Dover-Foxcroft earns its place as a wilderness gateway. The outdoor options here are serious: fishing the Piscataquis River for brook trout and smallmouth bass, hiking Borestone Mountain for summit views over lake country, and using the town as a launching pad for Moosehead Lake, the Allagash, and Baxter State Park. In town, the Center Theatre and Blacksmith Shop Gallery give the place a quiet cultural life that punches above its size.