Hotels in Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park
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In addition to the choices listed here, a good budget choice is the Otter Creek Inn (tel. 800/845-5852 or 207/288-5151), attached to a food market in a village center (near Day Mountain) purveying lobsters, firewood, pie, and other essentials. An assortment of motel rooms, simple cabins, and apartments cost $145 to $225 for a double in summer, $85 to $125 in spring and fall. Pets are allowed; it's closed from November through the end of April.
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Acadia Yurts
You’re not going to find a quieter stretch of what MDIers call “the quiet side.” And you won’t find more idiosyncratic accommodations than the six giant round tents on this 5-acre stretch of woods. They’re fitted with queen beds, full kitchens, showers, air conditioning—all the…$$Southwest Harbor
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Asticou Inn
The once-grand Asticou Inn, which dates from 1883, occupies a prime location at the head of Northeast Harbor. It was once one of those “must-see” hotels on the island, but then slid slowly into a state of neglect. It’s seen a series of management changes over the last decade-plus,…$$$Northeast Harbor - B&B
Kingsleigh Inn
In a 1904 Queen Anne–style home on Southwest Harbor’s bustling Main Street, the Kingsleigh has long been a reliable place to bunk down in the area. Its living room features a wood-burning fireplace and fine art, while sitting and breakfast rooms offer further refuge. All units are…$$Southwest Harbor - Hotel
Seawall Motel
At this family-run motel, the rooms are simple, spare, and fairly dated, but the location, just across the street from the water at the Seawall entrance to Acadia, is hard to beat. This is the closest you’ll come to feeling like you’ve gotten away from it all, short of sleeping in a…$Southwest Harbor - Hotel
The Claremont
Early prints of the venerable Claremont show an austere, four-story wooden building overlooking Somes Sound from a grassy rise. The tableau is the same, but as of a 2021 top-down renovation (undertaken by the hotelier behind the the Kennebunks’ Kennebunkport Resort Collection), the…$$$Southwest Harbor
