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Canoe, Kayak, and other rentals

Canoe and kayak service will deliver boats to the house with life jackets.
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The Activity Shop
139 Mines Rd
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Canoe and kayak service will deliver boats to the house with life jackets.
Beech Hill Canoe & Kayak Rentals - Canoe and Kayak rentals available. Service will deliver to the house and pickup after use. I recommend calling in advance! Phone: (207) 478-8991
Beech Hill Pond
Beech Hill Canoe & Kayak Rentals - Canoe and Kayak rentals available. Service will deliver to the house and pickup after use. I recommend calling in advance! Phone: (207) 478-8991

Food scene

Great restaurant with fresh lobsters and beautiful views of the river.
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Union River Lobster Pot
8 South St
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Great restaurant with fresh lobsters and beautiful views of the river.
Great local restaurant to get pizza and watch a Red Sox game!
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Ellsworth Pat's Pizza
396 High St
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Great local restaurant to get pizza and watch a Red Sox game!
Local Irish pub with good food and great beer!
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Finn's Irish Pub
156 Main St
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Local Irish pub with good food and great beer!
Local diner with great breakfast and fresh homemade pies!
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Riverside Cafe
151 W Main St
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Local diner with great breakfast and fresh homemade pies!
Casual, wood-hued outpost dishing out English-American pub classics alongside a variety of beers.
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Airline Brewing Company - Ellsworth
173 Main St
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Casual, wood-hued outpost dishing out English-American pub classics alongside a variety of beers.
Local homemade ice cream shop
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Morton’s Moo Homemade Ice Cream
9 School St
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Local homemade ice cream shop
Great road side ice cream shop! Easy to stop in on your way home from Bar Harbor.
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Blueberry Hill Dairy Bar
355 High St
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Great road side ice cream shop! Easy to stop in on your way home from Bar Harbor.

Sightseeing

National park with amazing hiking trails
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Great Head Trail (Acadia National Park)
Great Head Trail (Acadia National Park)
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National park with amazing hiking trails
Amazing views of all of Bar Harbor and surrounding area.
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Cadillac Mountain
707 Cadillac Summit Rd
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Amazing views of all of Bar Harbor and surrounding area.
Beautiful seaside town about 30-40 minute drive from our home.
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Bar Harbor
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Beautiful seaside town about 30-40 minute drive from our home.
ordan Pond is an oligotrophic tarn in Acadia National Park near the town of Bar Harbor, Maine. The pond covers 187 acres to a maximum depth of 150 feet with a shoreline of 3.6 miles. The pond was formed by the Wisconsin Ice Sheet during the last glacial period. Penobscot Mountain rises to the west, while Pemetic Mountain rises to the east. Two rôche moutonnées known as The Bubbles rise above the northeastern shoreline. The southern end is constrained by glacial debris and an artificial dam. The pond has clear water, with visibility normally 44 feet and occasionally recorded up to 61 feet, the deepest recordings in Maine.
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Jordan Pond
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ordan Pond is an oligotrophic tarn in Acadia National Park near the town of Bar Harbor, Maine. The pond covers 187 acres to a maximum depth of 150 feet with a shoreline of 3.6 miles. The pond was formed by the Wisconsin Ice Sheet during the last glacial period. Penobscot Mountain rises to the west, while Pemetic Mountain rises to the east. Two rôche moutonnées known as The Bubbles rise above the northeastern shoreline. The southern end is constrained by glacial debris and an artificial dam. The pond has clear water, with visibility normally 44 feet and occasionally recorded up to 61 feet, the deepest recordings in Maine.
Rock crevice in Acadia National Park, with pounding wave action.
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Thunder Hole
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Rock crevice in Acadia National Park, with pounding wave action.
Bar Island is a tidal island across from Bar Harbor on Mount Desert Island, Maine, United States. The uninhabited island is mostly forested in pine and birch trees and the island is now part of Acadia National Park. There are walking trails on the island. A sand and gravel bar exposed only a couple of hours at low tide connects Bar Island to Bridge Street in Bar Harbor. At low tide visitors often walk across.
Bar Island
Bar Island is a tidal island across from Bar Harbor on Mount Desert Island, Maine, United States. The uninhabited island is mostly forested in pine and birch trees and the island is now part of Acadia National Park. There are walking trails on the island. A sand and gravel bar exposed only a couple of hours at low tide connects Bar Island to Bridge Street in Bar Harbor. At low tide visitors often walk across.
Frenchman Bay Conservancy owns the 8 acres of Tidal Falls Preserve overlooking the reversing falls in the Taunton River. The State of Maine holds a conservation easement on the preserve.
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Frenchman Bay Conservancy
72 Tidal Falls Rd
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Frenchman Bay Conservancy owns the 8 acres of Tidal Falls Preserve overlooking the reversing falls in the Taunton River. The State of Maine holds a conservation easement on the preserve.

