Winter Harbor is a
census-designated place (CDP) in the
town of
Winter Harbor
Winter Harbor is a town on the Schoodic Peninsula in Hancock County, Maine, United States. The population was 461 at the 2020 census. The town is located just outside the Schoodic Peninsula portion of Acadia National Park, and is due east of th ...
in
Hancock County,
Maine, United States. The CDP population was 426 at the
2010 census,
out of 516 people in the town as a whole.
Geography
The Winter Harbor CDP is the main village within the town of Winter Harbor on
Mount Desert Island. It is situated at the northern end of the harbor of the same name, an arm on the east side of
Frenchman Bay
Frenchman Bay is a bay in Hancock County, Maine, named for Samuel de Champlain, the French explorer who visited the area in 1604.
Frenchman Bay may have been the location of the Jesuit St. Sauveur mission, established in 1613.
In a 1960 book ...
.
Maine State Route 186 is the primary road through the community. The CDP extends east along Route 186 to Moore Road, the western entrance to the loop road around the
Schoodic Peninsula
The Schoodic Peninsula is a peninsula in Down East Maine. It is located four miles (6 km) east of Bar Harbor, Maine, as the crow flies. The Schoodic Peninsula contains , or approximately 5% of Acadia National Park. It includes the towns of ...
. To the north, the CDP includes the small community of Gerrishville. The CDP is bordered to the west by Frenchman Bay and extends south to include all of Grindstone Neck between Frenchman Bay and the Winter Harbor inlet.
Route 186 leads north to
U.S. Route 1 at
West Gouldsboro and east to
Prospect Harbor
Prospect Harbor is a bay in Gouldsboro, Maine. It is separated from Gouldsboro Bay to the northeast by Cranberry Point and from Winter Harbor to the west by the Schoodic Peninsula
The Schoodic Peninsula is a peninsula in Down East Maine. I ...
.
According to the
United States Census Bureau, the Winter Harbor CDP has an area of , all land.
Demographics
References
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Census-designated places in Maine
Census-designated places in Hancock County, Maine