Thrift stores in Bangor

Bangor, Maine has 2 thrift and charity shops on the map right now. All 2 are independent second-hand stores rather than charity shops — Bangor leans commercial when it comes to used goods. Stock turns over fast in all of them, so the shop that had nothing last month might have your thing this week.

This guide covers every thrift store we could verify in and around Bangor (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include The Growing Place and Goodwill Store — each with its own personality, which is half the fun. If a shop's missing from Bangor's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet — the scene is bigger than any single dataset.

The Bangor thrift lineup

2 in Bangor, plus 2 more around Bangor below:

What the map tells us about thrifting in Bangor

1 of the 2 shops list their opening hours, which is unusually helpful for Bangor — thrift stores are notorious for surprise closures. Still, call ahead if you're making a special trip to Bangor; volunteer-run shops sometimes close early on quiet days.

The two mapped shops sit on 548 Hammond Street and 805 Stillwater Avenue — close enough to make a single outing of it.

The Bangor thrift circuit

Plot these 2 on a map and the day plans itself: The Growing Place on 548 Hammond Street and Goodwill Store on 805 Stillwater Avenue. That's the full Bangor circuit in one sensible order.

Thrifting tips for Bangor

A few things worth knowing before you work through Bangor's thrift stores:

• Inspect electronics in the store at The Growing Place. Plug it in before you pay. Most thrift shops sell electronics as-is, and a cheap record player can be an expensive paperweight.
• Learn the colour-tag system at Goodwill Store. Many charity shops discount by tag colour on rotation. Ask which colour is half price this week — it changes regularly.
• Check the art and frames. Original art, good frames, and the occasional genuine print turn up constantly. Frames alone are worth the habit.
• Ask about the back room. Some shops hold overflow donations out back. A polite question occasionally gets you first look at unprocessed boxes.

Good to know

We searched about 40 km around Bangor — that covers the town itself plus the surrounding communities you'd reasonably drive to for a thrifting run. Listings come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by local volunteers, so a brand-new shop in Bangor can take a while to appear. The 2 above are only as current as the community map. A shop that's shut, or a new one nobody's added yet, gets fixed with a single OpenStreetMap edit.

Prices at Bangor's thrift stores are set by each shop and change constantly, so we don't list them. As a rough rule, charity shops are the cheapest, independents sit in the middle, and anything labelled vintage costs more everywhere — Bangor included.

Worth the trip: more thrift stores around Bangor

2 more within about 40 km of Bangor, nearest first: