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Bear Island, ME |
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Purchase prints and gifts featuring photographs on this page Location: Located on Bear Island, about a half mile offshore from Northeast Harbor. Latitude: 44.2835 Longitude: -68.2699 For a larger map of Bear Island Lighthouse, click the lighthouse in the above map or get a map from: Mapquest. Travel Instructions: From Highway 1 at Ellsworth turn south on Highway 3, which leads to Acadia National Park. After just over nine miles you will cross a bridge onto Mount Desert Island. At this point, Highway 3 will go east to Bar Harbor, but continue straight on Highway 198 for 10.6 miles to its end at Northeast Harbor. The Bear Island Lighthouse can be seen offshore from various places in Northeast Harbor, however, a boat trip is needed for a good look at the lighthouse. Bar Harbor Whale Watch offers a Lighthouse and Park Tour that passes by the lighthouse. For an aerial view, you can take a flight with Maine Coastal Flight Center out of the Bar Harbor airport. The lighthouse is owned by the National Park Service but leased to a university professor. Grounds/dwelling/tower closed. Find the closest hotels to Bear Island Lighthouse See our List of Lighthouses in Maine |
