubergecountryinn.com. 6 rooms in a casual inn with a great restaurant.
- Norseman Inn & Motel, 134 Mayville Rd, +1 207 824-2002, info@norsemaninn.com. The motel, which has 22 rooms, and the inn, 8 rooms, is five minutes down the road from Sunday River.
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- Sudbury Inn, 151 Main St, info@sudburyinn.com. Circa 1873, the Sudbury offers 18 rooms with seven suites and a three bedroom apartment. Excellent fine dining restaurant and the lively "Sud's Pub" all under one roof. Recommended by Bon Appetit as "the perfect way to end a day".
- Sunday River Inn, 23 Skiway Rd, +1 207 824-2410, info@sundayriverinn.com. (Newry). Family-oriented inn with a cross-country skiing center, a 1/2 mile away from Sunday River.
- Bethel Spa Motel, 88 Main St, ruthiesboutique1975@hotmail.com. In the heart of Bethel on the Mountain Explorer Shuttle route with direct access to Sunday River.
- The SnowBoarding House, 646 West Bethel Rd, +1 207 824-4224, info@BethelOutdoorAdventure.com. All-season hostel with 18 total beds. Bed price is from $19.
- The Bethel Inn Resort, +1 207 824-2175, info@bethelinn.com. On the Common. 150 room resort on 200 acres, featuring an 18-hole golf course, fine and casual dining, fitness center, ski and snowshoe center, tennis court, and more.
Chalets & rental homes
Slopeside Lodging
- The Grand Summit Hotel. Sunday River Ski Resort. Upscale 230 room hotel featuring two restaurants, a health club and a heated outdoor pool and a true slopiside location.
- Jordan Grand Hotel, 27 Grand Cir. Sunday River Ski Resort. 195 room hotel slopeside to the Lollapalooza trail with a health club, heated outdoor pool and hot tub, and two restaurants.
- Snow Cap Inn, 9 Snow Cap Rd. Sunday River Ski Resort. Cozy mountainside lodging featuring a fitness room, outdoor pool and ski lockers a short walk away from the slopes.
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