4 miles from downtown Bar Harbor, 2 miles from Acadia National Park entrance. The property is in a very desirable, rural/wooded neighborhood on quiet Sand Point Road, across street from Frenchman Bay with peek ocean views. Authentic 1865 New England Farmhouse-style home with newly restored traditional interior and modern conveniences, on 2 acres of lovely grounds with lawn, rosa rugosa bushes, mature apple, spruce, pine trees and gardens surrounding the building and in stone wall beds; and a covered stone well. The back three-quarter acre is a woodlot of tall, spaced pine and spruce clear at ground level for easy walking on covering bed of pine needles. Seasonal stream bordering the property that for almost all of the year runs in cascades over miniature stone falls and pools as it flows to the ocean close by. Nearby access to the shore stone beach. Walk to Salisbury Cove, mini-golf, restaurants, convenience store and ice cream shop. Near hiking, biking, shopping, fishing and swimming.
Total Rate and Booking Procedure: •*Maine's 9% lodging tax added to rate (all other fees included in rate)
•Booking Procedure:
specified deposit due to confirm reservations for weekly stays, remainder due one month prior to arrival date, total is required as deposit for stays of less than a week (security deposit due 2 weeks prior to arrival)
Additional Discount also offered to repeat renters!
FeesTax Rate: 9.0%
Check-In / Check-Out:
Check – In is anytime after 4 pm. Arrive at the house per directions given above and unload and make yourselves comfortable. The house will be unlocked. Call upon arriving and a rental representative will come by shortly to answer any questions you may have. Please call at any time during your stay if you need anything or have any problems.
The telephone land line at 208 Sand Point Road is ( 2 0 7 ) 2 8 8 – 8950.
Any instructions necessary for Internet, WIFI, cable TV, DVD player, phone, appliances, heat, etc. will be on sheets in the house and in the info packet you received. However, don’t hesitate to call 266 – 4565 if you have a problem or can’t figure out something.
Check – Out is by 11 am the following Saturday. PLEASE LEAVE THE KEY INSIDE AND THE HOUSE UNLOCKED UPON DEPARTURE. Please notify us if you feel you have damaged anything. (No worries about a broken glass or plate or two.) After we visit the house to clean, damage deposit will no longer be held, unless, of course, there is any real damage.
Driving Directions :
From I 95 Approaching Bangor:
Approaching Bangor take exit 182A to merge onto I 395 East toward Bangor. Take exit 6A to merge onto US 1A East / Wilson St. toward Ellsworth/Bar Harbor/US 1/Coastal Route. Continue onto High St. in Ellsworth. Continue onto Bar Harbor Rd. ME 3 East toward Bar Harbor.
From Bangor International Airport:
Head southeast on Godfrey Blvd. Take first right to stay on Godfrey Blvd. Turn right at Union St. Continue over bridge to Brewer and onto US 1A East / Wilson St. toward Ellsworth/Bar Harbor/US 1/Coastal Route. Continue onto High St. in Ellsworth. Continue onto Bar Harbor Rd. ME 3 East toward Bar Harbor.
From Coastal Route US-1:
At the Route 1 / rte 3 intersection in Ellsworth take Rte 3 east to Bar Harbor.
After crossing the bridge onto Mount Desert Island (approx 8 ½ miles), bear left at the Parkadia gas station split onto Rte 3 to Bar Harbor. Go approx 4 ½ miles and, at the top of the hill across from the Best Western, turn left onto Old Bar Harbor Rd. at the “Sand Point” sign and TAKE AN IMMEDIATE RIGHT ONTO SAND POINT ROAD. The house, white with green roof and shutters, is down 1/3 mile on the right. Look for the “208 Sand Point Rental” sign at the drive.