Best Places to Visit Near Bristol
Visit some of the best attractions in the vicinity of Bristol with hundreds to choose from to make your perfect day out or weekend break away. Browse the below list featuring some of the best destinations (such as Rockland, Bath, Lewiston) or select map view to search geographically.
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Cities and Localities Near Bristol
Where to go for a weekend trip near Bristol? A list of surrounding cities, towns and villages nearby or close to the suburbs of Bristol within a 50 mile radius.
City
![rockland](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/f63f0b197124f5fb6680857a16e99b9e.jpg?1582270511)
City
![bath](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/eb0da1ec2141baf74356d65572e7b499.jpg?1582270511)
City
![lewiston](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/60c6239f8beb623b55981d6fe5512543.jpg?1615310720)
Town
![freeport](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/fc88240304b279ed86c212752e745cb5.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![camden](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/6217b0c515fc617818b5c514e815b774.jpg?1582270511)
City
![augusta](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/8a9d6ac2d96ecbb1ca5041fd8695ccd3.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![yarmouth](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/273b45b8d38bf05017d0a8e4d08173a5.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![brunswick](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/a6950bad3b7f45e717531c916c566b3e.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![wiscasset](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/b0a46695172f1396668c2588a7d86fe0.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![boothbay harbor](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/5563e9cabaeec1cd2a87eaecde9fc61a.jpg?1582270511)
Town, Island
![westport island](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/8839854c0006efb2c2e69c4c0f2edeac.jpg?1582270511)
Island
![monhegan](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/becb6d8410ff6125f6b3cc283e404453.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![phippsburg](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/48ebe11a1f30e7a79671b9fa9c5cd4bc.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![rockport](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/fa8a0d7bab7e33d67ea31baa1d7d7cda.jpg?1582270511)
Island
![manana island](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/static-maps/us/43_764_-69_326.jpg)
Island, National park
![pond island national wildlife refuge](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/42e2ff1c134e4c3951383df450b69b7e.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![boothbay](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/45ca7793d5dfcc7c35cd9dfbd9df778b.jpg?1582270511)
Island
![whitehead island](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/static-maps/us/43_98_-69_1297.jpg)
Town
![southport](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/b7f892ffbef0148ce571d6730f54985c.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![damariscotta](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/c2ebf5a4bd72abb051e5810a45fc5634.jpg?1582270511)
Island
![bailey island](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/6527eb50e1bf52931c3bf9faa4af99de.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![falmouth](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/4df1e3ea96a00013885eab9095b2009e.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![gray](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/113c4a8396669ce1c2f5321e75b46d70.jpg?1582270511)
Island
![sebascodegan island](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/97f7e3cccd8a674a0165f4267b7e525c.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![owls head](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/static-maps/us/44_0824_-69_0574.jpg)
Town
![new gloucester](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/f647791f8e2366c2c9d1c5586ea2021e.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![port clyde](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/988749d579a5fd3a6845274352502ae6.jpg?1582270511)
National park
![bradbury mountain state park](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/39457e4013bf8fbaf9e0b923d7ec756b.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![waldoboro](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/03a7bf6921cb1a90eb955bec44fe42b4.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![winthrop](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/e2c0922718f0b8f6455a659010c58bc0.jpg?1582270511)
Locality
![gardiner](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/cc12910c15ee6d35276d51db3e64f81f.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![topsham](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/4229e418ab4d08faac7cd2e08a91e361.jpg?1582270511)
Island
