Location: Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island < Maine < USA
Nearest Airport:
Bar Harbor at 6
Miles
Nearest Ferry:
To Nova Scotia at 8
Miles
Nearest Beach:
beach at 1.0
Miles
Car: recommended
Centrally located on Mount Desert Island, the Chalet provides quick access to Acadia National Park and Cadillac Mountain; picturesque Somesville; and Bar Harbor with it's Acadia inspired shoppes, fine restaurants, whale watching, trolly rides, golfing, and much more.
Just a few miles away is the quaint little town of Southwest Harbor with it's grocery stores, fine restaurants, golf course, medical centers and pharmacy, post office, library with wireless internet access, wine & cheese shoppe, ice cream cafe's, and many other activities.
Bass Harbor features the most photographed lighthouse - Bass Harbor Head Light, and a working harbor with it's lobster boats and fishing gear. The ferry to Swans Island leaves from Bass Harbor - check with the Maine State Ferry Service for more details.
If traveling to Northeast Harbor be sure to take scenic Sargent Drive which offers magnificent views of Somes Sound - the only natural fjord on the Eastern Seaboard.