Contact and Directions

Contact from June 15 to September 1, 2012 Contact at all other times

Bearnstow
84 Bearnstow Road
Mount Vernon, ME 04352
Tel. 207-293-2280
E-mail
Ruth Grauert
83 Sanford Place
Jersey City, NJ 07307
201-963-8933
E-mail
Bebe Miller
2682 Summit Street
Columbus, OH 43202
614-262-2601
E-mail



Getting to Bearnstow

BY AIR OR BUS:  Take air or bus to Augusta, Maine. We will pick you up at the airport or bus station.

BY CAR:  See below Yahoo map of Mount Vernon area and Google’s “Street View” images showing downtown Mount Vernon landmarks. Click thumbnail images to enlarge.


Yahoo map of Mount Vernon area.
DIRECTIONS FROM DOWNTOWN MOUNT VERNON: From the “The Corner” novelty shop, drive northwest 1.5 miles on Seavey Corner Road, continuing on Tower Road (after passing Klir Beck Road on the right) to Ithiel Gordon Road (if you reach the boat access, you’ve gone too far). Turn sharp left on Ithiel Gordon Road and go 0.6 mi. south to Bearnstow Road. Turn right onto Bearnstow Road (at the Bearnstow sign), and go 0.4 mi. (stay left at the fork in the road) and continue past horse stable to parking lot.
Approaching Seavey Corner Road from the south. If northbound on Route 41 entering downtown Mount Vernon, look carefully for “The Corner” novelty shop on the left (first building on the left in this photo) and turn left on Seavey Corner Road just beyond it.
The Country Store in downtown Mount Vernon, approached on Route 41. IIf coming from the north on Route 41, turn right on Pond Road at the Country Store. (In photo Belgrade Road is on the left; Route 41 continues right). Continue south a few hundred yards over a bridge and turn right on Seavey Corner Road. “The Corner” novelty shop is on the corner (see next photo).
The Country Store in downtown Mount Vernon, approached on Belgrade Road. If coming from the east on Belgrade Road, at JCT 41 pass the Country Store on your left and continue on Pond Road (also Route 41), bearing left, and proceed a few hundred yards over a bridge to Seavey Corner Road.
Approaching Seavey Corner Road from the east. After passing the Country Store at JCT 41 (previous photo), cross over a small bridge and arrive at Seavey Corner Road at “The Corner” novelty shop (building on the right in photo).
The Corner novelty shop and Seavey Corner Road. Intersection with Pond Road (Route 41), looking northwest up Seavey Corner Road.*

* Note: On online Google Maps, Seavey Corner Road is called Crest Dr.

Download and print Yahoo Map, Mount Vernon photos, and instructions (PDF).


Bearnstow Board of Directors
  • Nicolaus Bloom, a free-lance events producer, Portland, ME
  • Janet Erickson, Edgartown, MA
  • Vernon Dunn, designer of industrial trusses, Belgrade, ME
  • Bobbie Gottschalk, founder/director, Seeds of Peace, Washington, DC
  • Ruth Grauert, founder/director, Bearnstow, Jersey City, NJ
  • Suzanne Jones, Ph.D., psychologist, Arlington, VA
  • Bebe Miller, co-director Bearnstow, dancer, choreographer, Columbus, OH
  • Jim Van Abbema, Webmaster and wildlife biologist, Bronx, NY
Adjunct Board
  • Susan Leibling, Kennebec Land Trust, Mount Vernon, ME
  • Sandra Merrick, Community Contact, Mount Vernon, ME
  • Jo Tibby, Community Contact, Mount Vernon, ME
  • Clyde Walton, Kennebec Land Trust, Fayette, ME

Acknowledgments

We wish to thank the following for contributions and/or in-kind services to Bearnstow during the 2011 season: Nicolaus Bloom, Peggy Chambers, Wayne R. Davis, Mary Therese Duffy, Janet Erickson, Robin Gilmore, Barbara Gottschalk, Ruth Grauert, Phillip Gregory, Kennebec Land Trust, Kents Hill School, Howard Lake, Margery Lieber, Susan Liebling, Douglas Lindner, Suzanne Dalton Jones, Bebe Miller, Sandra Merrick, Donna and Kevin Oliver, Panera Breads, Jeff Pidot, Linda Tarnay, Joanna Tibby, Jim Van Abbema, and Clyde Walton.