Location:
Blair Hill Inn is in Greenville, Maine, which is about two hours northwest of Bangor, Maine.
Guest Rooms:
Eight rooms are available at Blair Hill Inn, all with a private bathroom. One room has a king-size bed, six have queen-size beds and one suite includes a queen-size bed and two twin beds.
Seven of the rooms overlook Moosehead Lake; the eighth offers views of the hillside and carriage barn. Some of the rooms have wood-buring fireplaces.
Room 1 boasts a four-poster mahogany bed, while Room 3's angled windows provide spectacular views of the lake. Room 7's cedar bath with an extra-deep soaking tub can help dissolve your tension, and the innkeepers say that Room 6 has "the world's best view from a bathroom."
Price Range:
Room rates range from $250 to $495 per night, double occupancy.
Breakfast:
A full, multi-course breakfast is served each morning at this Maine bed and breakfast. On Friday and Saturday nights, the Blair Hill Inn's dining room is a restaurant open to the public, serving five-course dinners.
Special Features:
Blair Hill Inn sits on more than 15 acres of manicured grounds, including gardens, a reflecting pond and woodlands. The property is adjacent to Moosehead Lake, one of the largest lakes east of the Mississippi and at the edge of Maine's great north woods.
Guests can choose to relax in the outdoor hot tub, work out in the exercise room, or hike or snowshoe to the top of the hill for spectacular views. Full concierge service is available.
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More About Blair Hill Inn:
Blair Hill Inn, an 1891 Queen Anne mansion, was built by Lyman Blair, a wealthy Chicago socialite, after he fell in love with the area on a visit to Maine. He built the home on 20-foot-high stone walls, centered to maximize the views of Moosehead Lake. Blair bred animals on the slopes of his hillside from 1891 until his death in 1946.
Innkeepers Dan and Ruth McLaughlin purchased the property in May 1997 and, after restoring it with the aid of a local carpenter, opened the home as a bed and breakfast.
The romantic inn has won acclaim from a variety of publications, including being named one of the top 5 "most visually stunning wedding locations in North America" by Outside magazine in 2005, one of GQ's "10 Perfect Cold Weather Escapes" in January 2007, and being rated three stars (highest rating) by Frommer's.
