

The 187-acre mountain lake, Jordan Pond, is home to a tea house, loop nature trail and restaurant. The 1,530-foot mountain provides a trail marked with informative plaques that guide you toward its peak which boasts expansive views and is one of the first places in the US to see the sunrise creep over the horizon. Exquisite sunrises at Cadillac Mountain.The park also offers camping, hiking and more. Acadia National Park spans 47,000 acres covering woodland, granite peaks, and rocky shores. Your ultimate guide for Bar Harbor travel: The following taxi operators serve Hancock County Bar Harbor Airport: For your convenience, it's recommended that travelers make reservations for taxi services prior to your arrival. Passengers interested in pre-arranging ground transportation should call Enterprise directly at 20 or 1-800-rent-a-car.Īccess to taxi services is also available in Bar Harbor. Passengers interested in pre-arranging ground transportation should call Hertz directly at 20 or 1-80.Įnterprise Rent-a-Car also offers ground transportation, providing seasonal car rentals from May 1st through October 31st from its counter inside the airport's terminal building.

Hertz Rent A Car provides year round car rental services from its counter in the airport’s terminal building. To ensure a seamless arrival, passengers traveling to Bar Harbor are encouraged to pre-arrange ground transportation needed to and from the airport. On the flipside, thanks to our airline partnerships, residents of Bar Harbor can fly direct to Boston and enjoy seamless connectivity with 500+ daily domestic and international flights getting you to your most sought-after destinations. Cape Air offers fast, efficient air service to Bar Harbor from our Northeast hub at Boston’s Logan International Airport. Hancock County-Bar Harbor Airport sits eight nautical miles northwest of the business district of Bar Harbor. Nearby Cadillac Mountain offer trails and breathtaking views of the town, the bay, and the Cranberry Islands. Sitting along Maine’s Frenchman Bay, Bar Harbor serves as a gateway to the mountains and cliffs of neighboring Acadia National Park. Contact him at and follow him on Twitter The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the author.Easy, direct flights to Bar Harbor from Boston, with Cape Air. He can be heard weekdays from noon to 3 p.m. Raising taxes now is the least sensible thing that Baker could do and would surely be repealed again by the electorate.īarry Richard is the host of The Barry Richard Show on 1420 WBSM New Bedford. Massachusetts residents have spoken loudly and clearly against raising the gas tax on several occasions. The ultimate goal is net-zero emissions by 2050.īaker believes the "cap and trade" system would raise millions, if not billions, in new revenue for Massachusetts for improving transportation and funding infrastructure projects, but here's the rub: it would require an increase in the state's gas tax of between 17 cents and as much as 50 cents per gallon to raise that kind of money. remain in the pact, the goal of which is to reduce carbon emissions by 20-25 percent over 10 years. It seems as though this would be the perfect time for Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker to drop plans to participate in the Transportation and Climate Initiative (TCI), as all of the other East Coast governors have already done. Many New Bedford residents are finding it difficult to find affordable housing and many property owners are forced to pass on increasing tax assessments to their tenants.

Adding to the misery, rising food prices, home heating fuel prices, and a worsening supply chain crisis could make this a long and difficult winter for many.
