These Are The 10 Best Places In Maine To Catch Pokemon


These are the cities and towns in Maine where you have the best chance to catch ’em all, based on the data of where Pokemon are traditionally found.

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So, you want to catch ’em all, huh?
Pokemon Go has swept the nation, and the app has broken records for the most downloads in the first week of release. All over the country, people are swarming, gathering, and all around going nuts, playing this interactive game.
Since we’re a data analytics website, and because we’re often cited as the ‘go to’ place for regional infotainment, we thought it was our duty to be as helpful as we can for people in Maine who want to have the inside scoop as to where they should go if they want to dominate this addicting game.
After analyzing every place in Maine, here is our list of the best places to catch Pokemon in the Pine Tree State:

  1. Gardiner (Photos)
  2. Bath (Photos)
  3. Brewer (Photos)
  4. Rockland (Photos)
  5. Westbrook (Photos)
  6. Saco (Photos)
  7. Caribou (Photos)
  8. Waterville (Photos)
  9. South Portland (Photos)
  10. Belfast (Photos)

As you might note, these are all smaller suburbs of major cities in Maine. That’s because in smaller cities, there are a higher number of places per capita where Pokemon are traditionally found. Meaning you’ll find more Pokemon in a much smaller area. When you read the analysis below, this will all make sense. Trust us.
So, grab your avatars, cell phones, and your Poke Balls as we uncover the truly best places in Maine in which to find the most Pokemon, based on data.
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How do you decide where the best place is to catch Pokemon?

In order to rank the best places in Maine in which to catch ’em all, we had to determine which cities, towns and villages in Maine have the most places to find Pokemon.
So we scraped the internet for those criteria, and it spit out the answer. Like magic.

How we crunched the numbers

We threw a lot of criteria at this one in order to get the best, most complete results possible. Using Google Maps, this is the criteria we used:

  • Number of parks per capita
  • Number of museums per capita
  • Number of churches per capita
  • Number of memorials and public gathering places per capita

If you’d like to see the complete list of cities, scroll to the bottom of this post to see a chart of the top cities.
Note: When measuring the locations listed above, we measured the locations within a short drive of the center of each place in Maine.

1. Gardiner

Gardiner, Maine

Source: Public domain

Population: 5,737
Parks Per 1,000 People: 4.01
Museums Per 1,000 People: 1.39
Churches Per 1,000 People: 10.46
Public Gathering Places Per 1,000 People: 0.7

2. Bath

Bath, Maine

Population: 8,396
Parks Per 1,000 People: 3.81
Museums Per 1,000 People: 1.19
Churches Per 1,000 People: 6.55
Public Gathering Places Per 1,000 People: 0.6

3. Brewer

Brewer, Maine

Population: 9,391
Parks Per 1,000 People: 3.41
Museums Per 1,000 People: 0.85
Churches Per 1,000 People: 6.39
Public Gathering Places Per 1,000 People: 1.49

4. Rockland

Rockland, Maine

Population: 7,241
Parks Per 1,000 People: 3.59
Museums Per 1,000 People: 1.38
Churches Per 1,000 People: 6.35
Public Gathering Places Per 1,000 People: 0.55

5. Westbrook

Westbrook, Maine

Population: 17,662
Parks Per 1,000 People: 3.4
Museums Per 1,000 People: 1.19
Churches Per 1,000 People: 3.4
Public Gathering Places Per 1,000 People: 1.19

6. Saco

Saco, Maine

Population: 18,757
Parks Per 1,000 People: 3.2
Museums Per 1,000 People: 1.07
Churches Per 1,000 People: 3.2
Public Gathering Places Per 1,000 People: 1.07

7. Caribou

Caribou, Maine

Source: Public domain

Population: 8,025
Parks Per 1,000 People: 1.87
Museums Per 1,000 People: 0.37
Churches Per 1,000 People: 4.74
Public Gathering Places Per 1,000 People: 1.0

8. Waterville

Waterville, Maine

Population: 15,886
Parks Per 1,000 People: 2.52
Museums Per 1,000 People: 0.25
Churches Per 1,000 People: 2.9
Public Gathering Places Per 1,000 People: 3.78

9. South Portland

South Portland, Maine

Population: 25,154
Parks Per 1,000 People: 2.39
Museums Per 1,000 People: 0.91
Churches Per 1,000 People: 2.39
Public Gathering Places Per 1,000 People: 0.56

10. Belfast

Belfast, Maine

Population: 6,664
Parks Per 1,000 People: 1.2
Museums Per 1,000 People: 0.75
Churches Per 1,000 People: 3.6
Public Gathering Places Per 1,000 People: 0.45

There You Have It

If you’re looking at communities in Maine where you have a much higher chance of catching Pokemon, this is an accurate list.
If you’re also curious enough, here’s how the larger cities in Maine with the most reliable locations to catch a Pokemon rank, according to science.

  1. Westbrook (Photos)
  2. Saco (Photos)
  3. South Portland (Photos)
  4. Auburn (Photos)
  5. Waterville (Photos)

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Detailed List Of The Best Places In Maine To Catch Pokemon

Rank City Population
1 Gardiner 5,737
2 Bath 8,396
3 Brewer 9,391
4 Rockland 7,241
5 Westbrook 17,662
6 Saco 18,757
7 Caribou 8,025
8 Waterville 15,886
9 South Portland 25,154
10 Belfast 6,664
11 Presque Isle 9,494
12 Biddeford 21,303
13 Auburn 22,960
14 Augusta 18,898
15 Ellsworth 7,804
16 Bangor 32,800
17 Caribou 8,025
18 Portland 66,317
19 Lewiston 36,410
About Nick Johnson

Nick Johnson earned his masters in Business Administration from the Drucker School At Claremont Graduate University. He has written for 39 publications across the country and ran the media relations department at Movoto, a real estate portal based in San Francisco. He has been featured in over 500 publications as an expert in real estate and as an authority on real estate trends.

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