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Mount Desert Island & Bar Harbor
TRENTON , MOUNT DESERT , BAR HARBOR , BASS HARBOR , SEAL COVE , SOUTHWEST HARBOR , AND NORTHEAST HARBOR
From the Wabanaki for whom the island was a summer gathering place to Samuel de Champlain who explored and documented the unique beauty of the island in the 17th century , MDI has always been a special place for anyone who visits .
Mount Desert Island
Beyond Bar Harbor
The Town of Mount Desert is made up of six villages : Otter Creek , Seal Harbor , Hall Quarry , Pretty Marsh Somesville , and Northeast Harbor .
In Otter Creek , you ’ ll find an inn , convenience store , and hot showers for campers . Seal Harbor is home to many actors , musicians , politicians , and their beautiful old estates . Seal Harbor Beach offers a town dock for yachters and charter boat tours .
Northeast Harbor is quiet in the winter and bustles in the summer with a golf course , galleries , shops , restaurants , and a marina filled with luxurious yachts , and sailboats , and the local fishing fleet .
Nordic skiing at Acadia National Park
Southwest Harbor
The Quiet Side
The southwestern side of the island is often referred to as the quiet side . Southwest Harbor , the largest town on this side , is filled with excellent shops , galleries , and eateries .
You ’ ll be charmed by Somesville ’ s immaculately preserved historic village ; visit the Maine Granite Industry Museum to learn about their industrial past . Those looking for a little solitude and understated coastal beauty will find it in the scenic hamlet of Pretty Marsh on the Blue Hill Bay side .
The little town of Tremont includes the fishing villages of Bass Harbor with its lighthouse , West Tremont , Bernard , Great Gott and Little Gott islands . Nearly one-third of the town lies within the boundaries of Acadia National Park lands .
Historic Gardens
Asticou Azalea Garden Northeast Harbor Thuya Garden Northeast Harbor Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden Seal Harbor
Visitor Resources
Maine Coast Heritage Trust MCHT . org
Mount Desert Chamber of Commerce MountDesertChamber . org
Southwest Harbor-Tremont Chamber of Commerce AcadiaChamber . com
Trenton Chamber of Commerce TrentonMaine . com
For more on what to do when visiting Mount Desert Island scan here .
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