IT'S acadia national park's SCHOODIC PENINSULA

Welcome to Acadia National Park Maine - New England's most popular vacation destination. A visitor's complete virtual guide, unlike any other. Information and Virtual Tours that show you where you can be on vacation.

Attractions:

Mount Desert Island/BarHarbor | Seawall/Southwest | Schoodic Peninsula/Mainland

Exploration of Acadia National Park "SCHOODIC PENINSULA", just a stone's throw away across the water from Mount Desert Island.

Schoodic Peninsula is the only part of Acadia National Park located on the mainland. It is quiet and unpretentious. It is comprised of fishing villages, many still in tact with historical buildings and quaint cottages along the sea. You may feel as if you have stepped back in time as you drive through them, many with mom and pop convenience stores which are really neat to grab a bite to eat. At Schoodic, in Prospect Harbor, you'll find Stinsons Seafood, the only fishing cannery that exists in Maine, which was bought by Bumble Bee Tuna and is now being operated as a fishery. The ancestral lineages of family is strong in this part of the World they call paradise. It is a true freedom, seemingly a world away, but not. There is an easiness about being Downeast as it is free from the hustle and bustle, yet there are shops, restaurants, arts and social clubs in the villages. In Winter Harbor, you'll find mansions that indulge the waterfront that were built just across the waters from friends in Bar Harbor. You are not far from Ellsworth where all major amenities can be found and you are less than hour from Bangor. An 8 mile drive off of route 1 (The Downeast Highway) takes you to Acadia's Schoodic Peninsula. To get there, headed Downeast from Ellsworth on High Street where all the major shops and food chains are located bear left at the Y to go onto Route 1 and head toward Schoodic. Once you reach the Schoodic National Scenic Byway about 15 minutes through small towns and fishing villages, you'll see the signs for Gouldsboro and Winter Harbor. Take a right onto Route 186 and follow it to Winter Harbor to the Park entrance. The park is free of charge and provides a 7.2 mile drive along the Ocean's edge providing spectacular views of crashing surf, lobsters boats and shorebirds. There are also many trails to hike. From Bar Harbor, you can take the Acadia Free Shuttles on the Island Explorer Bus that serves the Acadia Schoodic Peninsula which stops in Winter Harbor, Prospect Harbor and Birch Harbor. It connects with the Bar Harbor-Winter Harbor Ferry from June - October. You can also hop on one of these shuttles on Mount Desert Island as well. For more information and details call 207-667-5796 or visit their web site: www.exploreacadia.com.

The Schoodic Point adventure: Take the park's loop road at the ocean's edge -- by car, or ride a bike through the park - launch a kayak -- have a picnic on the rocks or at frazer point where there are picnic tables and bbq grills-- watch the lobster boats - cruise through the fishing villages - walk the many beaches and beachcomb or just sit and take in the sea breeze and ocean air - sunbathe - shop - eat - and relax. It's what a vacation should be. Explore all the villages around Schoodic and downeast. Take a virtual spin around Acadia... start by clicking on any town on the interactive map below.

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Take virtual tours....360 degree and panoramic views like the tours on this site inside all of the lodging options that you have for Acadia National Park. Although the park itself does not offer lodging, there are plenty of bed and breakfasts, cottages, camps, cabins, hotels, motels in the villages near Acadia National Park. The virtual tours make it so easy to find where to stay.