Local servicesHospitalMount Desert Island Hospital3.1 miPost officeHulls Cove Post Officeunder a mileTown hallBar Harbor Municipal Building2.6 miPoliceBar Harbor Police Department2.8 miFire stationBar Harbor Fire Department2.8 miSource: USGS National Structures Dataset
SchoolsWithin 2 miNo schools listedCollegeCollege of the Atlantic1.5 miSource: USGS National Structures Dataset
Getting aroundAirportHancock County-Bar Harbor Airport BHB6.0 miMajor airportPortland International Jetport PWM115 miInterstateI-39534 miUS highwayUS 17.7 miTransit1 stop within a mileDowneastSources: OurAirports; US Census Bureau TIGER roads; Bureau of Transportation Statistics NTAD
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Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 15 h 33 min4:48 am – 8:21 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 8 h 50 min7:05 am – 3:56 pm
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ClimateWarmest month July: highs 79°F, lows 60°FColdest month January: highs 33°F, lows 15°F56 in of rain a year, on about 88 dayswettest month November3 days above 90°F, 141 nights below freezing in a typical yearSource: NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals, Acadia Np station, 3 mi away
Nearby landmarksHulls Covebay · under a mileBar Harborbay · 3.1 miLamoine Beachbeach · 3.1 miHulls Cove Visitor Centervisitor center · under a mileEagle Lakelake · 3.5 miCollege of the Atlanticcollege · 1.5 miSource: USGS Geographic Names Information System
Parks and public landsAcadia National Parknational park · 3.0 mi · 37,791 acresLamoine Beachstate park · 3.1 miLamoine State Parkstate park · 3.5 mi · 61 acresPetit Manan National Wildlife Refugenational wildlife refuge · 8.0 mi · 7,363 acresIBP - Alley Islandstate conservation land · 6.6 mi · 116 acresSunrise Trailstate recreation area · 11.5 miSource: USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US)
Earthquakes7 of magnitude 3 or more within 50 miles since 19700 of magnitude 4+, 0 of magnitude 5+Largest: magnitude 3.7 on 3 Oct 20066 mi away, near Bar Harbor, MaineMost recent: magnitude 3.3 on 14 Jan 202324 mi awaySource: USGS Earthquake Catalog
Natural hazardsOverall risk Relatively LowHancock County, ME, compared with all US countiesHigher-risk hazardsWinter weather Relatively HighIce storm Relatively HighSource: FEMA National Risk Index (county level)
Air quality91% of days had good air in 2025332 of 365 days measured29 moderate, 4 unhealthy for sensitive groups daysMedian index 35, worst day 133main pollutant: ozoneSource: US EPA Air Quality Index, Hancock County monitors, ME
Drinking waterTown of Bar Harbor- Water Divisionserves 4,443 people from surface waterNo health-based violations since 2021Source: US EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System, largest system in the county
Elevation21 ft6 m above sea levelSource: USGS 3D Elevation Program
