About this city
Also known as: The Home of L.L. Bean
Situated along the saltwater shores of Casco Bay just twenty minutes north of Portland, Freeport is a world-renowned outlet shopping capital and historic coastal town. Incorporated in 1789, the town originally centered on wooden shipbuilding, coastal trading, and shoe manufacturing. Its economic destiny was permanently altered in 1912 when local outdoorsman Leon Leonwood Bean founded L.L. Bean, inventing the famous rubber-soled Maine Hunting Shoe. This single storefront grew into a massive global retail empire that famously remains open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Today, Freeport features an unique layout where historic New England residential streets seamlessly blend with over a hundred upscale retail outlet shops, while simultaneously offering access to pristine coastal state parks and ancient natural sands.
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Suggested stay: 1–2 days
Pose for a photo with the giant 16-foot boot statue outside the L.L. Bean Flagship Store. Discover the rare geological anomaly of massive rolling sand hills inside the Desert of Maine. Hike the coastal singletrack paths and spot osprey at Wolfe's Neck Woods State Park.
