Towns Near Bar Harbor, Maine (Acadia Region)

Communities Around Bar Harbor & Acadia National Park

Mount Desert Island (Acadia's Core)

• Bar Harbor: Main tourist hub, shops, restaurants, whale watches
• Northeast Harbor: Quiet, elite summer colony, Asticou Azalea Garden
• Southwest Harbor: Working harbor, boatbuilding, Seawall campground
• Mount Desert: Villages: Somesville, Seal Harbor, Northeast Harbor
• Tremont: Bass Harbor Head Light, "pretty little fishing village"
• Trenton: Mainland gateway, airport, bridge to MDI

Hancock County Mainland

• Ellsworth: County seat, shopping, hospitals, gateway to Downeast
• Blue Hill: Arts community, Blue Hill Fair, reversing falls
• Brooksville: Holbrook Island Sanctuary, coastal farms
• Castine: Historic (Fort George), Maine Maritime Academy
• Deer Isle / Stonington: Lobster capital, granite quarries, artist colony (Haystack Mountain School)

Distances from Bar Harbor

• Ellsworth: 25 mi (35 min)
• Blue Hill: 35 mi (50 min)
• Deer Isle/Stonington: 45 mi (1 hr 15 min + ferry/bridge)
• Calais (Downeast end): 90 mi

The region blends tourism, fishing, arts, and academia amid spectacular coast.