Top 10 Things to Do (Story Ideas)

in Old Orchard Beach Maine

Here are a few story ideas. Please feel free to use any of these concepts or come visit the beach and develop your own.

1. Visit Palace Playland – New England’s last remaining beachfront amusement park. Ride the Ferris Wheel, grab a cotton candy, walk thru the Funhouse.

2. Walk the Pier – Old Orchard Beach’s centerpiece and historic landmark, extends nearly 500-feet out over the open ocean. Today the Pier is the hub of beach activity and makes for some great people watching.

3. Have an ice cream soda the old fashioned way at the Ocean Park Soda Fountain. Slip back to a quieter time, before lattes and frappaccinos became the craze, at this Century old Soda Fountain. The entire hamlet of Ocean Park, just one mile from the famous Pier is a world away and a story unto itself.

4. Eat like a kid, with your fingers, no forks required to eat a box of Pier Fries, a slice of Pizza, a double scoop ice cream or even Maine’s premier crustacean – Lobster. Though you want a bib, some cracking tools, and butter for your chin.

5. Education meets recreation – Visit the Harmon Museum and learn about the history of Old Orchard Beach, from apple orchards to Indian attacks, Lindburg’s inspiration to take off and land planes on the Beach, to Big Band sounds of Duke Ellington emanating from the historic Pier.

6. Ride the rails - just like a century ago, Old Orchard Beach is again serviced ten times daily by train in the summer by the Downeaster (Amtrak).

7. Take a swing at our sand traps – Old Orchard Beach has over a dozen nearby 18-hole golf courses. Golfers will not want to miss all this great golf. Not ready for the PGA? Old Orchard Beach is also home to numerous mini-golf facilities for the future golf tigers to practice their putts.

8. Commune with nature when you paddle Maine’s largest saltwater marsh in your own canoe or kayak and discover an abundance of wildlife in its natural habitat.

9. Get down and dirty – stage your own family sand castle competition. Mom - sand is a natural exfoliate for your skin, Dad - here is your chance to even out your lawnmower tan, kids - when is the last time your parents got sandy with you?

10. Link the Lighthouses – tour our nearby coastline including several landmark beacons, starting with Maine’s oldest lighthouse commissioned by George Washington or the fabulous Two Lights State Park just 20 minutes to our north.  

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