Southwest Harbor

Southwest Harbor is a bay in Hancock County, Down East, Maine. Southwest Harbor is situated nearby to the quarter Manset, as well as near the neighborhood Seawall.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Southwest Harbor Public Library and Claremont Hotel.

Southwest Harbor Public Library

Library

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The Southwest Harbor Public Library is the public library serving Southwest Harbor, Maine. The Southwest Harbor Public Library was built in 1895. On March 17, 1888 the Tremont Public Library Association was formed for the purpose of looking after books and raising funds for a permanent building.

Claremont Hotel

Hotel

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The Claremont Hotel is a historic hotel on Claremont Road in Southwest Harbor, Maine. Built in 1883, the main hotel building is one of the only 19th-century hotels to survive on Mount Desert Island.

Valley Peak

Peak

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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Southwest Harbor and Tremont.

Southwest Harbor

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Southwest Harbor is a town in Hancock County, Maine, United States. Located on Mount Desert Island, the population was 1,756 at the 2020 census. The municipality contains within it the villages of Southwest Harbor, Manset, Seawall, Wonderland, and Pemetic Hills.

Tremont

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Tremont is a town in Hancock County, Maine, United States. It is located on the southwestern side of Mount Desert Island, an area commonly referred to by residents as the "quiet side".

Northeast Harbor

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Northeast Harbor is a village on Mount Desert Island, located in the town of Mount Desert in Hancock County, Maine, United States. The village has a significant summer population, and has long been a quiet enclave of the rich and famous.

Southwest Harbor

Type: Bay
Address: ME
Category: body of water
Location: Hancock County, Down East, Maine, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

44.27286° or 44° 16′ 22″ north

Longitude

-68.32168° or 68° 19′ 18″ west

Elevation

7 feet (2 metres)

Open location code

87PH7MFH+48

OpenStreetMap ID

node 369069016

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=bay

GeoNames ID

4979372

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