Acadia National Park: Bar Island (of The Porcupines), Acadia National Park, Hancock County, ME

The Porcupines, Frenchman Bay, Gouldsboro, Hancock County, ME

A group of six islands that lie in Frenchman Bay near Bar Harbor, but are actually located in the Town of Gouldsboro. Sheep Porcupine Island, Burnt Porcupine Island, Rum Key, Long Porcupine Island, Bald Porcupine Island, and Bar Island com…

Bar Island Trail, Acadia National Park, Hancock County, ME

Bar Island Trail (ANP trail database #1) is an easy and heavily used coastal and woodland trail that is accessible by land only a few hours during low tide. The trailhead is reached by crossing the natural bar that extends from Bar Harbor’…