About Blue Hill
Blue Hill, ME is a small unincorporated community located in eastern Maine.
Officially, Blue Hill is a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 4.71 square miles.
📰 Blue Hill News Today
- Blue Hill delays action over downtown restaurant’s alleged land use violations Bangor Daily News · Aug 10
- MaineDOT Releases Blue Hill Documentary Highlighting Cultural Heritage and Community History Maine.gov · Jul 28
- Blue Hill at forefront of Maine’s population shift Penobscot Bay Press · Jun 11
- Quick action saves building from fire on Blue Hill Fairgrounds WABI · Jul 31
- Buyer of Blue Hill garden center will add brewery Mainebiz · Apr 13
Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.
What Makes Blue Hill Unique
- An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
- Positioned in eastern Maine, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
- Part of the fabric of Maine — one of 155 recognized communities statewide.
Why People Love It Here
- Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
- Housing dollars stretch further here than in the nearest metro.
- Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 15 miles.
📍 Neighborhoods in Blue Hill
📍 Black Corner📍 Blue Hill Falls📍 East Blue Hill📍 Grays Corner📍 Marks Corner📍 North Brooklin📍 North Sedgwick📍 Oak Hill📍 Richs Corner📍 South Blue Hill📍 South Surry📍 West Brooklin
Click a neighborhood to see it on the map.
🍽️ Where to Eat in Blue Hill
- Barncastle
- Marlintini's Grill — american
- Perry's Lobster Shack — sandwich
- Arborvine
- Blaze Pizza — pizza
- Bucklyn Coffee — coffee shop (café)
- El El Frijoles — mexican
- Fish Net — seafood
- Millbrook Company Bakery
- The Brooklin Inn — fine dining
Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🎡 Fun Things to Do
- Jonathan Fisher House · Museum
- Sedgwick Brooklin Historical Society · Museum
Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Blue Hill
- Scott's Landing Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Big Babson Island Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Blue Hill Athletic Fields reviews ★
- Blue Hill Fairgrounds reviews ★
- Blue Hill Mountain · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Blue Hill Town Park reviews ★
- Bluff Head Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Bowcat Overlook · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Brooklin Recreation Field reviews ★
- Carney Island · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Carter Nature Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Causeway Beach · Nature reserve reviews ★
Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.
🏫 Schools in Blue Hill
- Blue Hill Consolidated School
- Brooklin School
- Deer Isle-Stonington Elementary Sch
- Deer Isle-Stonington High Sch
- Sedgwick Elementary School
Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.
🏥 Hospitals & Healthcare
- Northern Light Blue Hill Memorial Hospital · 24/7 ER · Critical Access Hospitals
Medicare-registered hospitals with official CMS star ratings.
⚡ Quick Facts
StateMaine
TypeCDP
Population (2024)—
Land area4.71 sq mi
Coordinates44.3987, -68.5810