Things To Do

Explore: Acadia National Park

Hiking in Deer Isle

Owned by The Nature Conservancy. A winding trail leads you through mossy forest to breathtaking beaches on either side of the bar leading to Barred Island. See the website map for all trails.

Deer Isle Lighthouse Trail

With Deer Isle being surrounded by islands, there are 8 lighthouses within 12 miles of its shores. 3 of these can be seen from shore on the Deer Isle Lighthouse Trail. See the website for maps and where to park.

Harriman Point Preserve

If staying in Brooklin, this is part of the Maine Coast Heritage Trust. The largest continuous stretch of publicly accessible coastline on the Blue Hill Peninsula.

44 North Coffee - Stonington Café

If staying on Deer Isle/ Stonington - The most excellent pour over coffee, and pastries from Milkweed & Monarch, and Tinder Hearth.

Bucklyn Coffee

If staying in Blue Hill - Local roaster with a small retail coffee shop in downtown Blue Hill.

Tinder Hearth Pizza

Wood-fired bakery using organic and local flours to bake sourdough pastry and bread.

LDI Lobster Dock & Dine

Seafood and sandwiches overlooking the Deer Isle Bridge.

Bagaduce Lunch

For a quick lobster roll on your way in or out! A roadside fish shack on the Bagaduce River. Named an American Classic by the James Beard Foundation.

Fin and Fern

Seafood, pasta, soups & salads, and sandwiches. The restaurant & bar sits on the working waterfront in Stonington.

Burnt Cove Boil

Steamed lobster and crab fresh from the sea to picnic tables overlooking the working waterfront at Fifield Point.