Exploration of Schoodic Peninsula  - Winter Harbor Maine Virtual Tour Guide and Information

Acadia is all around the downeast maine coast.  In addition to occupying 1/3 of Mount Desert Island it also occupies 2,366 acres on the Schoodic Peninsula located on the mainland in the village of Winter Harbor (Gouldsboro).  This area allows you to drive right along the coast line along the crashing surf.  There are many opportunities to pull over and relax.   It is not as heavily toured as the park across at Cadillac, which makes Schoodic attractive in that way.  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 is also a dock for fishing.  There are also many trails to hike at Schoodic.   Here, Schoodic is home to the annual lobster boat races, lobster festival and has the last sardine cannery in Maine. You can get there easily.  If you are headed 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 the small towns and fishing villages of Lamoine, Franklin and Sullivan, 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.      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   

Are you Ready to Stay and Play at Acadia?    

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.