Our Suggestions for Activities in the Acadia Area

Please Call the Businesses directly as part of planning your trip.

For BEST results, make reservations before you come.

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• Acadia National Park Pass - Buy Online and Print Before You Travel, only paper copies accepted at gate(s)

• Reservations for Cadillac Mountain Access - MUST reserve ahead. 1st Sunrise of the US. About $6 per vehicle.                   (Guests buy this these up months ahead of time. sales of a held 20% open 2 days ahead at 10 am, its imperative you buy early, Screen shot or email suffices for check in at gate (s)   Acadia holds the 1st Sunrise of the US, (Mind you in June it's at like 4:57 am, with the effects of daybreak being at like 4 am. We are a 20 min drive to the top of Cadillac where that view is best enjoyed. If that is sold out, here are a few other options -      

• Cadillac Mountain Summit Shuttle - a new shuttle service for those who can't get parking reservations    

• 7 Places to See the Sunrise in Acadia

• Park Mobile App- for Parking in town Bar Harbor, Upload before you come into the area.

• A Dining Guide  Restaurant Favorites -

• The Chart Room - Lovely Early Bird Specials noon-6 pm at Park Entrance Hulls Cove

• The Jordan Pond House (the only Restaurant in Acadia National Park)

• The Fish House Grill  - on the Pier in town Bar Harbor

• The Lighthouse Restaurant - Seal Harbor, lower end of Island, best Seafood Stew

• The Colonels - BEST donuts ever! Northeast Harbor

• Governor's Ellsworth Friday Haddock Fry

• Testa's - in Town Bar Harbor - SO GOOD great Fish Taco's !

• Mainely Meat - (only 2 miles away)

• Sweet Pea Farm Cafe (1/4 mile)

• Bar Harbor Lobster Pound (1:1 mile)

• Ruth & Whimeys (12 miles)

• The Pickled Wrinkle (25 Miles  away great when visiting the Schoodic Point area of Acadia National Parkk

• The LookingGlass Restaurant - great breakfast

• The Bar Harbor Lobster Pound - 1 mile away YUMMMY

• Bicycle Rentals in Acadia - a Google listing of bicycle rentals in Acadia

• Acadia Magic - A wealth of area Info, by Greg Hartford, local photographer

• The Gardens - Thuya Garden,  Azelea Asticou Garden & Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Gardens are all local to enjoy

• Bio-luminescent Plankton Kayaking Castine (1:10 hr drive)
• Rainy Day Option. - Eden Village has purchased a pass for our guests to use the local Bar Harbor YMCA for exercise, swimming and discounts as though you're members for camps or other programs. Just tell the Y you're our guest and what unit number you're in. Fliers are in our rooms, you can screenshot etc.

• Area Coupons - MUST order ahead of arrival, no instant codes - Ruth & Whimpey's, Bar Harbor Whale Watch, Ollie's Trolley, Nature Cruise, to name a few specials available

• Bar Harbor Whale Watch - Whale Watches, Puffin, Lighthouse, Lobstering, etc. Boat Tours

• Carriages of Acadia- Horse Drawn Carriage w/ buckboard that holds 12, behind 2 horses, takes guests on Carriage Roads to sections of Acadia not seen except by biking/walking/ or horseback riding. (There are 52 miles of Carriage Roads in Acadia Park)

• AllTrails -  has an app, that has maps of Acadia's Trails Galore. Upload while on WiFi, then you'll have a map even where there's no service

• Hadley Point Beach - is a nice rocky beach 1 mile away. Fires are allowed, You may ask for a firewood bundle ($6) and have a nighttime fire at the beach. Awesome sunsets beach too. There are no Fire pits at Eden Village.

• Island Explorer Bus (FREE in season 3rd week of June through Columbus Day)- Runs hourly, See Limited schedule

• Taxi Service

• Bold Coast Puffin Tours - fills up near Jan - March each year.

• For Persons with pets in tote:

  • Bark Harbor - to search pet friendly accommodations and rules for pets in the area

  • DownEast Boarding Kennel - for your pet boarding needs