Things to Do in Bar Harbor, ME

  • Our list of the best things to do in Bar Harbor, Maine, features the top 85 nearby activities — including 64 great attractions with user approval ratings of 90% or more!
  • Bar Harbor, ME has a variety of great sights and experiences nearby. Top categories include: Outdoor Places, Museums & Galleries, Water Activities, and Sights & Landmarks.
  • The results below include the top 35 things to do within the city of Bar Harbor, ME , followed by 50 popular activities in nearby cities, including Ellsworth, Southwest Harbor, Mount Desert, Trenton, Blue Hill, Deer Isle, Bass Harbor, Northeast Harbor, Cherryfield and Stonington
  • Our list of the best things to do in Bar Harbor, Maine, features the top 85 nearby activities — including 64 great attractions with user approval ratings of 90% or more!
  • Bar Harbor, ME has a variety of great sights and experiences nearby. Top categories include: Outdoor Places, Museums & Galleries, Water Activities, and Sights & Landmarks.
  • The results below include the top 35 things to do within the city of Bar Harbor, ME , followed by 50 popular activities in nearby cities, including Ellsworth, Southwest Harbor, Mount Desert, Trenton, Blue Hill, Deer Isle, Bass Harbor, Northeast Harbor, Cherryfield and Stonington
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Experienced guides lead climbers through novice, intermediate, or advanced rock routes in Acadia National Park
0.2 Miles
100% 78 votes
Bird Watching 39 Cottage Street, Bar Harbor, ME 04609 MoreLess Info
Down East Birdwatching & Nature Tours offers personalized birdwatching and nature tours for individuals, couples, families and small groups. Their goal is to help patrons discover flora and fauna with a special emphasis on native and migratory birds.
0.4 Miles
99% 77 votes
Paddleboarding 228 Main Street, Bar Harbor, ME 04609 MoreLess Info
Conducted in the waters both in and around the Acadia National Park, the company Acadia Stand Up Paddleboarding offers many services and tours in the region. Visitors can have paddleboarding instruction, access rentals, and take yoga classes as well.
3.1 Miles
95% 85 votes
Boat Tours Route 3, Bar Harbor, ME MoreLess Info
Offering tours through the beautiful Acadia National Park and Mount Desert Island, Sea Venture Boat Tours is a privately owned touring company. Guests board the Reflection for a highly customized, and relaxing, private tour.
0.4 Miles
93% 100 votes
Whale Watching Tours West Street, Bar Harbor, ME MoreLess Info
Bar Harbor Whalewatch Co. Lighthouse Tour has been a regional favorite for over 25 years. Guests can enjoy boating, spot a whale, or even enjoy a nature cruise to see puffins and other wild animals.
3.1 Miles
85% 766 votes
Visitor Centers Route 3, Bar Harbor, ME MoreLess Info
Visitors to the Hull Visitors Center can learn more about the Arcadia National Park and Bar Harbor. The center offers audiovisual programs, self-guided CD tours, schedules to other park and Bar Harbor activities, and ranger led programs.
0.3 Miles
80% 2129 votes
Whale Watching Tours 1 West Street, Bar Harbor, ME 04609 MoreLess Info
Bar Harbor Whale Watch Company offers whale and puffin watching tours, lighthouse tours, lobster fishing, and cruises to Baker Island. Visitors on these tours often see dolphins, eagles, porpoises, puffins, seals, and whales.
0.3 Miles
100% 37 votes
Boat Tours 56 West Street, Bar Harbor, ME 04609 MoreLess Info
Aboard an actual lobster boat, Lulu Lobster Boat Rides offers a variety of tours along Maine's coast. And with an experienced captain, each trip is both entertaining and educational. Some tour options include lobster fishing, sightseeing and seal watching.
0.3 Miles
88% 181 votes
Kayaking 110 West Street, Bar Harbor, ME 04609 MoreLess Info
Visitors can enjoy guided ecological kayaking tours on the coast of Maine with Acadia Park Kayak Tours. The outfitter offers 12 person group tours and smaller tours for 6 people or less.
9.6 Miles
91% 233 votes
Parks Main Street / Mount Desert Street, Bar Harbor, ME MoreLess Info
Bar Harbor's Village Green is a large park at the town's center. The starting point for many of the town's shuttles and tours, it is sometimes host to concerts, weddings, and special events, and is surrounded by restaurants and shopping.
6.5 Miles
90% 166 votes
Breweries 15 Knox Road, Bar Harbor, ME 04609 MoreLess Info
Visitors can enjoy 20 minute brewery tours followed by 15 minute tastings with Atlantic Brewing Company. The brewery also houses Mainly Meat BBQ which features 12 draft lines and 2 of the lines are sodas for those under 21.
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