{"id":2883,"date":"2021-09-20T17:14:13","date_gmt":"2021-09-20T17:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/back-to-bates\/?page_id=2883"},"modified":"2026-03-30T13:21:56","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T17:21:56","slug":"things-to-do-places-to-eat","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/back-to-bates\/things-to-do-places-to-eat\/","title":{"rendered":"Off-Campus Adventures"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/back-to-bates\/files\/2021\/09\/B2B-aerial-square-v4.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"900\" 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These resources may help:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Lewiston\/Auburn:&nbsp;\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/menusinla.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/menusinla.com\/<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/downtownlewiston.com\/visit\/food-drink\/\">https:\/\/downtownlewiston.com\/visit\/food-drink\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Brunswick:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/brunswickdowntown.org\/business-directory\/food-drink\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/brunswickdowntown.org\/business-directory\/food-drink\/<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Freeport:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitfreeport.com\/map\/category\/dine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.visitfreeport.com\/map\/category\/dine\/<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Portland:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.portlandfoodmap.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.portlandfoodmap.com\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>We encourage you to confirm restaurant schedules and availability independently. Thank you for your patience and understanding with our local restaurateurs, who look forward to welcoming you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-style-lightgray-bg has-dark-color has-text-color\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"things-to-do\">Things To Do<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>There are many activities to explore near campus from&nbsp;outlet shopping and peaceful nature walks to arts &amp; culture museums. There are also&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.maineapples.org\/orchards\/\">several nearby apple orchards<\/a>&nbsp;where you can experience the quintessential fall activity of picking your own apples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Consider a few more ideas that may require a little more travel and exploration:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/visitmaine.com\/articles\/state-parks\/\">State Parks<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mainegardens.org\/\">Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens<\/a> (advance tickets required), and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/McLaughlinGarden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">McLaughlin Garden &amp; Homestead<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Discover a <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/mainebrewersguild.org\/visit-breweries\/our-breweries\/\" target=\"_blank\">Maine brew pub<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Find a <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/visitmaine.com\/things-to-do\/agricultural-attractions\" target=\"_blank\">farmers market or agricultural attraction<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>There are many more <a href=\"https:\/\/visitmaine.com\/summer-in-maine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">things to do in Southern Maine in the summer<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dining If you\u2019ve already made your&nbsp;lodging reservations, arranging your dining plans is&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1045,"featured_media":2703,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_hide_ai_chatbot":false,"_ai_chatbot_style":"","associated_faculty":[],"_Page_Specific_Css":"","_bates_restrict_mod":false,"_dimp_site_id":"","_dimp_override_contact":false,"_table_of_contents_display":false,"_table_of_contents_location":"","_table_of_contents_disableSticky":false,"_is_featured":false,"footnotes":"","_bates_seo_meta_description":"","_bates_seo_block_robots":false,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_id":0,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_twitter_id":0,"_bates_seo_share_title":"","_bates_seo_canonical_overwrite":"","_bates_seo_twitter_template":""},"class_list":["post-2883","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/back-to-bates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/back-to-bates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/back-to-bates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/back-to-bates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1045"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/back-to-bates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2883"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/back-to-bates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2883\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5567,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/back-to-bates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2883\/revisions\/5567"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/back-to-bates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/back-to-bates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}