Mount Desert Island

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32.9 km

Length

+328 m

Ascent

−332 m

Descent

101 m

Highest point

7.4%

Max gradient

0h 44min

Drive time (approx.)

Weather on the road

At the highest point · 101 m

12 °C partlycloudy

wind 8 m/s · clouds 100%

At the start

12 °C partlycloudy

wind 8 m/s · clouds 100%

	Min	Max	Wind
Thursday 22 Oct	11 °C	12 °C	10 m/s	partlycloudy
Friday 23 Oct	4 °C	10 °C	12 m/s	clearsky
Saturday 24 Oct	2 °C	12 °C	7 m/s	clearsky

Weather data by MET Norway (CC BY 4.0) · Updated 10/22/26, 9:46 PM

Terrain and when to go

Landscape: Lowland or coastal road
Surface: asphalt 92%

Roads nearby

Acadia All-American Road

31.1 km
Length: +404 m
Ascent

The Schoodic

14.3 km
Length: +177 m
Ascent

The Airline

158.1 km
Length: +1,900 m
Ascent

32.9 km · 101 m

Elevation profile

What does Mount Desert Island look like?

Belfast ME Sign ME3 · Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 4.0

Maine State Route 3 - 15069280594 · Dougtone · CC BY-SA 2.0

Maine State Route 3 - 15504415600 · Dougtone · CC BY-SA 2.0

Line2715 - Flickr - NOAA Photo Library · Captain Albert E. Theberge, NOAA Corps (ret.). · Public domain

Ellsworth, Maine downtown · Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0

Asticou Inn 2020 · Seasider53 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Sargent Mountain (6309787858) · Chris M Morris · CC BY 2.0

Opioid Misuse in Maine- Partnerships in Action (20180710-RD-LSC-0162) · USDAgov · Public domain

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Start

Mount Desert

44.29789, -68.27855

Finish

Ellsworth

44.54141, -68.42431

Along the road

Parking

Parkman Mountain 3.6 km · 101 m

60 unnamed places along the road, from 0.3 km to 32.9 km.

Toilets

Toilette 3.6 km · 100 m

D 8.6 km · 28 m

E 8.8 km · 23 m

B 8.8 km · 23 m

A 8.9 km · 18 m

2 unnamed places along the road, from 1.7 km to 17.5 km.

Restaurants and cafés

Abel's Lobster 6.7 km · 28 m

Mainely Meat Barbecue 13.1 km · 55 m

Travelin' Lobster 15.2 km · 9 m

Trenton Bridge Lobster Pound 18.2 km · 8 m

Currents Seafood and Bar 18.5 km · 11 m

Chow Maine 20.0 km · 30 m

Acadia Lobster Co 24.9 km · 29 m

Ellsworth Pat's Pizza 28.7 km · 85 m

Siam Sky 2 30.0 km · 60 m

Helen’s 30.2 km · 51 m

Finelli's Pizza 30.5 km · 42 m

Governors 30.8 km · 39 m

15 more

Fuel

Shell 10.1 km · 15 m

Sunoco 16.9 km · 5 m

Shell 19.8 km · 26 m

Dysart's 24.8 km · 28 m

Shell 28.9 km · 84 m

Shell 29.7 km · 65 m

Irving 31.9 km · 37 m

Shell 32.2 km · 33 m

Visitor centres

Acadia Gateway Center 22.5 km · 23 m

EV chargers

Revision Energy Ellsworth 30.8 km · 39 m

Bar Harbor Supercharger 31.2 km · 38 m

1 unnamed place along the road, from 22.5 km to 31.2 km.