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Attractions near Bar Harbor

Acadia National Park and more: what to see in Bar Harbor

Some 4.1M visitors a year come to Acadia National Park. The town itself has 3 places on our list; 6 others are within 40 miles. There are 4 museums, a national park and a mountain to choose from. For a full day, there is Farnsworth Art Museum, 47 mi away.

Attractions nearby
12
within 60 miles
The big one
in town
Acadia National Park
National park units
1
parks & monuments
Ski areas
1
Camden Snow Bowl
Big draws
1
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
National Park · in town

Acadia National Park

National park in the US state of Maine.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

The lie of the land

The map puts most of the 6 to the northwest.

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Orange: Bar Harbor. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors

Everything nearby

The complete list

After the 3 in town come 9 more within 60 miles.

The places inside Bar Harbor lead. The rest are ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places come first and the local favorites follow.

Parks and trails in Bar Harbor → · Bar Harbor’s history →

Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits

Acadia National Park: Plh1234us, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cadillac Mountain: The original uploader was NightThree at English Wikipedia., CC BY 2.0 · Abbe Museum: AbbeMuseum, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fort Knox: Unknown, Public domain · Bass Harbor Head Light: G. Edward Johnson, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Farnsworth Art Museum: Panoramio user MementoMori, CC BY 3.0 · Penobscot Marine Museum: John Smith, Public domain · Farnsworth Homestead: Unknown, Public domain · Fay Hyland Botanical Plantation: Jalnet2, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Islesford Historical Museum and Blue Duck Ships Store: Thomson M, CC BY 3.0

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