Escape to North Haven

By Irene Yadao

North Haven is a gem of an island — just an hour ferry ride from nearby Rockland and a stone’s throw from the island of Vinalhaven. It is a place of understated beauty, and it is also the home of Nebo Lodge and Turner Farm, two places doing some really amazing and inspiring work.

Its quiet roads can be toured by bike in one day and the views are breath-taking: rolling hills, lupine-dotted fields of grass, large, looming trees, ocean expanse in the background.

If you haven’t been to North Haven, here’s a glimpse.

The ferry from Rockland to North Haven.

North Haven, Maine: The way life should be.

A field of lupines.

Charming rooms and creative dinners make for a special experience at Nebo Lodge. Photo courtesy of Nebo Lodge. 

Turner Farm is a certified organic farm with pasture-raised pigs, chickens, cattle and goats, four greenhouses that produce vegetables year-round, and a creamery. Photo courtesy of Turner Farm.

To learn more about Nebo Lodge or Turner Farm, which offers tours on certain days of the week, visit their websites at www.nebolodge.com and www.turner-farm.com. 

For more information on North Haven, visit www.northhavenmaine.org.