A level coastal walking path that follows a rocky shoreline with sweeping ocean views, historic seaside homes, and frequent sightings of seabirds and marine life.
General Information
How to Get There
From Downtown Bar Harbor Hotels: Walk or drive toward the waterfront near Agamont Park and the town pier, following Main Street east until the shoreline path entrances appear along the harbor.
Bar Harbor Shore Path is a coastal path in Bar Harbor, Maine. Established in 1881, it runs along the shore of Frenchman Bay, from Ells Pier, beside Agamont Park, in the north to an east-west-running continuation of the path at the eastern end of Wayman Lane. To the west of the path, mostly in its southern section, are the properties of several of Bar Harbor's historic "cottages". Several exits along its route lead through to Bar Harbor's Main Street to the west (about 0.3 miles (0.48 km) away at its most distant point).
Balance Rock, deposited during an ice age, is located on the shore beside the path.
From the town pier, the path runs east initially, then south after it passes the lawn of the Bar Harbor Inn and Uncle Steve's Point. Grant Park is next, just north of the Balance Rock Inn. An exit, leading to Main Street's village green via Albert Meadow, is here. Continuing, past the Tudor Revival-style John Innes Kane Cottage (built in 1904), another (less obvious) exit to Main Street, via Hancock Street, appears. The southern end of the path is marked with a turn leading to Wayman Lane.
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