Maine Purity Test

The Official Maine Purity Test

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The Maine Purity Test measures how much of a true Mainer you really are.
Check off all the quintessential Maine experiences you've had to find out!

Caution: This is not a bucket list. Some activities may be dangerous if not properly prepared.

Click on every item you have done.

1.Gone hiking in Acadia National Park

2.Climbed Mount Katahdin

3.Gone moose watching

4.Camped in Baxter State Park

5.Seen the Northern Lights in Maine

6.Visited Gulf Hagas

7.Hiked the Knife Edge Trail

8.Seen a wild bear in Maine

9.Canoed or kayaked on a Maine lake

10.Gone swimming in a Maine lake

11.Hiked along the Bold Coast

12.Seen a bald eagle in the wild

13.Gone whitewater rafting on the Kennebec

14.Explored Grafton Notch State Park

15.Seen a loon on a Maine lake

16.Visited Tumbledown Mountain

17.Hiked a section of the Appalachian Trail in Maine

18.Gone to Moxie Falls

19.Visited the Rangeley Lakes region

20.Walked across a frozen lake in winter

21.Eaten a lobster roll

22.Had wild Maine blueberries

23.Tried Moxie soda

24.Eaten at Red's Eats in Wiscasset

25.Made your own maple syrup

26.Eaten a whoopie pie

27.Had an Italian sandwich from Amato's

28.Eaten fiddleheads in season

29.Tasted Allen's Coffee Brandy

30.Tried Needhams (potato candy)

31.Caught and eaten your own Maine seafood

32.Had a red hot dog

33.Eaten blueberry pancakes with real Maine maple syrup

34.Tried Humpty Dumpty potato chips

35.Eaten lobster you picked out of the tank yourself

36.Had a meal at a classic Maine diner

37.Tried Maine-made ice cream

38.Eaten a potato dish made with Aroostook County potatoes

39.Had blueberry beer from a Maine brewery

40.Tried sea cucumber from Gulf of Maine

41.Said 'ayuh' unironically

42.Owned L.L.Bean boots

43.Been to the Common Ground Fair

44.Attended a town meeting

45.Used 'wicked' as an adverb

46.Visited the L.L.Bean flagship store in Freeport

47.Called someone 'bub' or 'deah'

48.Referred to Massachusetts as 'Mass-holes'

49.Attended a high school basketball tournament at the Augusta Civic Center

50.Visited the Wyeth family art at the Farnsworth Museum

51.Complained about 'people from away'

52.Been to the Maine State Music Theatre

53.Read a book by Stephen King set in Maine

54.Shopped at Renys: A Maine Adventure

55.Visited the Shaker Village

56.Celebrated Maine's statehood on March 15

57.Used 'dooryard' instead of 'yard' or 'driveway'

58.Called a small store a 'Convenience'

59.Owned Carhartt clothing

60.Directed someone using landmarks that don't exist anymore

61.Survived a Nor'easter

62.Gone skiing at Sugarloaf

63.Shoveled more than 2 feet of snow in one storm

64.Experienced all four seasons in one day

65.Gone ice fishing

66.Gone skiing or snowboarding at Sunday River

67.Built a snow fort

68.Walked on the beach during a winter storm

69.Gone snowshoeing in Maine woods

70.Used a roof rake to clear snow

71.Had your car stuck in mud during 'mud season'

72.Gone cross-country skiing

73.Experienced Maine blackfly season

74.Complained it's too humid in the summer

75.Had your pipes freeze in winter

76.Gone to the Fryeburg Fair

77.Visited the Desert of Maine

78.Taken a whale watching tour

79.Ridden on a lobster boat

80.Been to a bean supper

81.Visited Stephen King's house in Bangor

82.Gone antiquing in Wells

83.Attended the Maine Potato Blossom Festival

84.Visited the Portland Head Light

85.Ridden the Narrow Gauge Railroad

86.Gone to Old Orchard Beach in the summer

87.Picked potatoes in Aroostook County

88.Been to a Maine Sea Dogs game

89.Visited the Maine State Museum

90.Gone shopping at the Kittery outlets

91.Visited the Maine Wildlife Park in Gray

92.Gone blueberry picking

93.Been to the Yarmouth Clam Festival

94.Ridden the Downeaster train

95.Shopped at a Maine farmers' market

96.Visited the Maine Maritime Museum

97.Gone to the Bangor State Fair

98.Attended a Maine maple syrup event during Maine Maple Sunday

99.Sailed on a windjammer cruise

100.Visited Monhegan Island

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