Best town +/- 45 Minute drive from Bangor (Augusta, Old Town: to live in, to eat)

[Submariner]

Not in the past two years.

The Penobscot has an annual flood-plain, that floods every year. That is where the Fiddleheads grow. I have about five acres in that floodplain.

The government does track the level of the river every quarter hour, and I watch it sometimes on their website. According to their records, it appears that the Penobscot floods above that annual flood-plain about every twenty years.

So we are keeping our motorhome, and if it does flood like that, we can go somewhere in our motorhome until the river drops. Maybe our home in Connecticut.

[Coaster]

Originally Posted by Mark S.

Being on the river like that, do you ever have a problem with flooding? I've heard that during the rare hurricane, the storm surge can sometimes cause the Penobscot to flood. That ever happen as far north as Bangor and points northward?

The storm surge from hurricanes can't get above the dams just north of Bangor, although riverfront areas along the Penobscot and up the Kenduskeag can flood below those points. There was some flooding from the nor'easter we had earlier this year, for example. FB's land north of Old Town is more susceptible to spring flooding during ice-out.

And FB, I'm envious of your fiddlehead picking. That flood plain must be perfect for them.

[rjones1016]

We live in Bangor, but have friends in Corinth. It is a great small town and you can get a lot for your money. We actually go out there a lot for other things. The big Pumpkin Patch is there as well good Strawberry picking at Tate's. Our friends have 5 acres with a lot of privacy. Yet they are not too far from "Downtown Corinth"
Good Luck!

[Submariner]

Originally Posted by Coaster

The storm surge from hurricanes can't get above the dams just north of Bangor, although riverfront areas along the Penobscot and up the Kenduskeag can flood below those points. There was some flooding from the nor'easter we had earlier this year, for example. FB's land north of Old Town is more susceptible to spring flooding during ice-out.

And FB, I'm envious of your fiddlehead picking. That flood plain must be perfect for them.

I am down to only about thirty pounds left in the freezer. They sale good at the farmers market in Orono.

[Submariner]

Downtown Corinth?

I go to the hardware store for feed and stuff; and I routinely go to Tiltons. Does Corinth have a downtown?

Coming in from Hudson on route 43, if I turn left onto route 15, that one stretch of about 50 yards before 43 splits off again to the right; is that downtown?

Or is the greater metropolitan downtown business district further down route 15?

[LostinTaxachusetts]

Originally Posted by forest beekeeper

Winterport is really nice.

Bucksport is nice too.

Elsworth is nice.

Searsport is okay.

I am 20 minutes North of Bangor, and on the Penobscot river. No ocean but having our kayaks tied up right behind the house in the water is neat

You could probably find a home going expensive, most are cheaper. A friend of mine just bought a 4,000 sq ft house on French Island in Old Town for a bit less. He has river frontage and a small pier.

I would really consider the Hampden - Winterport - Bucksport area. Or Elsworth!

I like up here in the un-organized townships, the taxes are crazy low. You have never heard of such low taxes as Maine, this is great.

But we do have a lot of moose, beaver, turkey, deer, and bear.

Sounds great to me! I did a lot of canoeing in my younger years. I swam a class 3 part of the Dead River by accident! We are staying in Great Pond in a few weeks which is a town of 43 people. We will look more closely at the un-organized Townships too. The fewer taxes the better. I want to be out of civilization but want to be able to get there without too much trouble. We will look at all these great options. Thanks again!

[Submariner]

Maine really is a combination of entirely different cultures. [not unlike California]

While some folks live in the more urban areas and complain about taxes; other live in rural areas, listen and scratch their heads.

Bangor is great as a small-ish city, it has the big box stores, and the cultural events, and parades, etc. So having it within an easy drive is nice.

[LostinTaxachusetts]

we can spend a bit more if it's not a fixer upper. If it needs work we need cash to do it. We would be doing it all wrong in that there is not a job lined up which is risky, so we would want a zero mortgage, which 150K or more for a home all set to go, would provide with some left over to get us through. My husband has a great work history, military including Iraq service plus a CDL license so we should at least find something but need cash to fall back on.

[rjones1016]

"Downtown Corinth" was a joke!
It's close enough to Bangor it does not really need one. There are so many choices close to here, especially if schools are not an issue. The public schools are being redistricted here, so your kids may not go to school in the town you live in.

[Submariner]

With the school re-districting coming up, it is hard to predict how anything will change.