Bass Harbor (also McKinley) is a village in Hancock County, Maine, United States. It is within the town of Tremont on Mount Desert Island, and near Acadia National Park. With its well-protected natural harbor, it ranks as one of the most lucrative

lobster Lobsters are a family (biology), family (Nephropidae, Synonym (taxonomy), synonym Homaridae) of marine crustaceans. They have long bodies with muscular tails and live in crevices or burrows on the sea floor. Three of their five pairs of legs ...

-producing ports in the state.

Bass Harbor Head Lighthouse Bass Harbor Head Light is a lighthouse located within Acadia National Park in the southwest portion of Mount Desert Island, Maine, marking the entrance to Bass Harbor and Blue Hill Bay. History The history of Bass Harbor Head Light dates to 1855 ...

lies at the mouth of the harbor. The village is also the departure point for

Maine State Ferry Service The Maine Department of Transportation, also known as MaineDOT (occasionally referred to as MDOT), is the office of state government charged with the regulation and maintenance of roads, rail, ferries, and other public transport infrastructure in ...

transport to

Swans Island Swan's Island is an island town in Hancock County, Maine. It is named after Colonel James Swan of Fife, Scotland, who purchased the island and some surrounding areas and organized their colonization in the eighteenth century. The population wa ...

and

Frenchboro Frenchboro is a town in Hancock County, Maine, United States, and a village within this town located on Long Island, southeast of Swans Island. The population was 29 at the 2020 census. The town is accessible by state ferry service from Bass ...

. Bass Harbor was once known as McKinley. In the early 1900s, when a post office was built in the village, federal officials asked what the post office should be named. Someone remarked, "Name it after the president for all we care." The post office was named McKinley, and the village was known as McKinley until 1961 when residents petitioned to change the name back to Bass Harbor. It is located at (44.2400807, -68.3439060). The ZIP Code for Bass Harbor is 04653.

History

Bass Harbor is most famous for its

. The lighthouse was built because of an annual report by the Lighthouse Board, declaring that ships required light to assist them in entering the harbor.

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Maine State Ferry Service to Swan's Island

Maine State Ferry Service to Frenchboro

Mount Desert Island Villages in Hancock County, Maine {{Maine-geo-stub