Brewery & Wineries

View the brewery and sample local beers, with a great bbq restaurant. There is small playground for children, and a nice outdoor seating area.
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Mainely Meat Barbeque At Atlantic Brewing Company
15 Knox Rd
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View the brewery and sample local beers, with a great bbq restaurant. There is small playground for children, and a nice outdoor seating area.
Local brewery in downtown Ellsworth with outdoor beer garden.
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Fogtown Brewing Company
25 Pine St
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Local brewery in downtown Ellsworth with outdoor beer garden.
Bar Harbor's local winery since 2003
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Bar Harbor Cellars
854 ME-3
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Bar Harbor's local winery since 2003
In 2002, we established a commercial winery featuring fruit and honey wines, produced from our own and other local organic fruits. We specialize in apple, blueberry and cranberry wines and smaller productions of raspberry, kiwi, and honey mead wines. Our wines have been very well reviewed and are available from our winery or in selected wine shops and natural food stores in Maine.
Shalom Orchard Organic Farm and Winery
158 Eastbrook Rd
In 2002, we established a commercial winery featuring fruit and honey wines, produced from our own and other local organic fruits. We specialize in apple, blueberry and cranberry wines and smaller productions of raspberry, kiwi, and honey mead wines. Our wines have been very well reviewed and are available from our winery or in selected wine shops and natural food stores in Maine.

Family Activities

Family attraction with water features, an aerial course with ropes, go-karts & miniature golf.
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Wild Acadia Fun Park & Water Slides
233 Bar Harbor Rd
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Family attraction with water features, an aerial course with ropes, go-karts & miniature golf.
Welcome to The GREAT MAINE LUMBERJACK SHOW! 12 exciting events packed into an hour and 15-minute show. Axe throwing. Log Rolling. Underhand Chopping. Power Hot Sawing. Obstacle Pole Relay. Crosscut Sawing. Pole Climbing... And More! RAIN OR SHINE!
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Timber Tina's Great Maine Lumberjack Show
127 Bar Harbor Road
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Welcome to The GREAT MAINE LUMBERJACK SHOW! 12 exciting events packed into an hour and 15-minute show. Axe throwing. Log Rolling. Underhand Chopping. Power Hot Sawing. Obstacle Pole Relay. Crosscut Sawing. Pole Climbing... And More! RAIN OR SHINE!
Join us on the Downeast Scenic Railroad, the first tourist-passenger rail to grace the historic Calais Branch Line in decades, for the best day trip in Ellsworth!
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Downeast Scenic Railroad
8 Railroad Siding
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Join us on the Downeast Scenic Railroad, the first tourist-passenger rail to grace the historic Calais Branch Line in decades, for the best day trip in Ellsworth!
The Green Lake National Fish Hatchery (NFH) is a large-scale cold water hatchery located in Ellsworth, Maine. It was built in 1973, and fish production began in 1974. It is one of 70 National Fish Hatcheries in the United States working to restore, enhance and maintain heritage fisheries for the American people, and one of the 11 national fish hatcheries in the Northeast Region of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Green Lake National Fish Hatchery - Hatchery Building
1 Hatchery Way
The Green Lake National Fish Hatchery (NFH) is a large-scale cold water hatchery located in Ellsworth, Maine. It was built in 1973, and fish production began in 1974. It is one of 70 National Fish Hatcheries in the United States working to restore, enhance and maintain heritage fisheries for the American people, and one of the 11 national fish hatcheries in the Northeast Region of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Golf

Grindstone Neck Golf Course, founded in 1891, is a rare jewel on the rugged Maine coast. Every hole at Winter Harbor’s nine-hole Grindstone Neck Golf Course delivers a water view of the Harbor or of Frenchman Bay and its famed pink granite-sculpted shoreline. This parkland, nine-hole course, with its blue grass fairways, professionally manicured poa annua greens, and stunning ocean views, is open to the public seven days a week.
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Grindstone Neck Golf Course
106 Grindstone Ave
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Grindstone Neck Golf Course, founded in 1891, is a rare jewel on the rugged Maine coast. Every hole at Winter Harbor’s nine-hole Grindstone Neck Golf Course delivers a water view of the Harbor or of Frenchman Bay and its famed pink granite-sculpted shoreline. This parkland, nine-hole course, with its blue grass fairways, professionally manicured poa annua greens, and stunning ocean views, is open to the public seven days a week.