Our first stop off the boat was to a café called The Barnacle, which sells souvenirs, drinks, and pastries. We bought breakfast sandwiches, chai lattes, and a house-made energy bar — everything we needed for our island trek.
After breakfast, we walked up the gravelly main street and it felt like we stepped back in time. We saw no cars, a cart selling maps of the island (with just a box to collect payment on the honor system), wooden signs, and a white one-room schoolhouse.
After a short climb up a steep hill, we reached the Monhegan Museum and lighthouse — and an incredible view of the sleepy harbor and quaint houses nestled around it.
From the lighthouse, we walked through a butterfly-speckled field and a damp forest, reaching the opposite coast in just 10 minutes.
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