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The Island Explorer is a seasonal bus system which provides fare-free transportation on and near Mount Desert Island in Maine, United States.It is operated by Downeast Transportation and is largely intended to serve visitors to Acadia National Park as a means to reduce area traffic within the park and in area communities, including the Schoodic Peninsula.
It runs for 5.84 miles (9.40 km) across the island to Bar Harbor, where it terminates at SR 3. SR 233 services Acadia National Park and provides a direct connection between Mount Desert and Bar Harbor, bypassing a 15.4-mile (24.8 km) section of SR 3 which loops the perimeter of the eastern lobe of the island. It is locally named Eagle Lake Road.
The same year, construction began in Trenton on the Acadia Gateway Center, a hub for bus transportation to and from Mount Desert Island. Visitors can park their personal vehicles (and, if necessary, charge them) and take public transportation onto the island. It will reduce overcrowding on the island's roads during peak seasons. [39]
U.S. Route 1 (US 1) in the U.S. state of Maine is a major north–south section of the United States Numbered Highway System, serving the eastern part of the state.It parallels the Atlantic Ocean from New Hampshire north through Portland, Brunswick, and Belfast to Calais, and then the St. Croix River and the rest of the Canada–United States border via Houlton to Fort Kent.
SR 230 north (Oak Point Road) – Trenton: Southern terminus of SR 230: Bar Harbor: 93.37– 93.51: 150.26– 150.49: SR 102 / SR 198 south (Main Street) – Northeast Harbor, Southwest Harbor: Northern terminus of SR 102 / SR 198: 103.44: 166.47: SR 233 west (Eagle Lake Road) – Cadillac Mountain, Southwest Harbor: Eastern terminus of SR 233 ...
The route begins in Bar Harbor, Maine, on Mount Desert Island, and proceeds through Acadia National Park. After crossing the Penobscot River, there is a side trip to well-preserved, nineteenth century Fort Knox. The route occasionally follows back roads situated near the Maine coast, but only a small portion of the route is along the Atlantic ...
Park Loop Road is a scenic road through part of Acadia National Park in Maine, United States. 27 miles (43 km) long, [1] it traverses the eastern side of Mount Desert Island in a (mostly) one-way, clockwise direction, from Bar Harbor to Seal Harbor. The road is two-way for a section between Wildwood Stables, toward the middle of Mount Desert ...
Acadia National Park is a national park of the United States located along the mid-section of the Maine coast, southwest of Bar Harbor. The park includes about half of Mount Desert Island , part of the Isle au Haut , the tip of the Schoodic Peninsula , and portions of sixteen smaller outlying islands.