5 fun things to do in Greenville

 Downtown Greenville, as seen in mid-August 2021. (Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Staff Photographer) Janet Chasse has spent most of her life in Greenville, exploring the coves of Moosehead Lake with her family and taking care of the next generation of residents at the town’s daycare. Her recommendations for this town in the Maine Highlands could be summed up very simply. “That’s the thing to do,” she said. “Just go relax.” She answered five questions with more specifics. Where do you like go eat? “If anybody offers to treat me to go out to eat, it’s up to [Trailside Restaurant](https://www.facebook.com/TrailsideinGreenville/),” Chasse said. She’ll often order a seafood special — scallops or maybe clams. “They get fresh, whole belly clams,” she said. “It’s traditional Maine food.” Where do you get a drink? [Greenville Grinds Coffee Shoppe](https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091273846803#) is her go-to. The menu includes hot and cold drinks, breakfast sandwiches and paninis. Her favorite treat? “A Miss Maple.” Where do you connect with nature? “My family’s favorite thing has always been to drive the backroads,” she said. Her kids used to crane their necks to see wildlife. A perk of living in Greenville is that nature is all around. “You might see a bear run across the road, or a moose, or deer, rabbits, whatever. Once in a while, a bobcat.” Where do you shop local? “If I’m going to shop for a gift to send my grandkids — because my grandkids live in Florida, Minnesota, Oregon and Maine — I always go down to the Corner Shop,” Chasse said. “She’s always got really good kids’ gifts, from books to puzzles to little oddball things.” [](https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/Northern_Maine_Forest_Development.jpg.jpeg) The forest surrounds Moosehead Lake in 2017. (Robert F. Bukaty/Associated Press) What’s one more thing you can’t miss in Greenville? “I like to go downtown and sit on the boardwalk. I was part of a volunteer group that rebuilt that, probably about five years ago,” Chasse said. “We ripped up all the boards and put new ones down, and I like to go sit there. I take my grandkids down, the younger ones, and let them just run the length of it. We can just walk down there, and when the [Katahdin](https://www.katahdincruises.com/) (steamboat) goes out, or a plane goes, or different boats are coming and going, the kids always enjoy that.” * * * _[Five Things](https://www.pressherald.com/tag/five-things/) is a feature in which locals give our readers suggestions for exploring the state of Maine, town by town. Have a city or town you think we should explore in the future? Tell News & Culture Editor Katherine Lee at [\[email protected\]](/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection)._ Copy the Story Link Tagged: [five things](https://www.pressherald.com/tag/five-things/) [](https://www.pressherald.com/author/megan-doyle) [Megan GrayStaff Writer](https://www.pressherald.com/author/megan-doyle) Megan Gray covers the outdoors and tourism at the Portland Press Herald. A Midwest native, she moved to Maine in 2016. She has written about presidential politics and local government, jury trials and. [More by Megan Gray](https://www.pressherald.com/author/megan-doyle)