Head Tide Historic District
The Head Tide Historic District encompasses a formerly industrial, now rural village at the head of tide of the Sheepscot River in Alna, Maine.

The Head Tide Historic District encompasses a formerly industrial, now rural village at the head of tide of the Sheepscot River in Alna, Maine. The area had been industrially active since the mid-18th century, but its mills declined and were all destroyed by 1949, leaving a predominantly residential area with a number of houses dating mainly to the period before 1860. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
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Worth seeing in and around Head Tide Historic District
One place within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Alna Meetinghouse
The Alna Meetinghouse is a historic meeting house on Maine State Route 218 in Alna Center, Maine. Built in 1789, it is one of the oldest churches in the state, with a virtually intact interior.
3.1 km · meeting house in Alna, Maine · Wikipedia
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Getting to Head Tide Historic District
- Airports
- Portland International Jetport (PWM), 76 km · Boston Logan (BOS), 225 km
- Portland → Head Tide Historic District11090 km · quickest by air, 24h 45m · $1,670–2,580
- Boston → Head Tide Historic District38 km · quickest by road, 1h 1m · $3.5–5
- Providence/Warwick → Head Tide Historic District44 km · quickest by road, 1h 16m · $4.5–6
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