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Bar Harbor Transportation

If you're driving, follow US 1 to Ellsworth, then ME Route 3 south to Bar Harbor.

 

There are small-plane flights from Boston-Logan International Airport to Hancock County Airport, 10 miles from Bar Harbor

National airline flights land at Bangor ME, just over an hour by rental car from Bar Harbor.

Bar Harbor has limited intercity bus service. There is no intercity train service nearby, (although you can take Amtrak's Downeaster between Boston MA and Portland ME).

A fast catamaran car ferry service connects Bar Harbor and Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, from June through early October. More...

Distances:

Bangor ME: 46 miles (74 km) NW, 1.25 hours

Boston MA: 285 miles (459 km) SW, 6 hours

Ellsworth ME: 20 miles (32 km) NW, 40 minutes

Kittery ME: 211 miles (340 km) SW, 5 hours

Montréal QC: 425 miles (684 km) W, 8 hours

New York City: 500 miles (805 km) SW, 9 hours

Portland ME: 161 miles (260 km) SW, 4 hours

Québec City QC: 275 miles (443 km) N, 6 hours


 

 

Car Ferry to Nova Scotia

Tourist Information

Mount Desert Island

Acadia National Park

What to See & Do in Bar Harbor

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Dawn at Cadillac Mountain, Mount Desert Island ME

Dawn at Cadillac Mountain, Mount Desert Island ME.