Rumford (Maine)

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Rumford is a city in the River Valley area of the Lakes and Mountains region of Maine.

[edit] Get in

Rumford is located on Route 2 between Bethel and Farmington. It is also along the Scenic Route 17 between Jay and Rangeley. Visitors from the south can find Rumford at the Western end of Route 108.

[edit] Get around

[edit][add listing] See

[edit] Downtown Rumford

  • Shopper's Island- The entire business district is built on an island.
  • Rumford Municipal Building (architecture)
  • Hotel Harris (architecture)
  • Strathglass Building (architecture)
  • Mechanics Institute Building (architecture)
  • Vietnam Memorial in Memorial Park at the end of Congress Street.
  • Rumford Historical Society located in the Rumford Municipal Building

[edit] Rumford Information Booth

  • Paul Bunyan Statue
  • Pennacook (Rumford) Falls - Largest Vertical Drop east of Niagra Falls
  • Edmund Sixtus Muskie Memorial - A leader in clean water legislation, former Senator and U.S. Secretary of State.
  • Indian Sillhouettes by J. Eugene Boivin

[edit] Rumford Falls Village

  • Rumford Library - One of the original Carnegie Libraries.
  • Strathglass Park - A community built for the workers in the mill by Hugh Chisholm (architecture)

[edit] Rumford Center Village

  • Rumford Museum at Lufkin School

[edit] Rumford Corner

  • Rumford Settlement Marker

[edit][add listing] Do

  • Black Mountain of Maine - Nordic & Alpine Skiing, 39Glover Rd., Phone: +1 207 364-8977, E-mail: BlackMtnofME@adelphia.net [1].
  • Hosmer Field - Route 2 Rumford Falls Village
    • Baseball, Football, Walking Trail, Picnic Tables, Horseshoe Pits, Hockey Rink, Skating Rink, River Access, Skateboard Street Course (Planned), BMX Course (Planned), Playground (Planned)

[edit][add listing] Buy

  • Shopper's Island - Rumford Falls Village
    • Secret Beneath - Intimate apparal
    • Bartash's - Gifts, Card Store
    • Carlisle - Clothing Store
    • Stanley's - Furniture Store
    • Treasures (on the island) - Gift Store

[edit][add listing] Eat

  • Rumford Center
    • Route 2 Diner
  • East Rumford
    • McDonalds
    • Teena's Restaurant
    • Candlepin Cafe - Oxford Lanes
  • Rumford Falls
    • DiConzo's Ristorante - Congress Street
    • River Valley Grill - Exchange Street
    • Rumford House of Pizza - Congress Street
    • King Wok - Congress Street
    • Mountain Valley Variety (take out) - Route 2, Hancock St.
    • Brian's Bistro - Hotel Harris, Shoppers Island

[edit][add listing] Drink

  • Hotel Rumford - Canal St, Shopper's Island
  • Eagle's Club - Rumford Avenue, Rumford Falls
  • American Legion Hall - Congress St, Shopper's Island
  • VFW - Waldo St, Rumford Falls
  • BPO Elks - River St, Shopper's Island

[edit][add listing] Sleep

  • Linnell Motel & Restinn Conference Center - Prospect Ave, Just off Route 2 near McDonalds
  • Blue Iris Motor Inn, Rumford Center
  • Hotel Harris - Congress Street, Downtown Rumford Falls

[edit] Get out

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