![peaks island](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/6bea425158ec6f12795bcdd066b4b61f.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![jefferson](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/e5e82b1c7da949461a2777635ca57ee3.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![thomaston](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/ec66320f54377b85dd14e22f2f229387.jpg?1582270511)
Village
![new harbor](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/6aaff55a8fb356f739492a3bc0a6ebed.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![vinalhaven](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/static-maps/us/44_0486_-68_8313.jpg)
Town
![edgecomb](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/f273a7ae257c52487d3d25cb568fcd20.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![lisbon](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/dfcfe30b3ff6bac386aa175540a88958.jpg?1582270511)
Town, Island
![chebeague island](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/384f966092a0bae64884bd2802484121.jpg?1582270511)
City
![hallowell](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/5a8837dadf5d1c3004a51a8813540c5a.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![monmouth](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/ddce5eb7d2d966ca796ab9fbe68d6ee1.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![north haven](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/120ad6159c6d7144a95ff7190f4c92f2.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![union](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/3dbd69bde5302e5f07fd25d48faaefdc.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![richmond](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/aebee8fd5268a7dd58daf633ebd78ef4.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![newcastle](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/91bde2db611e184c135fe645973d68c5.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![south thomaston](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/e53b27c823290da9321ca385c9325b2f.jpg?1582270511)
Island
![eagle island](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/3de2007072c75f0e3fb706cd33668631.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![wayne](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/145e9cb028e3097be3125dc5264e4523.jpg?1582270511)
Island
![great diamond island](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/f3ada3fd798fed9c4dd3cb2fce59d285.jpg?1582270511)
TOP Attractions
Best Day Trips from Bristol
Best Day Trips from Bristol
![Lost Valley Ski Area](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/940ba634768bc794acc306e5a3000d8d.jpg?1615310271)
![Bates College Museum of Art](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/6547be06303650e339da1bab88b57768.jpg?1582270511)
![Maine Maritime Museum](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/3f7fc0b7f75cb2d903ea9e6802b2de37.jpg?1582270511)
![Marshall Point Light](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/b523cd09b63a5470e4820d3a56a6f70c.jpg?1582270511)
![Augusta Civic Center](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/6bec95bacda4e85284eba77a4601b18b.jpg?1582270511)
![Androscoggin Bank Colisée](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/76a49c0298ad2a93367d3991c09fe868.jpg?1582270511)
![Maine State House](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/0ba1c736fddf72b256b6b82b16e92140.jpg?1582270511)
![Fort Popham](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/c45855382c255c085eb367b2c7ea9f3a.jpg?1582270511)
![Bailey Island Bridge](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/27414b7b279d3c37eb393eb84d50a318.jpg?1582270511)
![Monhegan Island Light](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/2f9ba4d9010f465ce65fed89b1ffb03c.jpg?1582270511)
![Owls Head Light](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/a02b7ae567d3363458268c198301e939.jpg?1582270511)
![Rockland Residential Historic District](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/cbb4823407635f24df0538714e70736e.jpg?1648509014)
![Burnt Island Light](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/133f8cb0ca7761869eb1618b21b8f314.jpg?1582270511)
![The Blaine House](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/db4aa9a580890f31029ad05fdac86db5.jpg?1582270511)
![Desert of Maine](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/48845d5ffbe5ec2bbcef37435176b578.jpg?1582270511)
Famed desert with museum, trails
![Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/static-maps/us/43_9075_-69_9632.jpg)
![Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/505ab72a3f915d04937bf82030da03fa.jpg?1582270511)
![Joshua L. Chamberlain Museum](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/08c306da921ceea656b94030a6f93dce.jpg?1582270511)
![Rockland Breakwater](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/9382cf5f7e11d79c24add458c1d0ff39.jpg?1582270511)
