Buckfield, Maine Travel Information Guide

Buckfield is a small town in western Maine which has restaurants, a grocery store, a hardware store, a bank, and other businesses. It is located in eastern Oxford County, which borders New Hampshire. The town of Buckfield
Buckfield, Maine Travel Information Guide
Neigborhood: Buckfield
Buckfield, ME 04220
 first came into existance in 1793. Although the Nezinscot River flows through Buckfield under a bridge just off Main Street, the U.S. Census Bureau indicates that water only covers 0.5% of Buckfield's land area. According to BangorNews.com, Buckfield has slightly more than seventeen-hundred residents.

In Buckfield's business district there are two restaurants, one of which is located within the Buckfield Inn. Next to the grocery store there is a small theater called the Oddfellow Theater, which offers live performances at times, mostly during the summer. You can read more about the theater at www.oddfellow.com. A small laundromat which lacks a change machine can be found across the street. There is also a bank, a realtor's office, and a post office in the same area.

Outside of the business district there is a convenience store and gas station called the Buckfield Mall. On the other side of town there are some non-consumer industrial and commercial businesses. Buckfield has a large town office building, a library, and a high school as well. A public bathroom can be accessed in the town office during business hours. Another hardware store, a truck stop, more restaurants, and a slightly larger Food City grocery store are located in the neighboring town of Turner. The nearest cities are Auburn and South Paris, which both offer a much wider variety of stores and lodging establishments.

The Buckfield Town Office's website indicates that there is a recreational trail from Hebron to Sumner which passes through Buckfield and is almost five miles long. It states that the trail can be used for horseback riding, all-terrain vehicles, hiking, bicycling, and snowmobiling.