Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Living in Bar Harbor, ME: what to set up and who to call
Bar Harbor has its own drop-off, Bar Harbor Recycling Center. To register to vote, go to the Bar Harbor Town Clerk: Bar Harbor runs its own elections.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Bar Harbor, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.
Power, water and internet
Who to call to start service at a new address in Bar Harbor.
Power comes from Versant Power
Versant Power (Versant Power), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Bar Harbor. Its homes paid an average of 30.1¢ per kWh in 2025, about $150 a month (its average across Maine, for customers on its standard service). Maine lets you buy power from another supplier; 5% of Versant Power’s home customers do, and Versant Power still delivers it.
Start or move service: versantpower.com · (207) 945-5621
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Town of Bar Harbor- Water Division
Town of Bar Harbor- Water Division supplies Bar Harbor: about 49% of residents live in its service area. About 51% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws surface water and serves 4,443 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 80% of the 5,012 systems serving 3,301–10,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2021–Dec 2023, was 3.4 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 85% of similar systems’ latest results.
The system’s full record: EPA ECHO report
EPA SDWIS via Envirofacts (violations pulled Oct 9, 2026) and ECHO (lead samples, 2026Q3); service area: EPA Community Water System Service Area Boundaries v3.0 (EPA’s estimate). Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. ME0090120.
6 home internet providers serve Bar Harbor
96% of 2,958 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 89% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 91% | 1,000/50 |
| Fidium Fiber | Fiber | 88% | 2,000/2,000 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 40% | 300/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 34% | 100/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 32% | 100/20 |
| Wireless Partners | Fixed wireless | 20% | 25/3 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash and recycling in Bar Harbor
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Bar Harbor, from the town’s own site.
Bar Harbor Solid Waste Facility (Transfer Station and Recycling Center)
8 and 9 White Spruce Road, Bar Harbor, ME 04609
We couldn’t find its opening hours.
Accepted at the curb
- Clean corrugated cardboard
- Newspapers / inserts, catalogs, and magazines
- Office paper, junk mail, envelopes, paper bags, books and phone books
- EMPTY milk and juice cartons, drink boxes
From barharbormaine.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Bar Harbor is in two districts that split the grades: Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Community School District.
A+School gradeSee Schools →U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.
Town hall and registering to vote
Who to call, and how to register.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Oct 2026; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Bar Harbor is in ZIP code 04609
ZIP codes where Bar Harbor residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Bar Harbor | ZIP’s residents in Bar Harbor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04609 | Bar Harbor, ME | 100% | 100% |
Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.
Getting around, the ER and the library
One line each; the subject pages have the rest.
ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in Bar Harbor
Who supplies Bar Harbor’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Town of Bar Harbor- Water Division (EPA ID ME0090120). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 80% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 3.4 ppb (Jan 2021–Dec 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Bar Harbor?
Versant Power (Versant Power), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 30.1¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Bar Harbor?
Spectrum, Fidium Fiber, Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, Wireless Partners (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Bar Harbor?
04609. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Bar Harbor in?
Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Community School District.
How do I register to vote in Bar Harbor?
In Maine you can register online until 21 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (received 21 days before). Elections here are run by the Bar Harbor Town Clerk. Check your registration at maine.gov.
Sources & dates
Every answer above names its source. Here they are with their dates.
- Water: EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts, pulled Oct 9, 2026), ECHO SDWA 2026Q3, EPA CWS Service Area Boundaries v3.0.
- Power: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map Aug 2023); EIA-861 final 2025.
- Trash: Bar Harbor’s own website (barharbormaine.gov), read Oct 21, 2026, pickup and drop-off facts extracted and checked against the page they came from.
- ZIP codes: Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files; GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0).
- Schools: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25.
- Registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026 (read Oct 10, 2026). Official sites and area codes: Wikidata.
- Election office: FVAP local election office directory (fetched Oct 10, 2026; each record dated), EAC EAVS 2024 jurisdictions; registration and lookup links from vote.gov’s state data, checked Oct 10, 2026.
- Internet: FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.