Maine Hotels & Lodging

The Cedar Crest Inn has been a part of Camden, Maine since 1927. Over the years they have continued to make big improvements to the grounds and the facilities to ensure a quality stay for every guest. This is especially true over the last decade. Cedar Crest Inn is situated among 3 ½ acres or gardens and woods that are always professionally landscaped and lend to a fantastic view of Mt. Battie. It started as a boarding home in the main house and slowly evolved into the Cedar Crest Inn. It now has almost 40 guest rooms and all of the amenities that a guest would want including: outdoor pool, laundry facilities, and a fantastic restaurant for all three meals that is well-known for real hand-tossed pizzas, and recently WiFi has been added to cover all of the rooms and restaurant.

Cedar Crest Inn is always highly rated by AAA. They are often regarded as having the most immaculate accommodations in the entire region. It is open to guests May through October, which lends to constant renovations during the off-season.

The Cedar Crest Inn was designed so that guests can unwind from the daily stresses. The property gives guests the ability to enjoy many of the public areas and diverse landscapes available at the inn. Indoors, guests will always have cable televisions, blow dryers, irons and ironing boards, private bathrooms, and of course a coffee maker.

There are a number of facilities that are available to guests. The many intimate gardens and play areas and even the pool gives any guest a way to enjoy the outdoors. Indoors, guests take advantage of the laundry room, complimentary newspapers, and of course the fantastic restaurant. If you want to spend an evening at the hotel, drop by the restaurant, Elm Street Grille, that offers live entertainment every Friday evening during the summer and live music most other evenings.

Cedar Crest Inn
115 Elm Street‎
Camden, ME 04843
(207) 236-4839
(800) 422-4964
email: info@cedarcrestinnmaine.com
website: www.cedarcrestinnmaine.com


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Maple Syrup is made from black or red maple tree sap and sugars. It is mainly produced in Canada because of it's cold weather, produces most of the supply in the world. Some places like Vermont, which is the largest American producer are successful due to the cold climate. The tree sap is tapped from the trunk and collected then concentrated by heating or boiling to eliminate the water in the sap by the process of evaporation.

Maples trees are usually first tapped when they are about 30 years old. If a tree has a big enough trunk it can hold up to three taps to collect the sap. A tap is like a faucet drilled or mounted into the trunk that allows the sap to drain out, usually into a wooden bucket placed under it. Although the process and tools used to collect the maple sap to make syrup have vastly changed over the years the process has remained similar.

Today we use it on pancakes, waffles, in oatmeal and a variety of other foods and dishes. Since World War One when sugar was rationed housewives have used it as a sweetener when baking and cooking as a substitute. It is a sugary sweet treat enjoyed around the world.

The Aborigines and Native Americans where the first to create and utilize the process of collecting the maple sap. With the arrival of the British colonists in North America the process was passed on to them and is what we know it to be today.

The process was perfected by the Canadians who created a rating system that was put into place. It distinguishes it from other syrups. According to the grading system syrup must be at least 66 percent sugar to carry the name maple syrup. The maple sap was use by the natives at first for it's sugar content.