Fryeburg, Maine is a great place to raise a family, or buy a vacation home for year-round enjoyment. The Saco River runs behind the main village, separating farmland from residential. The bottomlands of the Saco River provide a huge flat area—about a mile wide by several miles long—ringed by mountains in nearly every direction.

Fryeburg is a town in Oxford County, Maine, USA. The population was 3,083 at the 2000 census. Fryeburg is home to Fryeburg Academy, a private preparatory school, and the International Musical Arts Institute. The town is also site of the Fryeburg Fair, which each October attracts approximately 60,000 visitors.  All high school age children can attend the Fryeburg Academy for free. Fryeburg also borders Kimball Lake, a small mountain lake with unusually clear water and gorgeous mountain views. Snowmobile trails are accessible from almost every location. North Conway's just 15 minutes away in one direction, and Bridgton is the same distance south on 302. Enjoy skiing at Mount Cranmore, or go to Shawnee Peak in Bridgton—the largest night skiing facility in New England.

It began as a strategic frontier outpost, and the earliest town in the White Mountain region. Excellent soil helped Fryeburg develop into a prosperous agricultural center, with the first gristmill established in 1766. Other mills and factories produced lumber, leather, harness, tinware, cheese and canned vegetables. After the Civil War, the Portland and Ogdensburg Railroad passed through the town, bringing tourists escaping the heat and pollution of cities. Inns, hotels and boarding houses were built. Fryeburg is today a year-round resort area. It is also an academic town. Fryeburg Academy, a private preparatory school, was founded in 1792. Before his career as a statesman, Daniel Webster taught for a year at the school, one of the oldest of its type in the nation. In 1997, the International Musical Arts Institute was founded at Fryeburg.