Aptly called the “Million Dollar View,” this stretch of U. S. Route 1 in the northeasternmost section of DownEast Acadia offers travelers unsurpassed views of the Chiputneticook chain of lakes. Travel through rolling hayfields with direct views of Mount Katahdin, Peekaboo Mountain, and beyond into New Brunswick, Canada. Travelers may spot local wildlife, and scenic turnouts provide front-row seating for the vast and impressive views to the east and west.
Danforth, a former lumber town in the Baskahegan River Valley, marks the Byway’s southerly limit and provides many small-town amenities. Weston is the location of a historic portage used by Native cultures and early settlers connecting Baskahegan Stream to Butterfield Landing on East Grand Lake. Weston also has many impressive historic buildings, such as the Weston Community Church, which was moved across the ice of East Grand Lake from Canada, and modern accommodations of the First Settler’s Lodge.
