Hotels in Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…