St. Mary's-By-The-Sea · Photo: Suekoehler · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Mount Desert, ME: what to set up and who to call
Elections in Mount Desert are run by Mount Desert itself; register with the Mount Desert Town Clerk. Two school districts split the grades in Mount Desert: Mount Desert and Mount Desert Community School District.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Mount Desert, 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 Mount Desert.
Power comes from Versant Power
Versant Power (Versant Power), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Mount Desert. 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 Mount Desert Water Dist North
Mount Desert Water Dist North supplies Mount Desert: about 19% of residents live in its service area. About 80% 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 1,623 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 7,966 systems serving 1,001–3,300 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, was 2.5 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 77% 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. ME0091140.
6 home internet providers serve Mount Desert
95% of 1,971 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 10% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 94% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Consolidated Communications | DSL | 42% | 10/1 |
| Fidium Fiber | Fiber | 6% | 2,000/2,000 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 16% | 100/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 12% | 100/20 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 6% | 300/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash and recycling in Mount Desert
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Mount Desert, from the town’s own site.
EMR Transfer Station
47 Long Pond Road, Southwest Harbor
We couldn’t find its opening hours.
Single-stream recycling
All your recyclables go in one bin, no sorting.
From mtdesert.org, the town’s official site, checked Oct 22, 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.
Mount Desert is in two districts that split the grades: Mount Desert 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.
Mount Desert spans 3 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Mount Desert residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Mount Desert | ZIP’s residents in Mount Desert |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04660 | Mount Desert, ME | 66% | 100% |
| 04662 | Northeast Harbor, ME | 21% | 100% |
| 04675 | Seal Harbor, ME | 13% | 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 Mount Desert
Who supplies Mount Desert’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Mount Desert Water Dist North (EPA ID ME0091140). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 78% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 2.5 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Mount Desert?
Versant Power (Versant Power), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 30.1¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Mount Desert?
Spectrum, Consolidated Communications, Fidium Fiber, T-Mobile, AT&T, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Mount Desert?
04660 (66%), 04662 (21%), 04675 (13%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Mount Desert in?
Mount Desert and Mount Desert Community School District.
How do I register to vote in Mount Desert?
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 Mount Desert 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: Mount Desert’s own website (mtdesert.org), read Oct 22, 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.