Bar Harbor, Maine Travel Information

Acadia Byway Fog is a common sight along this Byway, muting the landscape with its romantic gray mists. In the midday sun, the sea’s bright blue surface is studded with colorful lobster buoys. Seen at sundown from... Hulls Cove, ME

Acadia National Park We’ll begin our scenic journey with America’s easternmost national park. Here, majestic cliffs rising sharply from the ocean are pounded constantly by the surf. Within the park is the highest point on... Bar Harbor, ME

Acadia National Park Scenic Drive A 27-mile loop that explores the glacier-scoured mountains and rock-bound coast of Acadia National Park. This spectacular 27-mile scenic drive explores Acadia National Park, New England’s jewel in the... Bar Harbor, ME

Acadia National Park, Mount Desert Island, & Bar Harbor, ME Formed millions of years ago by the jagged edges of Ice Age glaciers, the area that became Acadia National Park offers dramatic coastal scenery. Most of Acadia National Park is on Mount Desert Island,... Bar Harbor, ME

Acadia National Park: Mount Desert Island New England’s only national park. Exploring the length of the Maine coast in the fall of 1604, Samuel de Champlain observed a high-notched island composed of seven or eight mountains rising to bare-ro... Bar Harbor, ME

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Bar Island Trail (Distance: 0.5 mi) The hike to Bar Island, a satisfying short hike in a less crowded area of Acadia, will bring out the adventurous spirit in every member of the family. Hikers cross over to the island along a sandbar a...

Bar Harbor, ME - Hiking - length:2 mi

Acadia National Park Cruise (Distance: 0.6 mi) The carriage paths lacing Acadia National Park, on Maine's famous Mount Desert Island, are one of Acadia's unique features. These dirt roads, winding through the island's interior forests and skirtin...

Bar Harbor, ME - Road Biking - length:26 mi

Bar Island Trail (Distance: 0.7 mi) The Bar Island Trail is a short, easy jaunt within shouting distance of Bar Harbor, but you feel transported to another world. That’s the beauty of being on an island, even such a small one so close t...

Bar Harbor, ME - Hiking - length:1.4 mi

Dorr Mountain (Distance: 0.9 mi) A hike through varied terrain around and up Dorr Mountain. Several trails on this loop contain outstanding examples of stonework, an enduring tribute to the early trail builders of Mount Desert Island...

Bar Harbor, ME - Hiking - length:7.8 mi

Cadillac Mountain (Distance: 1.1 mi) "At an elevation of 1,532 feet, Cadillac Mountain is the high point on Mount Desert Island and the tallest mountain along the eastern seaboard of the United States. The colorful history and magnificen...

Ellsworth, ME - Hiking - length:4.68 mi

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Kebo Valley Kebo Valley Golf Club Public, 18 holes 6131 yards, par 70 0.7 miles from center of Bar Harbor, Maine

Grindstone Neck Grindstone Neck Golf Course Public, 9 holes 3095 yards, par 36 5.6 miles from center of Bar Harbor, Maine

Northeast Harbor Northeast Harbor Golf Club Public, 18 holes 5430 yards, par 69 7.4 miles from center of Bar Harbor, Maine

Blink Bonnie Blink Bonnie Golf Links Public, 9 holes 0 yards, par 0 7.7 miles from center of Bar Harbor, Maine

Causeway Causeway Club Public, 9 holes 2302 yards, par 65 8.7 miles from center of Bar Harbor, Maine

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