Off-season Activities
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Off-season Activities
 Deer Isle is a magical place to be no matter what the season.  Our Autumn foliage is breathtaking.  Walk in the woods, take a boat trip to Isle au Haut, begin the novel you've always wanted to write.  Or bring a bit of serenity to your soul, sit by a fire and watch the Winter snow falling on the harbor.  The island will beckon you back in the Springtime to celebrate our annual Lupine Festival.  The Deer Isle-Stonington Chamber of Commerce hopes you will visit our island and enjoy these special businesses that are open in the "off-season".  Click on the highlighted links for more details and also go to these pages for a list of off-season visitor businesses.
 
 

  • Pick up our local community newspaper, Island Ad-Vantages, for a current listing of community events.

  • Walks reveal billowing sea smoke, cove ice shifting and cracking, sea ducks gabbling.

  • Take advantage of off-season lodging rates.

  • Arrange a private class with a local artist.

  • Join the annual winter Audubon Bird Count.

  • Take a boat ride to Isle au Haut.

  • Watch a movie at Stonington's historic Opera House.

  • Join the ice skaters at the Lily Pond.

  • Join local residents at a church supper.

  • Photograph Stonington Harbor at sunset.

  • Shop and visit galleries.

  • Enjoy a soothing massage.

  • Sled or ski on the golf course.

  • Visit Deer Isle library which has great harbor views.

  • Hike Settlement Quarry for fabulous views.

  • Take a flightseeing trip.

  • Paint or sketch lobster boats, autumn color, local characters.

  • Crystal clear star gazing.

  • Enjoy lobster stew or piping hot chowder.

  • Warm up with a steaming latte after a winter walk.

  • Skip rocks at Causeway Beach.

  • Go deer or duck hunting.

  • Watch eagles and osprey at Pine Tree Hill.

  • Stop by Island Heritage Trust for trail maps.

  • Lupine Festival in June.