Location: Somesville in USA
All the towns of Mt Desert are easily accessible from this location. Southwest Harbor (7 miles) is small but lively with good restaurants, a superb grocery and wine store, a supermarket, a bakery and a lovely harbor. Bar Harbor is larger and always busy and the stores, restaurants and bars stay open late for the tour ships that come in weekly. Ellsworth, off the Island (20 minutes) has activities for kids - paintball, water tubing, miniature golf. On the way to Southwest are hiking trails leading into the 35,000 acres of Acadia National park. There are ponds nearby for swimming, kayak rentals nearby, A riding stable in the park has horses for hire. Golf and tennis in Southwest Harbor. Gardens to visit in Northeast Harbor and the busy harbor to gaze on. But the quiet of the Western side (called the quiet side) often makes the Tree House the best place to be.