Runners get a chance to enjoy the tranquil, peaceful beauty of the region known as Midcoast Maine and raise money for the locally based 4-H camp and learning center at the late summer running of Tenants Harbor’s Blueberry Cove 13.1 race, set here along the gorgeous rocky St. George peninsula that looks out into the harbor from which the town gets its name.
Known perhaps best also for the lighthouse that sits out on Southern Island just offshore from Tenants Harbor — which was built in 1857 and purchased by the artist Andrew Wyeth in the late 1970s and today remains in the family, owned by his son Jamie, who also works as an artist — the town, it is said, is a place where boats outnumber cars.
Also known for its wealth of quintessential New England attractions, from lighthouses in villages up and down the coast to plentiful art galleries, museums, cafes and pubs as well as ample outdoor opportunities including hiking and biking, this corner of Midcoast Maine offers peaceful, winding country roads for the half marathon route, which starts and finishes at Blueberry Cove Camp on Blueberry Cove Road.
