About Lubec
Lubec is a small unincorporated community in eastern Maine.
Lubec holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 0.52 square miles.
📰 Lubec News Today
- Repair or replace: FDR Memorial Bridge between Lubec and Campobello Island faces pivotal choice The Maine Monitor · Aug 18
- Shellfish warden urges Lubec residents to report illegal clam harvesting newscentermaine.com · Aug 10
- Lubec voters back major spending plan, pass key ordinances at annual town meeting The Maine Monitor · Aug 14
- Lubec Air Quality Index (AQI) and USA Air Pollution IQAir · Jun 26
- Ceremony at Lost Fishermen’s Memorial commemorates first official Commercial Fishermen Remembrance Day WABI · Jul 21
Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.
What Makes Lubec Unique
- The only place in America named Lubec — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
- 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.
Why People Love It Here
- A tight community feel that bigger cities can't replicate.
- Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
- Well connected: 2+ neighboring communities within 23 miles.
📍 Neighborhoods in Lubec
Click a neighborhood to see it on the map.
🍽️ Where to Eat in Lubec
- Cohill's Inn
- Fisherman's Wharf Restaurant — seafood
- Morano's Pizza — pizza
- Downeast Dragonfly Bar & Grill — burger
- Franks Deckside Restaurant — american
- Sally Ann's Cafe and Market (café)
- Water Street Tavern and Inn
Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🎡 Fun Things to Do
- McCurdy's Smokehouse Museum · Museum
- Robert S. Peacock Fire Museum · Museum
Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Lubec
- Alan Brooks Salt Pond · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Cobscook Bay State Park · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Klondike Mountain Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Quoddy Head State Park reviews ★
- Whiting Bay Beach reviews ★
- Bailey's Mistake Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Black Duck Cove Park reviews ★
- Bog Brook Cove Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Boot Head Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Cobscook Bay Wildlife Management Area · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Cobscook Bay Wildlife Management Area (Dennison Point Unit) · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Cobscook Bay Wildlife Management Area (Horan Head Unit) · Nature reserve reviews ★
Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.
🏫 Schools in Lubec
- Lubec Consolidated School
- Whiting Village School
Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.
⚡ Quick Facts
StateMaine
TypeCDP
Population (2024)—
Land area0.52 sq mi
Coordinates44.8551, -66.9899