Delorme Map Store

At exit 17 in Freeport is the coolest globe I have ever seen. EARTHA is 44 foot tall and rotates. There are 3 balconies to see the globe from different perspectives. I never really understood the concept of ‘great circle routes’ taken by airplanes until I saw the shortest distance from Maine to Europe on EARTHA. it is also fun to look at all the tiny islands in the world. It may sound a bit geeky, but you will love it.

The store is generally like any sort of tourist attraction gift shop but also with travel guides, maps, atlases, and other geography-​related items. On the wall to the right, there is a television that plays a video of the assembly of Eartha, which is pretty neat and was one of my favorite parts about our visit here.
The main attraction here is obviously Eartha, the world’s largest rotating globe. Climbing up the stairs to the different levels gives you a changing perspective, and it’s pretty impressive.
I don’t care much for souvenirs but do love a penny press machine and collect souvenir pennies wherever I can since they’re easily stored and don’t take up much space. I wish the map store had one of these. Otherwise, this is a pretty fun and quick stop if you’re in the Portland area. It’s immediately off of exit 17 on 295N.

My girlfriend and I got berated for picking out maps, reviewing which ones we needed and then putting them back in their place. What’s the point of having hundreds of USGS quads if you can’t look at them before buying? Good thing they’re cheaper online anyway…

Really powerful to view in person, and the gift shop is great, too.

Delorme is a great map store, where you can find literally any map you need/​want in any size. Anything they don’t have on-​hand, you can order and get it shipped to you.
They also have a lot of map-​related knick-​knacks and gifts and road trip games.
Of course, in the great tradition of American «World’s Largest» road stops, Delorme boasts the World’s Largest Rotating Globe, Eartha (or bEartha, as I like to call her). You can watch the slow rotation of this giant globe from three different landings. It’s worth a stop just to check it out and say you did.

Definitely worth a stop to see this classic piece of roadside Americana — so cool!

Awesome. Come here to see Eartha if nothing else. Totally worth a side trip. Eartha currently holds the spot in the Guinness Book of World Records for being the worlds largest rotating globe. Its something like 40 feet tall and has great detail on its surface of Earth’s continents. Its totally mesmerizing the first time you stand in front of Eartha and look up at her. Really just a cool experience and they have three different levels you can view Eartha at. This place is also a functioning store headquarters for Delorme and they sell maps and navigation devices among other travel accessories on site. Very nice and clean facility and totally worth a stop.

Such a huge disappointment from years past. They used to have lots of map-​related items — coasters and trays and interesting items. I was looking for an engagement present. Now it’s just garden variety maps and a lot of tourist junk, just plastic junk.
C.W.

Having spotted this place many times on the way up to central Maine, we finally stopped in to check it out. There are a few benches on the main floor where you can oogle at the large revolving globe. On the second level there were a few chairs and a landing for viewing the sphere.
A gift shop offers a variety of mostly geography related items. There were several map prints of different areas in Maine that were neat. Restrooms are available. Photographs of Maine scenes lined the hallway — a nice touch.

Come one, come all and make an American Lampoon style stop – at the worlds largest and FREE globe.
I found this by a random drive-​by, and I’m glad I stopped.
If you like to learn come here, if you have kids come here, if you have neither of these then you REALLY need to come here and respark your curiosity.
They carry eccentric maps, globes, antiques, topography items, atlases, and more.
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One of the cooler finds on our trip. If you are going to Freeport then get off on 1 here and check it out. I loved this place. They have a large globe with three floors to watch it turn. The mapstore is pretty sweet too. I found numerous things I would want to buy for my daughter as she gets to school age. If I had more than a carryon bag for luggage, I would have probably bought a few things. World map umbrellas were $ 39.99. I would love to gave one o. A rainy day bus duty at my school. This place is great for teachers, parents, kids, and trekkers.

Basically just a map store with the worlds largest revolving globe. Pretty cool if you’re interested in maps and the like. The globe should amaze most people just cuz it’s gigantic.

this might be my fav place traveled. worlds largest globe, maps, atlases, books, toys, all cartography related. totally worth checking out.

