Southwest Harbor Public Library, Southwest Harbor

#1 among attractions in Southwest Harbor

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The Southwest Harbor Public Library is the public library serving Southwest Harbor, Maine. ()

Established: 1895 (129 years ago)Coordinates: 44°16'48"N, 68°19'35"W

Address

338 Main StSouthwest Harbor 04679-4243 United States

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+1 207-244-7065

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Southwest Harbor Public Library – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Thuya Garden, Asticou Azalea Garden, Bear Island Light, Somes Sound.

2.8 miNE
Garden, Park
Thuya Garden, Northeast Harbor
72 min walk • Thuya Garden is a semi-formal herbaceous garden, in the style of Gertrude Jekyll, located at 15 Thuya Drive, Northeast Harbor, Maine. It is open daily from May through October.
2.7 miNE
Botanical garden, Garden, Park
Asticou Azalea Garden, Northeast Harbor
70 min walk • The Asticou Azalea Garden in Northeast Harbor, Maine, United States, is a popular visitor attraction. It was created by lifelong resident of the village, Charles Kenneth Savage, in 1956.
2.8 miE
Lighthouse, Vernacular architecture
Bear Island Light, Bear Island
72 min walk • Bear Island Light is a lighthouse on Bear Island near Mt. Desert Island, at the entrance to Northeast Harbor, Maine. It was first established in 1839. The present structure was built in 1889.
2.9 miN
Fjord
Somes Sound, Northeast Harbor
76 min walk • Somes Sound is a fjard, a body of water running deep into Mount Desert Island, the main site of Acadia National Park in Maine, United States. Its deepest point is approximately 175 feet, and it is over 100 feet deep in several places. The sound almost splits the island in two.
2.1 miE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
St. Mary's-By-The-Sea, Northeast Harbor
54 min walk • St. Mary's-By-The-Sea is a historic Gothic Revival church at 20 South Shore Road in Northeast Harbor, Maine. One a few known designs of Maine architect Harry Vaughn and built in 1902, it is one of a number of architect-designed summer chapels built around the turn of the 20th century with funding from wealthy summer residents.
3.9 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Long Pond, Mount Desert Island
100 min walk • Long Pond, also known as Great Pond, is a nearly four mile long glacial lake located on Mount Desert Island in Hancock County, Maine, United States.
3.1 miSW
Library
Bass Harbor Memorial Library, Bass Harbor
78 min walk • The Bass Harbor Memorial Library is the public library of Tremont, Maine. It is located at 89 Bernard Road in the village of Bernard, in an historically significant Colonial Revival building built in 1922 with funds donated by Tremont native Rhoda M.
2.2 miNE
44°17'42"N • 68°17'9"W
Mt. Desert Chamber of Commerce, Northeast Harbor
58 min walk • Museum
1.3 miNE
Archaeological site
Fernald Cove, Northeast Harbor
34 min walk • The Fernald Point Prehistoric Site is an archaeological site in Acadia National Park on Mount Desert Island on the central coast of Maine.
4 miE
Church
Seal Harbor Congregational Church, Northeast Harbor
102 min walk • The former Seal Harbor Congregational Church is a historic church building on Peabody Drive in Seal Harbor, Maine. It was built in 1902, and is an elegant expression of the Shingle style in a seasonal church building.
2 miNE
Church, Shingle style architecture
Union Church of Northeast Harbor, Northeast Harbor
51 min walk • The Union Church of Northeast Harbor is a historic church at 21 Summit Road in Northeast Harbor, Maine. Designed by Peabody and Stearns and built in 1887, it is a notable local example of Shingle style architecture. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.