Name: Bass Harbor Head Light Access
Rating: 3.6

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3.6 from 13 votes

#63

in Acadia National Park

#11819

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3.6 from 13 votes

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#63

in Acadia National Park

#159

in Maine

#11,819

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Jul 12, 2016 near Tremont, ME

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Dec 31, 2025

Faizah Wulandana

Sep 6, 2025

Kristy Van

Aug 29, 2025

Anonymous

Jul 20, 2024

Jon Wolfe

Jun 17, 2024

Andrea Turk

0.1mi

Oct 26, 2023

Taylor Screws

0.2mi — 0h 15m

Sep 20, 2023

Brittney Luchene

Aug 24, 2023

Christina Martinez

0.1mi — 0h 15m

Jul 13, 2023

Jamie Lynch

May 28, 2023

Moayad Mar

Jul 13, 2022

Tracy Rudd

Jul 5, 2022

Connor White

Walked both paths to and from the lighthouse. Great views and historical site. 0.5mi — 0h 25m

Jul 20, 2021

Timothy Reamer

Jul 14, 2021

Gavin Ye

We had a very good view of the lighthouse from here

Jul 8, 2021

Deacon Klemme

Jun 29, 2021

Kristen Apple-Dunne

Oct 2, 2019

Gna DeMc

Sep 21, 2019

Jon Mead

Aug 26, 2019

Sudeendra Mangalwadekar

Aug 21, 2019

Araceli Munoz Chaira

Aug 15, 2019

Abby Lewis

Nice Trail with wooden stairs leading down to the water in front of the light house. Went down for the sunset.

Aug 14, 2019

Daniel Fortea

Jul 12, 2019

Tom Underwood

Jul 3, 2019

Steve Johnson

nice view. interesting rocks on the bottom. some fog between the islands. 0.1mi

Jul 3, 2019

Rheagan Timmerman

Jun 30, 2019

Matthew Sullivan

Jun 28, 2019

Amy Wolcott

May 5, 2019

Ashu Joshi

Nov 3, 2018

Andy Messmer

Jul 24, 2018

Randy Fine

Jun 21, 2018

Chade Martin

Sep 29, 2016

Mark Lichtenberg

Aug 19, 2016

Chad Pfeil

Jul 29, 2016

Matt Voss

Who doesn't like lighthouses??

Jul 22, 2016

Madeline Auge

May 17, 2016

Candace Cunard

Aug 23, 2010

Mark Y.

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“A short hike down wooden stairs to coastal rocks for a view of the lighthouse. ”

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