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The town maintains twelve Public Parks - Graustein Park on Fairview Drive, Bradley Park on Main Street, Admiral Peary Park on Main Street, Meridian Stone on Main Street, Weston's Beach on River Road, Canal Bridge on Route 5, Joseph Frye Homestead on Route 5, Stark's Hill Rest Area on Main Street, Baxter Memorial Park in North Fryeburg, Brownfield Bog Access Facility on Routes 5 and 302, Skillings-Newman Memorial Park on Old Mill Road, Eastman Grove on Portland Street, and the Town Forest and Nature Area on Route 5. These park offer a wide variety of recreational and educational opportunities to residents and visitors.

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Fryeburg Fair
* To thousands of people the town of Fryeburg is synonymous with Fryeburg Fair. The West Oxford Agricultural Society, commonly known as FryeburgFair, Maine's Blue Ribbon Classic, was incorporated on June 3, 1851 by nine Maine towns. Six New Hampshire border towns were added in 1888, and currently it is composed of 16 area towns in Maine and 6 border towns in New Hampshire.

The Battle Monument
The Lovewell's Pond battleground monument commemorates the battle fought on May 8, 1725 between rangers from Dunstable, Massachusetts, under the command of Capt. John Lovwell, and a group of Pequawket Indians led by Chief Paugus.

The grantee of Fryeburg was a son of John and grandson of Samuel Frye. At the outbreak of the Revolution he was called to Cambridge to assemble and organize the patriot troops. He was made a brigadier by the provincial Congress, then promoted to a Major-General, and stationed at Falmouth. He left the service in 1776, ostensibly on account of poor health, but it was rumored that some difference with General Washington caused him to resign his commission. The remains of General Frye's Home can be seen off Route 5, north of Fryeburg Village.

A short 15-minute hike to the top of this landmark in Fryeburg will reap hikers a fine reward atop the "cap," you'll enjoy a 360-degree view. A range finder, erected in honor of Arctic explorer Admiral Robert E. Peary will help you identify all the surrounding peaks; over thirty can be seen! The trailhead is on Route 302 approximately one mile from downtown Fryeburg. It's on the left between the Jockey Cap Country Store and the Jockey Cap Motel. Look for the archway over the trail with the sign, "Jockey Cap Trail."

Jockey Cap
O.S. Tickner

Main Street Historic District
In 1991 at the request of the Fryeburg Historical Society, the State Historic Preservation Commission and the National Park Service recognized a significant section of Main Street as an Historic District. The district extends from Key Bank at 122 Main Street to the Berlin W. Tinker House at 169 Main Street and includes 35 contributing and 5 non contributing buildings on about 55 acres. Fryeburg boasts eleven buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places. For more information, contact the Historical Society.

Swan's Falls
The Swan's Falls area of the Saco River is home to a working hydroelectric plant, a popular AMC campground and a busy canoe launch. Watch for the sign on the left between Fryeburg Village and the Fryeburg Fairgrounds.

The Saco Canal
During the earliest years of Fryeburg's history, constant devastating floods known as freshets inundated the rich Saco bottomland. In 1817 a canal was built incorporating several small ponds and using the earth moving power of the Saco itself. The three mile canal bypasses roughly 30 miles of "old course" river. A shadow of its former self, the original course still winds its way through West Fryeburg, Fish Street and Fryeburg Harbor.

Milage From:

Portland 52 mi.

Augusta ME 84 mi.

Albany NY 264 mi.

Burlington VT 157 mi.

Boston MA 155 mi.

New York NY 354 mi.

Hartford CT 241 mi.