Bar Harbor Hostel in Maine, United States

By Bus:

Peak season: When the Greyhound bus has scheduled service to Bar Harbor, from the Greyhound/Vermont Transit stop, which is also the Bar Harbor Shuttle drop off, walk south on Main Street 2-blocks. Bar Harbor Hostel is on the right.

Off-season: At all other times, take Concord Trailways or Greyhound to Bangor. Take the Bar Harbor/Bangor Shuttle (reservations are required) or the Down East (Mondays and Fridays) to Bar Harbor.

By Car: (6 hours) from Boston, Massachusetts:

Take the I-95 N to N.H./MAINE (Portions toll) (Passing through NEW HAMPSHIRE- then crossing into MAINE). - go 85 mi

Merge onto I-295 N via EXIT 44 toward SOUTH PORTLAND / DOWNTOWN PORTLAND (Portions toll). 52.4 miles

I-295 N becomes I-95 N (Portions toll). 79.2 miles

Merge onto I-395 E via EXIT 182A toward US-1A / BANGOR / ME-9 / BREWER. 4.6 miles

Merge onto US-1A E via EXIT 6A toward US-1 / COASTAL ROUTE / ELLSWORTH / BAR HARBOR. 23.1 miles

US-1A E becomes ME-3. 9.5 miles

Turn SHARP LEFT onto ME-3 / BAR HARBOR RD. Continue to follow ME-3. 10.0 miles

You will pass the Acadia National Park entrance on the right (continue straight) until you reach the stop-sign at the intersection with Route 233. Follow Route 3 as Route 3 (now Mt. Desert Rd.) takes a left here, and then, a quarter-of-a-mile later, follow as Route 3 takes a right onto Main St. going south. Follow Main Street (Route 3) slowly for one-quarter mile until you pass a gas-station & laundromat on the right. The hostel is a white house on the corner of Main Street and Edgewood Street. If you pass the ball-field on your right, you have gone too far.