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Sights and landmarks in Waterville

7 sights worth seeing in Waterville: landmarks, galleries, monuments and viewpoints.

Ranked with the travel guide's picks and well-known places first.

Colby College Campus, Waterville
Photo: Colby Mariam, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)

Sights and landmarks in Waterville

  1. See

    Colby College Campus

    Student-led campus tours available from the Office of Admissions. A small liberal arts college founded in 1813. Stroll around the tree-studded hilltop campus with its fine Neo-Georgian architecture. The view from the steps of Miller Library (or from the library's tower during the few times the tower is open) stretches across the Kennebec River valley, particularly beautiful during fall foliage.

  2. SeeMuseum

    Redington Museum

    Maintained by the Waterville Historical Society, this house contains 18th- and 19th-century artifacts from its original inhabitants and other local families.

    Memorial Day through Labor Day, Tue through Sat

  3. SeeArt museum

    Colby College Museum of Art

    Maine's largest art museum, containing important works by John Singleton Copley, Winslow Homer, Georgia O'Keeffe, and Richard Serra.

  4. See

    Two Cent Bridge

    The 1903 Ticonic footbridge crosses the Kennebec between Waterville and neighboring Winslow, once allowing factory workers access to mills on either side of the river, now an interesting site to visit.

  5. See

    Perkins Arboretum and Bird Sanctuary

    A 128zacre forest with almost two miles of hiking trails.

  6. SeeArt gallery

    Ticonic Gallery and Studios

    93 Main St

  7. SeeChildrens museum

    Children's Discovery Museum

    7 Eustis Pkwy

Listings from the Wikivoyage guide to Waterville (CC BY-SA 4.0). Place data from Overture Maps.