Downeast Maine - Bar Harbor Maine - Acadia National Park Vacation Guide

Plan your 2011 Vacation in Downeast Maine, Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park regions here.  This exclusive online virtual visitors guide takes you where you want to be.

This is Downeast Maine, Bar Harbor Maine and the Acadia National Park Maine Regions Guide where you'll see virtual tours inside lodging accommodations and vacation rentals in this beautiful part of Maine, plus many other virtual tours of this area of Maine for your vacation planning.   Downeast Maine Online quickly takes you to the jewels of Coastal  Maine to Acadia National Parks in Downeast Maine... it's natural scenic beauty,  the lures of Downeast Maine and Acadia National Parks.  We show Virtual Tours offering the next best thing to being in Downeast Maine and Acadia. Find the information on beaches, find information of  things to see and do in Downeast Maine, find Downeast Maine Lodging, find Downeast Maine vacation rentals, restaurants shops, art galleries and activities  in virtual directories.  We are sure that you'll quickly discover it's the best visitor guide you've ever used-- we've been to every place and produced virtual tours for the ultimate virtual visitors guide - the next best thing to being in this part of Maine. We've even toured top lodging accommodations.  See our big list of Acadia National Park lodging  where you are sure to find a great rental,  cabin, cottage, bed and breakfast, hotel or motel for your vacation.

How to use this web site: Use the Interactive Acadia Map below or use the buttons to the left to be taken on virtual tours for the park areas, towns or villages.  Use the resource tabs at the top of each page to plan your vacation and find out where to stay and make your reservations, plus learn about so many other things using this exclusive online virtual guide -- a guide that you'll use over and over again and will share with friends and family.

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With these virtual tours you'll be right where you want to be, looking around. You'll see Bar Harbor, the downtown resort for your Acadia National Park Vacation,  which occupies a large portion of Bar Harbor and you'll be able to Find Bar Harbor Maine Lodging here which shares the shores of Acadia National Park. See the Village Green, it's cruise ship port, historic foot path,  Agamont Park, Thompson Island Park and beaches.  Take 360 degree tours around Acadia, one of the top 5 most visited parks in the United States.  You'll virtually climb Cadillac Mountain, see Sand Beach, Thunderhole, Otter Cliff, Jordan Pond and the Acadia Gardens.  See Acadia's Schoodic Peninsula, home of the annual Winter Harbor lobster boat races.  See celebrity getaway spots like Seal Harbor, Southwest Harbor Maine, Northeast Harbor and the yacht clubs.   Visit Bass Harbor next to Southwest Harbor and one of the oldest light houses, the Bass Harbor Head Light.  See the quaint town of Somesville and the only fjord on the east coast, Somes Sound.  Visit Manset and Tremont, all picturesque.  See Blue Hill Maine and the Blue Hill Peninsula's lovely village with shops, restaurants, commerce, boat launches, parks, golf course and the hikable Blue Hill Mountain.  Included in the Blue Hill region are Brooklin, the boat building capital and the home of E.B. White, author of Charlotte's Webb. See Brooksville and the Holbrook Sanctuary, Sedgwick and it's popular attraction of Caterpillar Hill, then over the bridge to Deer Isle, an artists mecca and former home of Dan Fogelburg and famous author John Steinbach.  See Stonington, home of the only Opera House in Downeast Maine and where a beautiful working waterfront awaits you.  See the splendid beach in Surry, head toward Down East & Acadia's Schoodic Peninsula to Lamoine and it's wonderful State Park, see Hancock where Stephen King filmed Pet Cemetery, visit Sorrento, home of one of the largest lobster pound in Downeast Maine.   Enjoy the village of Gouldsboro and Prospect Harbor, see Prospect Harbor Light, shop around and enjoy the working waterfront.  A sandy beach nestled in a cove awaits you in Corea by the Sea.  Visit the coastal village of Steuben, with it's historical Village Green, see Petit Manan, the national wildlife refuge named after Champlain and the home of Mary Ellen Chase, New York Times best selling author.  Visit beautiful Rogers Point Beach, the only 3 sided beach in Downeast Maine at low tide.  See the lovely little village of Milbridge, as featured on Extreme Home Makeover Edition.   Visit the shops, historical museum and an antique movie theatre.  Check out the village of Cherryfield, the blueberry capital of the world where in 2007, provided 76.9 million pounds of delicious blueberries.  Further Downeast you'll find Addison and Harrington and discover the rugged shores of Cape Split.  Be charmed by Beals Island and the Great Wass Island, Jonesport and the Town of Machias, home of the annual Blueberry Festival.  The State Park of Roque Bluffs provides one of the largest sandy beaches in all of Downeast Maine.

Once you discover Downeast Maine's many beautiful beaches, harbors and scenic areas, you'll want to plan your vacation in Downeast Maine.  There are many lodging options including hotels, motels, bed and breakfast inns, private cottage and cabin rentals, timeshares and campgrounds.   You'll also find that there are many activities and events in Downeast Maine like kayaking, canoeing, fishing, swimming, cycling, picnicing, sightseeing, hiking, shopping, sailing, dining, visiting museums, taking day charters, nature walks, going to festivals, taking photos and our favorite, beach hopping.  If you enjoy seafood, Downeast Maine offers the best lobster in the world which you'll find offered in many restaurants throughout Downeast.  For more ideas visit our big list of things to do in Maine.

When you discover Downeast Maine, don't be surprised if you find yourself looking at coastal maine waterfront and coastal villages real estate.  There are waterfront properties available, but they will not last.  You can have your Maine cottage at the shore. Check out the downeast maine real estate  close to the attractions of Downeast Maine and Acadia National Park. There are many cottages and waterfront homes in these lovely towns and villages, each one with it's own character and charm.  There's just something about Downeast Maine that makes it extra special and perhaps the greatest escape on the East Coast.

Did you know?  In 2007, Maine artists' ornaments were hanging on the White House Tree? Two Maine artists were asked to paint an ornament that was hung on the Christmas tree in the Blue Room at the White House.  One of the ornaments was a painting on a ball to represent Acadia National Park.  The tree was the centerpiece of elaborate decorations celebrating the theme of holidays in the National Parks.  The ornaments on the Christmas tree represented the country's 391 National Park Service sites. 

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