Ogunquit, ME Dispensary Guide

Overview

Ogunquit is one of Maine's most beloved coastal destinations, famous for Marginal Way (the scenic walkway along the ocean), Perkins Cove, and its beautiful beaches. The town has approximately 1,300 year-round residents but swells to over 10,000 during the summer tourist season.

Despite its significant seasonal population and status as a premier Maine tourist destination, Ogunquit has not opted in to cannabis retail. This creates a striking situation: a town that depends on tourism and welcomes hundreds of thousands of visitors annually cannot offer those visitors a legal local cannabis purchase option.

The Ogunquit Tourism-Cannabis Paradox

Ogunquit's lack of dispensaries represents an economic irony. The town's tourism economy brings in visitors who spend money on restaurants, hotels, shops, and attractions — but when those visitors seek legal cannabis, their spending goes elsewhere.

The nearest dispensaries are just 5 minutes away in Wells:

• Hazy Hill Farm (medical, 1614 Post Road, Wells)

This means Ogunquit visitors cannabis spending — whether from tourists seeking recreational products or locals seeking medical cannabis — flows directly to Wells.

Nearest Dispensaries to Ogunquit

Wells Dispensaries (~5 minutes)

Hazy Hill Farm (Medical)
Address: 1614 Post Road, Wells, ME 04090

Hazy Hill Farm is the closest dispensary to Ogunquit, operating a farm-to-shelf model. Their Post Road location is a short drive from central Ogunquit. Hazy Hill Farm serves MMMP medical patients.

Curaleaf (Medical)
Location: Route 1, Wells, ME

Curaleaf's Route 1 location is extremely convenient for Ogunquit visitors traveling from the Marginal Way/Perkins Cove area. Note: Curaleaf in Wells is a medical dispensary serving MMMP patients — not adult-use recreational.

Tops Farm, York (~15 minutes)

Tops Farm (Medical)
Address: 647 US-1 Unit #10, York, ME 03909

For Ogunquit visitors or residents headed toward York, Tops Farm provides an additional medical cannabis option approximately 15 minutes north.

Town Status & Opt-In

Ogunquit has NOT opted in to recreational cannabis retail. This opt-out decision means no cannabis dispensaries can operate within town limits, and both residents and visitors must travel to neighboring towns for legal purchases.

The irony of Ogunquit's position — a tourism economy that sends cannabis spending to Wells — may eventually drive municipal reconsideration. For now, operators interested in Ogunquit should monitor town meetings and selectboard decisions.

For current opt-in status and any municipal changes, refer to our Maine Cannabis Opt-In Tracker.

Ogunquit Town Context for Operators

Ogunquit is the most recently incorporated municipality in Maine, having separated from the Town of Wells in 1980 after the village residents voted to become a standalone town. The 19th-century economy of what is now Ogunquit was tied to fishing, lumbering, shipbuilding, and homestead farming, with the Webhannet, Josias, and Ogunquit Rivers supplying water power for flour milling and lumber sawing. Coastal shipping exported lumber, wood products, granite, and fish.

Tourism began to take over in the 1880s with the rise of the summer art colony. The 1890s bridge over the Ogunquit River at Beach Street opened up beach hotel development, and the Atlantic Shore Railroad (1906-1923) brought summer residents directly to their hotels. The Marginal Way footpath was donated to the town in 1923 and remains a defining landmark. The Ogunquit Playhouse generates roughly $9 million in annual ticket sales and is one of the largest regional tourist draws in southern Maine.

For operators, Ogunquit's economic data is striking. Per the town's 2030 Comprehensive Plan, 2022 consumer sales were $155,268 per year-round resident — among the highest in the state — driven by the seasonal hospitality economy. The 1,577 year-round residents (2020 Census, up 76.8% from 2010) are supplemented by 1,691 transient rental rooms in hotels, motels, inns, and B&Bs plus 161 active short-term rental units, with daily population including day-trippers reaching 20,000+ in peak season. The shoulder seasons are also expanding: from a July-August-only season in the 1960s to April-November-plus-holiday today. Ogunquit has limited land area (under 4.5 square miles, much of it preserved) and very limited development potential, so any retail cannabis operation would need to come from a high-density, high-traffic design rather than a footprint comparable to suburban dispensaries elsewhere.