Walking and Guided Tours of Bangor, Maine
Our walking tours are a fantastic firsthand way to learn about Bangor’s history. Tours are offered June-October and cover a variety of topics. Our most popular summer tours are the Mt. Hope Cemetery Walking Tour and the Devil’s Half Acre Tour:
Mt. Hope offers guided insight into the nation’s second oldest garden cemetery, which serves as a sprawling, serene backdrop to learn about the famous and infamous interned there.
The Devil’s Half Acre tour is led by notorious Bangor madam, Fan Lovejoy, who takes her guests through the debaucherous district where women, whiskey and wildness ruled during the Queen City’s heydey. Given the mature nature of the subject matter described in this tour, we recommend parental discretion with younger guests.
In October, our tours take a more sinister tone, as we embrace the spirit of the Halloween season. Our Ghostly Bangor tour is the most popular tour offered by the BHS. Tour guides lead guests through the city streets where several residents, and some visitors, met an untimely or violent demise. We also put a spooky spin on our traditional Mt. Hope Cemetery Tour with Mt. Hope After Dark. These tours, led by lanterns and flashlights, take guests through the cemetery at night, allowing them to explore Mt. Hope in a whole new moonlight…
The 2019 Summer Walking Tour Season currently offers: Mt. Hope Cemetery, Devil’s Half Acre, Fire of 1911, Best of Bangor & Soldiers At Rest, which visits the gravesites of Bangor’s Civil War heroes.
We also offer private tour options of all our tours, which can be found at: https://www.bangorhistoricalsociety.org/guided-historic-tours-2019/