The Downeast Hwy is the perfect road trip opportunity through Acadia National Park and the New England coastline. Maine’s Route 1 is 3,478 miles of rocky coast with over 65 lighthouses and 23 islands full of picture-perfect fishing villages and lobster shacks. Maine’s best lighthouses, lobster shacks, and fishing villages are listed for reference while creating your road trip on Maine’s Route 1, the Downeast Hwy.