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Acadia National Park

Bar Island Trail

People walking across an exposed sand bar between an island and the mainland
Visitors walk between Bar Island and Bar Harbor at low tide Photo: NPS Photo/Kat Connelly
Length about 0.5 miles as mapped by NPS
Surface Earth
Route One way (out and back doubles it)
High point about 160 ft
Low point about 10 ft
Up and down (one way) about 130 ft up, 0 ft down
Difficulty Easy

Bar Island Trail is a trail in Acadia National Park.

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Facts on this page draw on the National Park Service: Hike Bar Island Trail (nps.gov)

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