Bethel, Maine

Guests of the Norseman Inn can enjoy some of the ultimate area attractions right our door. The surrounding mountains, lakes and rivers offer some of the State’s best skiing, hiking, and water fun.

Walk out our door to over 2 miles of Mountain Bike and X-C Ski Trails. The Big Adventure Center with laser tag games, 18-hole miniature golf, video arcade and indoor rock climbing wall is right next-door. Plus guided canoe and kayak tours down the fabulously scenic Androscoggin River emanate right across the street.

During the winter months the FREE Mountain Explorer Shuttle bus (Map &Schedule) stops right at our door waiting to whisk you and your friends up to Sunday River Ski Area just 4 miles away. Sunday River also offers chairlift rides in the summer and extensive mountain biking trails for bikers of all abilities.

Mt. Abram Ski Area is a wonderfully uncrowded family area just five miles from the Norseman.

Bethel, Maine is old-time New England, with its white clapboard houses, and prerequisite church steeples.

Visitors cherish trips and vacations to our region. The splendor of the sparkling streams and rivers, millions of acres of forests and glens, and majestic mountains offer visitors charming simplicity and a leisurely, carefree pace.

Getting back in sync with yourself and in tune with nature’s beauty is the essence of this vacation; perhaps take a picnic to a beautiful untouched spot or pick wild berries. The outdoors buff will rediscover many of nature’s natural inhabitants.

Enjoy the serenity of bird watching or capture a photo or view of wildlife in its home, including deer and the famed Maine Moose.

The sportsman will thrill with the endless fishing and hunting opportunities the western lakes region of Maine has to offer. Whether your preference is for trolling the lakes and ponds, casting a line from shore, or fly-fishing the rivers and streams, you’re sure to find a favorite fishing spot in the Bethel area.

We hope that you will choose to stay with us at The Norseman Inn and Motel during your visit to Bethel. Our country setting will refresh your soul and rekindle the spirit of adventure that lives in us all.