![Castle Tucker](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/9db5e54f5acec8349ef14940623722ec.jpg?1582270511)
![Old Fort Western](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/c39d8c8a117d1d4e435da383db5c1d56.jpg?1582270511)
![Nickels-Sortwell House](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/2eaa2fd1cd892b4eb71cc03bb4cd240f.jpg?1582270511)
![Fort Edgecomb](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/a8da0d225633c352af90b5417795e309.jpg?1582270511)
![Farnsworth Art Museum](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/0f47b5415082d3b06cdb390337afbee3.jpg?1582270511)
![Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/0a0201454f0b493b2f52193b08c2a206.jpg?1582270511)
![Royal River Park](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/static-maps/us/43_8042_-70_1884.jpg)
![Curtis Island Light](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/7fa2b9d0c0c543ab3048e6f89a2a7052.jpg?1582270511)
![Bowdoin College Museum of Art](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/968ab576a3962c573bfb90c74a4f2ac5.jpg?1582270511)
![Maine State Museum](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/1ad04a483cadfffafac0f061a5dc72d3.jpg?1582270511)
![Fort William Henry](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/189b24aac1789efe88e5d3f2cf076f13.jpg?1582270511)
![Pejepscot Historical Society](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/8d439ce53b13c3ca30de92bb30effbe3.jpg?1582270511)
![Ram Island Light](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/d12563bc1b1f2f2494e0a37b0785d358.jpg?1582270511)
![Bowdoin College](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/f5696414de0ca7cc581d3e770aa6f40c.jpg?1582270511)
![Skolfield–Whittier House](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/6c31b5feb3c6ce854087d11360c440f7.jpg?1582270511)
![Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/c1125734b6b6cda67df5a9761fdf0442.jpg?1582270511)
![Damariscotta Baptist Church](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/4b94bbecc8b983d464a1cb1056740f2f.jpg?1582270511)
![Umbrella Cover Museum](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/8e061bbdb7b2930c48618320d0dbda0c.jpg?1582270511)
![Androscoggin Swinging Bridge](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/5a92bcb136df3ac81e441b622c049954.jpg?1582270511)
![Center for Maine Contemporary Art](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/static-maps/us/44_1868_-69_0718.jpg)
![Colonial Pemaquid State Historic Site](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/810497a699ef203580d1e0805dfc1d50.jpg?1582270511)
![William T. Donnell House](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/271a17acbe943b22c9cd93dbabd5f9b1.jpg?1648517965)
![Lewis R. French](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/381a00f74af9d59ab3fea0c0b0ac4264.jpg?1582270511)
![Waldoborough Town Pound](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/31a248b5697fe7b8979af32911ec2022.jpg?1582270511)
![Surprise](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/f99b188ea93ebfe75b2e7d9a3768073c.jpg?1582270511)
![First Parish Church](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/d2bb03641808dd8093ae60385cb91cdd.jpg?1582270511)
![Matinicus Isle](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/239f2032b2500419768e62c1dde7658e.jpg?1582270511)
![Winter Street Church](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/79fe3438e7eae1684de771bd2ee14335.jpg?1582270511)
![First Parish Congregational Church](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/28ab9c2faa2a9dac62e7e2260fe8f276.jpg?1582270511)
![Capitol Park](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/376cc7fc66f1a17af26e8d2c35e5bff1.jpg?1582270511)
![Carlton Bridge](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/static-maps/us/43_9114_-69_8079.jpg)
![Eagle Island Light](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/e9a50f0fc6b014eb0c55535eadbc939e.jpg?1582270511)
![Sagadahoc Bridge](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/812622cb3d403d69e18055c47f937b74.jpg?1582270511)
![Maine Lighthouse Museum](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/f00dd6b4adbf0deb740b228b97ce364f.jpg?1582270511)
![Hendricks Head Light](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/4a0673b9c071695cabb89f86975b579b.jpg?1582270511)
![Viles Arboretum](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/1601b466915a20b5b46419c73c546664.jpg?1641573292)
![Cousins Island Chapel](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/3eb472a56bff895345fc115ed924fca5.jpg?1582270511)
![The Chocolate Church Arts Center](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/49e9c931231967880ddfa272014eaa11.jpg?1582270511)
![Whaleback Shell Midden](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/7898caee2aebfebc370ba9f73b6207e7.jpg?1582270511)
![Wiscasset Jail and Museum](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/us/place/420/f8becf40048012a967753963d9499b84.jpg?1582270511)