Spruce Point Inn
57 oceanfront acres on a peninsula — 84 rooms, family-owned for nearly a century.
Fifty-seven oceanfront acres on a peninsula at the tip of Boothbay Harbor — 84 rooms across the historic main inn, cottages, and detached buildings. Family-owned for nearly a century. Spruce Point is the largest of the Boothbay peninsula's destination resorts, and one of the few full-property resort programs on the mid-coast Maine.
The peninsula geography matters: Spruce Point is at the very end of the road, on the open Atlantic side rather than the harbor side, with the kind of seclusion you get when you're out of the village.
The setting
The inn sits at 88 Grandview Avenue, three miles from downtown Boothbay Harbor at the southern tip of the East Boothbay peninsula. The property's 57 acres include open Atlantic frontage, walking trails through spruce and pine forest, and gardens. Downtown Boothbay Harbor (with the footbridge, the lobster wharves, and the village restaurants) is five minutes by car.
The drive in from Portland is 75 minutes; from Boothbay's village center, five minutes via Atlantic Avenue.
The building
A historic main inn — clapboard, dormered, with a wraparound porch — anchored by additions and detached cottages spread across the wooded peninsula. Materials are clapboard and shingle in the Maine vernacular. Public spaces include the main inn lobby, the dining rooms, the pool decks, and the gardens.
Family-owned for almost 100 years. The continuity is the property's identity — Spruce Point has been the New England-summer-tradition booking for generations.
The rooms
Eighty-four rooms across the main inn, cottages, and detached buildings. From around $445 in shoulder seasons; peak summer (July–August) rates run higher. Layouts include standard rooms, suites, cottage rooms, and full cottages with multiple bedrooms. Most rooms have ocean views or partial water views; many cottages have private patios. Bathrooms have been updated.
Food & drink
88 Grandview is the main dining room — multi-course Maine-coastal cuisine, dinner most nights, plus breakfast for guests. Dress code at dinner. Open to non-guests by reservation. The Bogie's Hide-Away (named after Humphrey Bogart, who stayed here) is the casual lobby bar.
On the property
A real full-resort program at moderate scale:
- Two outdoor heated pools (saltwater and freshwater)
- Tennis courts
- Full spa
- Walking trails through 57 acres
- 88 Grandview restaurant and Bogie's bar
- Boat dock (for visiting yacht-owners)
- Open seasonally — typically late May through late October
Who it's for
- Multi-generational family vacations — Spruce Point is a Maine-summer institution
- Couples doing a quiet seven-day Maine coast trip
- Travelers wanting full resort amenities at a Maine peninsula scale
- Repeat visitors — the family ownership means the staff knows the regulars
Who it's not for
- Travelers expecting year-round operation — the inn closes for winter
- Anyone needing in-village walkability — Boothbay's downtown is five minutes by car
- Adults-only seekers — the inn is family-oriented
Nearby
Boothbay Harbor's downtown is five minutes by car. The Boothbay Footbridge — one of the country's longest pedestrian bridges over a working harbor — is in the village. Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens — one of the country's better botanical gardens — is 15 minutes north. The Maine State Aquarium in West Boothbay is 15 minutes. Day-boat trips run from Boothbay to Squirrel Island, Damariscove, and Monhegan (3 hours each way). Reid State Park (one of the state's prettiest beaches) is 35 minutes south. Wiscasset's Red's Eats lobster-roll line is 25 minutes north on Route 1.