HA every review says just about the same thing I am going to say.
I drove by here for years thinking that it was weird to see a map store, and then i stopped in and was pleasantly surprised. if you like maps, mappy things, travel, travelly things, stars, etc etc. i really dont know how the collection of stuff they sell made sense, but it was a neato store and on top of that there is a gigantic rotating globe you get to see on your way in to the store.
map on!

It took me over a year of living nearby to finally visit the Delorme Map Store. I thought «what’s the big deal about a store that sells maps?»
The giant, moving globe is in fact pretty cool to look at. There is also a viewing area upstairs so that you can see North America better. The store itself is far more interesting than I would have thought.
There are maps and atlases of course, but there are also local sea charts, antique looking desk and free standing globes. There are also star charts and star globes. There is also map software for computers, portable GPS and hiking GPS units.
They also have science toys for kids (or those young at heart) similar to what you would find in a Discovery Channel Store. We went there for atlases for the car (tired of relying on my GPS without being able to see the route it is sending me) and ended up finding 3 christmas gifts (in addition to seeing things there I would like myself).

The world’s largest globe is here and is worth a stop to check out. It looks even cooler at night when it is well lit.
About the map store though… people still use maps?! #mindblown

It’s not the Map Store but the globe. It’s the world’s largest rotating globe on the planet which is 41′ in diameter. It looks holographic at night, well not that cool but pretty damn close. A must see if you’re into anything global.

I just wanted to second everything that Ian said. If you’re a map geek, or just think that a 3-​storey rotating globe is awesome, then stop here. From serious to lighthearted, advanced to novice, they have the map-​related product for everyone.

As a lifetime road and map geek, I had to stop at the DeLorme Map Store conveniently located off I-​295 at Exit 17. The HUGE REVOLVING EARTHA GLOBE inside the DeLorme headquarters can be seen from the highway, day and night. This GLOBE has a Guinness World Record, which has a circumference of 129 ft-2.5 in, a surface area of 5313.25 sq ft, a diameter of 41 ft-1.5 in, and weighs 5,600 lbs. WOW! You can view the globe from 3 different levels along the balconies.
The DeLorme Map Store stocks a lot of cool stuff including the DeLorme State Atlas and Gazetteer series of all 50 states, street maps of popular cities from all around the world, USGS maps, DeLorme mapping & GPS software & devices, gifts, kids books, and much more. They also carry maps made by American, Rand McNally, Jimapco, and others. The most of prices here are list price, but they offer volume discounts for their State Atlases, buy 5 atlases, get 20 percent off. There are interactive stations to try out the various software programs such as Street Atlas USA 2009 and Topo USA 7.0. I picked up some hard to find maps and atlas covers.
I’ve been collecting maps for fun since I was five years old including the DeLorme state atlases for many years. I try to pick up those atlases at Sam’s Clubs and BJ’s Wholesale Clubs in the different states I visit, where the atlases are typically 40 percent off the list price. Sometimes I’ll get lucky and find older DeLorme atlases for under $ 8. I have around 35 states on my bookshelf, some out of date, but classic souvenirs and fun reading. All of the atlases are easy to read except for Maine (difficult to follow), which DeLorme will never change since it’s their first ever state atlas and sentimental in their mapping culture. I found the new Maine Atlas by American Maps (not sold here) is easier to read, with every street in Maine listed including all of the streets on little Monhegan Island.
I still have a 1990s software title DeLorme 3D Explorer USA (no longer made), which allows you to fly around the continental USA and see the layout of the land and topography and settled areas. I love 3D Explorer USA and I still play with this very classic software on my PC for fun and fly cool routes between major cities taking off and landing on the dime at major airports. MHT to TPA and ALB to LAX are my favorite routes!
Hey Daddy, the luggage guys back up in Manchester were freezing their tails off outside in heavy winter coats and now the guys unloading the luggage here in Tampa are sweating with just tank tops.