Directions
(Note: The Orion PAC venue has worked well for us - with an actual sprung floor in the gym! Please help us continue to be welcome by keeping things clean, and following all instructions about access (or non-access) and street-shoe storage. Please be sure to bring soft-soled, non-street shoes to preserve this wonderful floor!)
The signs for Mount Ararat Middle School and the Orion Performing Arts Center on Route 201 can be easy to miss, but the turn to the school/OPAC complex is marked by a flashing yellow light. The sign looks like this:
The Orion Performing Arts Center (website) at Mount Ararat Middle School is located at 58 Republic Ave (off Canam Street) in Topsham, Maine.
Click here to find printable maps and directions
Lodging
The Comfort Inn in Brunswick is offering a discounted rate for Festival attendees. Let them know that you're attending the DownEast Country Dance Festival to get the discount.
You can also connect with local dancers on our Facebook page.
To the Orion PAC from the south:
- Take I-95 (Maine Turnpike) North to Exit 44 (South Portland - I-295) (to avoid the toll you can go to Exit 45 instead, then take the second exit ramp to I-295 - you save 50 cents and it only takes an extra minute or so)
- From I- 295 take exit 31 - (Topsham)
- *Turn right at the end of the ramp onto Route 196 East.
- **Take 196 East to the fifth set of lights.
- Turn left onto Route 201 North (Route 201 is also Main Street) past Mt Ararat High School and go just a little further until you see the yellow DECDF sign.
- Turn right.
- Go to the first intersection.
- Turn left into the parking lot of the Mount Ararat Middle School.
To the Orion PAC from the north:
- Take I-95 South to Exit 103 (I-295)
- Take I-295 South to exit 31A - (Topsham)
- Follow directions from the South at the *.
To the Orion PAC from coastal Maine
- Take Route 1 to Route 196 West toward Topsham.
- Take 196 to Route 201 North.
- Turn right onto Route 201 North.
- Take the second entrance into the Mount Ararat school complex.
- The Middle School is on the left.
To the Orion PAC from the west:
- Take Route 196 East toward Topsham.
- Cross I-295.
- Follow directions from the South at the **.
Wescustogo Hall is located at 132 Walnut Hill Road (see note below) in North Yarmouth, Maine. It is next to the North Yarmouth Fire Station and Snidely's Store.
NOTE: if you are using an online map service, be warned that they get it wrong. Ask for 464 Walnut Hill Road and it will be the right place - compare with directions below to be sure your map shows it on the correct side of the intersection of Routes 115 and 9.
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To Wescustogo Hall from the north and the east (including Topsham):
- Take I-295 South to exit 17 (Yarmouth - US Route 1)
- Merge onto US-Route 1 South
- Go through three lights
- Exit onto Route 115, Main Street
- Turn RIGHT onto W MAIN ST/ME-115
- 4.1 miles west on 115, all the things listed below will happen!
- Rt 115 becomes WALNUT HILL RD/ME-115
- Route 9 intersects with Route 115 - Bear left, satying on Route 115
- The Hall is 200 yards down Route 115, on the right
To Wescustogo Hall from the south:
- Take I-95 (Maine Turnpike) North to Exit 44 (South Portland - I-295) (to avoid the toll you can go to Exit 45 instead, then take the second exit ramp to I-295 - you save 50 cents and it only takes an extra minute or so)
- From I- 295 take exit 15 - (Yarmouth - Route 1)
- Turn right at the stop sign at the end of ramp onto Rt 1 North
- Go through 2 traffic lights
- Exit from Route 1 onto Route 115, turn right at the stop sign onto Route 115 West
- Go 4.1 miles west on 115, all the things listed below will happen!
- Rt 115 becomes WALNUT HILL RD/ME-115
- Route 9 intersects with Route 115 - Bear left, satying on Route 115
- The Hall is 200 yards down Route 115, on the right
To Wescustogo Hall from the west (including Lewiston):
- Take Route I-95 (The Maine Turnpike) South to Exit 63 - Gray
- Take the ramp toward Gray-Yarmouth/Poland Spring/Norway
- Turn slight right onto US Route 202/ West Gray Road,/Maine Route 115
- Stay on Route 115 toward Yarmouth until you come to Wescustogo Hall on the left (according to mapquest, somewhere between 6.6 and 6.8 miles from where you leave I-95).
Printable Maps and Directions
Map & Directions (complete) - 2.5MB - PDF
Directions (to all venues, no maps) - 45KB - MS Word (.doc)
Directions (to all venues, no maps) - 19KB - PDF
Map to Both Locations (highway overview, not detailed) - 928KB - PDF
Detail Map to Mount Arart/Orion PAC (Fri/Sat Location) - 679KB - PDF
Detail Map to Wescustogo Hall (Survivors Dance Location) - 1MB - PDF
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