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Mount Desert Town Hall. Mount Desert is a town on Mount Desert Island in Hancock County, Maine, United States.The population was 2,146 at the 2020 census. [2] Incorporated in 1789, the town currently encompasses the villages of Otter Creek, Seal Harbor, Northeast Harbor, Somesville, Hall Quarry, and Pretty Marsh.
Mount Desert Island (MDI; [4] French: Île des Monts Déserts) in Hancock County, Maine, is the largest island off the coast of Maine.With an area of 108 square miles (280 km 2) [5] it is the 52nd-largest island in the United States, the sixth-largest island in the contiguous United States, and the second-largest island on the Eastern Seaboard, behind Long Island and ahead of Martha's Vineyard.
The county is home to Acadia National Park, the only national park in New England, which is centered on Mount Desert Island, Maine's largest island and surrounded by several large bays. The county also lies on the eastern side of both Penobscot Bay and the mouth of the Penobscot River , which can be crossed via the Penobscot Narrows Bridge .
State of Maine [7] Knox: R: Private, uninhabited [3] 59-321: Bar: Crow: Cranberry Isles: Hancock: R: Acadia National Park, closed to protect nesting eagles February 15 to August 31, [9] white pines and hardwoods, depicted in 1850 painting Bar Island and Mt. Desert Mountains from Somes Settlement by Fitz Henry Lane: 67 acres (27 ha) 79-758: Bar ...
Somesville is the oldest village of the town of Mount Desert on Mount Desert Island in southeastern Maine, United States. It is located on the north end of Somes Sound. [2] The village was established by Abraham Somes who was the first European settler on the island. [3] It attracted many people because of its mills and quarries. [4]
The Fernald Point Prehistoric Site is an archaeological site in Acadia National Park on Mount Desert Island on the central coast of Maine.The principal feature of the site is a shell midden, whose excavation has yielded both historic artifacts and evidence of human occupation to at least 1000 BCE.
The largest town on the bay is Bar Harbor, on Mount Desert Island. The bay extends for roughly 15 miles (24 km) and spans 7 miles (11 km) at its widest. Frenchman Bay with Bar Island on the left and the Porcupine Islands (left-to-right: Sheep, Burnt, Long and Bald) around the town of Bar Harbor from the summit of Cadillac Mountain in Acadia ...
Blackwoods Campground is located on the east side of Mount Desert Island, off Maine State Route 3 in Acadia National Park.Construction on the site was begun by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in 1935, and reaching its present appearance (with modest alterations since) around 1961, with the completion of Loop B.