Bass Harbor Head Light, Acadia National Park

Name: Bass Harbor Head Light
Address: Route 102A, Acadia National Park, 04653, United States
Telephone: +1 207-244-9753

#2 among attractions in Acadia National Park

Top attraction, Lighthouse, Vernacular architecture

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Facts and practical information

Bass Harbor Head Light is a lighthouse located within Acadia National Park in the southwest portion of Mount Desert Island, Maine, marking the entrance to Bass Harbor and Blue Hill Bay. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 44°13'18"N, 68°20'11"W

Address

Route 102AAcadia National Park 04653 United States

Contact

+1 207-244-9753

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Acadia National Park

Day trips

Bass Harbor Head Light – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Thuya Garden, Bear Island Light, Islesford Historical Museum, St. Mary's-By-The-Sea.

6.2 miNE
Garden, Park
Thuya Garden, Northeast Harbor
158 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.
5.4 miNE
Lighthouse, Vernacular architecture
Bear Island Light, Bear Island
138 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.
5.6 miNE
Museum, History museum
Islesford Historical Museum, Little Cranberry Island
144 min walk • The Islesford Historical Museum and Blue Duck Ships' Store are related historical exhibits on Little Cranberry Island in Maine, USA, within the boundaries of Acadia National Park.
5.3 miNE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
St. Mary's-By-The-Sea, Northeast Harbor
135 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.
4.1 miN
Library
Southwest Harbor Public Library, Southwest Harbor
104 min walk • The Southwest Harbor Public Library is the public library serving Southwest Harbor, Maine. The Southwest Harbor Public Library was built in 1895.
1.7 miNW
Library
Bass Harbor Memorial Library, Bass Harbor
44 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.
5.6 miNE
44°17'42"N • 68°17'9"W
Mt. Desert Chamber of Commerce, Northeast Harbor
144 min walk • Museum
5.3 miN
Archaeological site
Fernald Cove, Northeast Harbor
134 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.
6.7 miNE
Church, Shingle style architecture
Saint Jude's Episcopal Church, Northeast Harbor
170 min walk • Saint Jude's Episcopal Church is a historic church at 277 Peabody Drive in Seal Harbor, Maine. Built in 1887–89, this Shingle-style church is the least-altered surviving example of ecclesiastical architecture in Maine designed by the noted exponent of the style, William Ralph Emerson.
6.6 miNE
Church
Seal Harbor Congregational Church, Northeast Harbor
169 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.
5.5 miNE
Church, Shingle style architecture
Union Church of Northeast Harbor, Northeast Harbor
140 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.