Bar Harbor Maine

Posted on Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Maine is the largest state in New England.

All five other New England states could fit within the boundaries of this state. Maine joined the Union in 1820. Residents of this dramatic state, with its rugged coastal lands and immense pin forests, have included painter Andrew Wyeth and writers Edna St. Vincent Millay and Harriet Beecher Stowe.

Many tours and cruises include a stop in Bar Harbor, Maine. 

Discover the historic community of Bar Harbor with its beauty, charm and unique character. Nestled between the mountains of Acadia National Park and the Atlantic Ocean on Mount Desert Island, Bar Harbor has attracted visitors, naturalists and scientists for decades

The town is small and easy to walk the main road full of local shops and restaurants. Well worth a tour, is a trip up to Cadillac Mountain. You will see spectacular coastal, mountain and forest scenery. You can hike, canoe or just talk a walk in the park. For those that have been to Bar Harbor before, consider whale watching.

Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park

Posted on Saturday, August 01, 2009

Once the summer playground of wealthy and famous Americans, Bar Harbor was celebrated as a quiet, beautiful resort village. Today visitors flock to this island paradise to experience the brilliant fall foliage and to explore Acadia National Park, the first national park established east of the Mississippi. The park encompasses over 47,000 acres (19,020 ha) of granite-domed mountains with woodlands, lakes, ponds and coastal seashore. Such diverse types of habitat make Acadia a haven for wildlife and plants. Entwined with the natural diversity of Acadia is the story of its people. Evidence suggests that native people first lived here at least 5,000 years ago. Subsequent centuries brought explorers from far lands, settlers of European descent, and arising directly from the beauty of the landscape, tourism and preservation.