Design, construction and maintenance of modern and traditional sails. Can handle sails of yachts 100 ft +. Good feedback for Jed and Mardi professionalism.
Tel: (207) 359 2003
[email protected]
www.centerharborsails.com
This is where it all started back in 1928 and where the legendary Hinckley Yachts are built. Also a clean and neat full-service yard available for any repair/refit or design on any type of boat, bringing the highest level of quality to every task. Tel: (207) 244 5572 Fax: (207) 244 9433 www.hinckleyyachts.com
Conveniently located half way between Ellsworth and Bar Harbor in Mount Desert Island. Safe year-round airport for the airline passenger, general aviation pilot, private charter passenger. Equipped with an instrument landing system and a full service FBO.
Tel: (207) 667 7329
[email protected]
www.bhbairport.com
Recommended for breakfast, sandwiches, steaks & seafood. Restaurant located down the walkway, behind the bakery. Outdoor patio. The bakery offers good morning items, donuts, cookies, and macaroons. Special orders with 24h notice. Onsite restaurant. Open daily from 8am-8pm.
Tel: (207) 276 5147
www.colonelsrestaurant.com
Bakery/restaurant serving delicious breakfast and pizzas for lunch and dinner. Highly recommended for excellent fresh baked breads and morning goods. Two locations in Southwest Harbor: Main Street and Dysart's Marina.
Tel: (207) 244 3357
Well established catering and event planning company, using local and organic products. They offer full vegan and vegetarian menus!
Tel: (207) 244 5520 Fax: (207) 244 5520 [email protected] www.countryfarecatering.com
Highly rated seafood market, offering locally caught seafood. Choice of lobsters, crabmeat, scallops, Maine crabs, clams (steamers, little necks, mussels), haddock, Maine oysters, and more. Open daily Mon-Sat 9am–6pm, Sun noon–5pm. Tel: (207) 288 4736 www.parsons-lobsters.com
Family-owned and well-established full service florist. Supplier to most of the local hotels, inns and restaurants. Fair prices and excellent reputation. Mon-Fri 9am-5pm; Sat 9am-12pm. Tel: (207) 244 3540 [email protected] www.thewestsideflorist.com
Located close to Southwest Harbor, farm stand offering a great choice of quality organic vegetables with a wide variety of produce ranging from artichokes and fresh herbs to carrots, potatoes, and cut flowers. locally-produced goods such as honey, preserves, meat, eggs, dairy products, baked goods, berries, juice, and gourmet specialty foods. Open Tues-Sat 8am-4pm.
Tel: (207) 244 5204
[email protected]
www.coa.edu/beachhillfarm.com
A chef’s favorite, located close to Bar Harbor. Housed in a magnificent Victorian building, with one floor of specialty cookware, linens and beautiful decorative items for the home; with another floor of specialty food, wine, cheese, and their coffee-roasters. Open Mon-Sat, 9:30am- 5:30pm.
Tel: (207) 667 8675
www.roosterbrother.com
About 50 miles of carriage roads, crisscrossing through woods and fields are open to bikes. Eagle Lake Loop, going around Eagle Lake, the park’s largest lake, is very popular among families. Trails from Eagle Lake wind to Jordan Pond, home of the Jordan Pond House and its famous tea. A more challenging trail is the 11-mile loop ‘Around the Mountain Trail’, with an extended climb up the northwest side of Parkman Mountain.
Bikes can be rented or bought in:
Southwest Harbor
Features 8 spacious and exquisitely appointed rooms, nested in ivy covered Tudor-style house. Features marble baths some with original antique clawfoot tubs, fireplaces, outside balconies, antique furniture and 4-poster beds. Mouthwatering breakfast, warm welcoming from attentive owner Judi. Onsite acclaimed restaurant. Tel: (207) 288 2138 [email protected] www.ivymanor.com
A charming, beautiful 8 room inn highly recommended as a tasteful, restful, friendly and welcoming place to stay while in Southwest harbor. Unmatched attention to detail with fresh flowers, bath robes, bottles of port and homemade chocolate truffles in the rooms. All the rooms are equipped with state of the art individual heat and A/C control and some have balconies with harbor view. The inn is famous for its gourmet home made breakfasts! Owners Pamela and Bryan are truly wonderful hosts.
Victorian style inn overlooking the harbor and offering a secluded and romantic haven. Elegant and tasteful décor with a mix of art and antiques. 10 rooms, some with fireplace and harbor view. Scrumptious breakfast included! Tel: (207) 288 9552 [email protected] www.ullikana.com
Another fun activity in the island is rock climbing – with climbing terrain accessible to all levels- and the park is famous for its spectacular seaside cliffs of pristine granite.
Two climbing schools are located in Bar Harbor and provide half day and full day tailored courses for everyone from first timers to advanced climbers.
Acadia Mountain Guides Climbing School
98 Main St,
Bar Harbor
Tel: (207) 288 8186
Emergency services: 911
Police and Fire Department
Mount Desert Tel: (207) 276 5736
Southwest Harbor Tel: (207) 244 7911
Marine patrol
Tel: (207) 667 3373
US Coast Guard Station
Southwest Harbor
VHF 16
Tel: (207) 244 5517
Maine Marine Animal Reporting Hotline
Tel: (800) 532 9551
Full range of vehicles, pick up available on request in all the marinas on Mount Desert Island. Tel: (207) 667 1217 www.enterprise.com
Full sized grocery store, with a pharmacy on site. Open: Mon-Sat 7am-10pm; Sun 7am-9pm. A long walk/short drive from town.
Tel: (207) 288 5680
Fax: (207) 288 3678
www.hannaford.com
Located at Bar Harbor airport, possibility of one-way rental. Tel: (207) 667 5017 www.hertz.com
There are many exciting paddling options around the island, both in the ocean and lakes. Depending of the weather conditions, popular spots are Eagle Lake, offering views on Cadillac Mountain, Somes Sound, or a tour from Bartlett Narrows up into Western Bay to Clark Cove, where harbor seals, porpoises, ospreys or even bald eagles can be spotted. Several companies offer rentals and/or guided tours.
Several companies offer rentals including:
Maine State Sea Kayak
254 Maine St,
Wi-Fi and internet access at Southwest Harbor Public Library.
Tel: (207) 244 7065
www.swhplibrary.org
Park Loop Road
Drive the 27 mile Acadia’s Park Loop Road for an excellent overview of the island. On a stormy day, don’t forget to stop at the Thunder Hole, a natural stone crevasse into which waves surge, compress and burst out in a thrilling and deafening sound.
Bass Harbor Lighthouse
Picturesque lighthouse, one of the most photographed in the country. Well worth a stop.
Cadillac Mountain
The park has two nice beaches - Sand Beach and Echo Lake Beach, with changing rooms, rest rooms, and lifeguards on duty during the season. Sand Beach is along Park Loop Road. Note that the water temperature rarely reaches above 55°F! Echo Lake Beach, on the western side of the island just north of Southwest Harbor, has much warmer water.
Acadia National Park maintains more than 120 mi of hiking paths, from easy strolls around lakes and ponds – don’t miss the Jordan Pond Nature Trail – to challenging treks with climbs up rock faces and scrambles along cliffs. It is also famous for its 45 miles of scenic carriage trails, built at the beginning of the 20th century by John D. Rockefeller Jr. Open only to hikers, bikers, horse riders and carriage drivers, the carriage roads feature several beautiful granite stone bridges to cross and spectacular vistas.