Guides · Bar Harbor
Bar Harbor
29 places · 5 areas · a free route, then $4.99 for the whole city · offline map 2.4 MB
The free route
Free in the app, permanently, before you pay anything. 8 stops, 1 day, about 3.4 km, planned by the app's own engine.
Day 1 · ~3.4 km
1
Bar Island
end of Bridge St; island reached on foot across the sandbar that named the town, only at low tide
Walk across the gravel bar at low tide and follow the trail up through the woods for the view back over Bar Harbor and Frenchman Bay.
2
Town Pier
foot of Main St; harbor pier where several thousand people gathered as the 1947 fire closed in
Walk out on the pier to watch the boats in the harbor and look back at the town climbing the hill.
3
Agamont Park
Main and West Sts; harbor-view lawn on the site of the Agamont House, the town's first hotel
Sit on the lawn above the harbor for the wide view over Frenchman Bay, then walk down to start the Shore Path.
4
Grant Park
on the Shore Path; small town park above the bay, beside the glacial boulder called Balance Rock
Rest on a bench above the bay, then look down the shore to Balance Rock, a boulder left behind by the ice.
5
Village Green
Main and Mount Desert Sts; town green of 1899 with an old street clock and an Italian fountain
Walk the paths past the 1896 street clock, the bandstand and the Italian fountain with its many spouts, and use the green as your base for the town.
6
Criterion Theatre
35 Cottage St; Art Deco movie palace of 1932, one of only two in Maine
Look at the Art Deco front on Cottage Street, and catch a film or show if one is on to see the interior.
7
West Street Historic District
West St from Eden St to Billings Ave; resort-era summer cottages that survived the 1947 fire
Walk the length of West Street along the harbor, past the old summer cottages, to La Rochelle.
8
La Rochelle Mansion
127 West St; 41-room brick mansion of 1903, now the Bar Harbor Historical Society's museum
Go through the mansion's rooms and the Historical Society's exhibits on the town's history.
More of the top sights
A few of the 29 places in the full guide. Each one has its own written guide in the app: what to do, what to notice, the history, and why it hits.
Jordan Pond
Acadia; glacial pond of rare clarity below the Bubbles, ringed by a path, with tea and popovers
Cadillac Mountain
Acadia; 1,530-foot summit, the highest point on the eastern seaboard and a famous first-sunrise spot
Ocean Drive
Park Loop Road, Sand Beach to Otter Cliff; 1.8-mile shore section, the only part open to cars in winter
Shore Path
from the town pier along Frenchman Bay; shore walk of 1881 past Gilded Age cottages and Balance Rock
Sand Beach
Park Loop Road; the park's ocean beach, tucked in a cove between Great Head and the granite shore
Sieur de Monts Spring
Acadia off Route 3; the spring where the park began, with the Wild Gardens and a nature center
Thunder Hole
Park Loop Road; narrow inlet in the shore rocks where waves boom into a small cave
Abbe Museum
26 Mount Desert St; museum of the Wabanaki Nations, in their own voices, in a former YMCA of 1893
Areas
Waterfront · Village Green · West Street · Acadia Edge · Acadia Loop
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