Agamont Park (originally Bar Harbor Park) is an
urban park
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in
Bar Harbor
Bar Harbor is a resort town on Mount Desert Island in Hancock County, Maine, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population is 5,089. During the summer and fall seasons, it is a popular tourist destination and, until a catastrophic fire ...
,
Maine
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, United States. It is located at the northern end of the town's Main Street, at its intersection with West Street. The park, set upon a hill, affords 180-degree views to the northwest, north, northeast, east and southeast, including that of Mount Desert Narrows,
Frenchman Bay
Frenchman Bay is a bay in Hancock County, Maine, named for Samuel de Champlain, the French
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and its islands. As such, it is a popular viewing point for tourists.
Its entrance from Newport Drive, off Main Street, is marked by a water fountain, designed by Eric Sodderholtz. (Newport Drive is named for Newport House, a hotel which stood just south of the park between 1869 and 1938.)
In October 2013, ''
The O'Reilly Factor
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'' sent one of its correspondents to Bar Harbor after the town council voted to remove a
Wreaths Across America
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display that had been in the park since July 2011.
The park is a recommended viewpoint to watch the
Fourth of July
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fireworks
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each year.
The park has a free
Wi-Fi
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network.
Bar Harbor's
Shore Path begins beside the park at Ells Pier and runs south along the shore of Frenchman Bay for about .
Agamont House
The park stands on the former site of Agamont House (sometimes called Agamont Hotel), which was built in 1840 by
Tobias Roberts. It was expanded into a hotel — the town's first — in 1855. The building burned down in 1888.
["The Agamont Burned" - ''Bar Harbor Record'', July 26, 1888]
Gallery
File:Waterfront Park, Bar Harbor, Maine (64074).jpg, A circa-1940 view of the park's entrance at Newport Drive
File:Pier and Waterfront, Bar Harbor, Maine (77000).jpg, Another 1940s view
File:Agamont_Park_2.jpeg, Looking northwest to Bar Island
Bar Island () is a tidal island across from Bar Harbor on Mount Desert Island, Maine, United States. The uninhabited island is mostly forested in pine and birch trees and the island is now part of Acadia National Park
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from the park
File:Agamont_Park_4.jpeg, Looking north out into Mount Desert Narrows
File:Agamont_Park.jpeg, Looking northeast from Main Street
File:Agamont_Park_BHI.jpeg, The Bar Harbor Inn from the park
File:Bar Harbor – Maine – Agamont Park - panoramio (1).jpg, Cannon
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s on the eastern side of the park
See also
*
Village Green, Bar Harbor
References
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External links
Public Parks- Town of Bar Harbor, Maine
Buildings and structures in Bar Harbor, Maine
Parks in Bar Harbor, Maine
Urban public parks