Charming Cottage with Great Ocean Views in Quiet Wooded Setting near Acadia

Great “quiet side” rental, convenient to Thurston’s Lobster Pound. What more could one ask?

This was our second visit to the Cove Cottage. Just as before, Mary Ann and Richard were wonderful hosts, full of interesting ideas and great suggestions. What makes the Cottage especially appealing is that Acadia National Park, with all of its attractions, is all around you. Jordan Pond, Wildwood Stables Thunderhole, Cadillac Mountain, and the Park Loop in general are all reasonably close at hand. A multitude of hiking/walking trails also abound all around you. Whether you crave gentle trails or challenging cliffs, beautiful paths through the woods past lakes and ponds, or exciting stone walkways to the ocean, all are reasonably short drives from the Cottage. So too are Southwest Harbor, Northeast Harbor and Bar Harbor with their interesting shops and appealing restaurants. And don't forget the many museums and an outstanding repertoire theater (Somesville).

Should you wish to just stay put and relax at the Cottage you won't be disappointed. The sights and sounds of the inlet and surrounding woods will free your mind from life's normal hectic pace.

Simply stated, you will be wonderfully pleased and wish you had more time!

Carl and Paula Miller

Philadelphia, PA area

The owners were very accommodating to my husband’s needs.

This was our first time to MDI/Acadia. We came for an entire week to celebrate our 25th anniversary! We loved it and will definitely be back - so much to see! Staying on the quiet side of the island, we did a lot of driving, but we had figured on that when we booked. We like to explore and we prefer quiet with small doses of crowds. It was wonderful to come back to a quiet respite at the end of an exhausting day of activity hiking, biking, kayaking, sightseeing, etc. We appreciated the jetted tub (which we only used once but were glad to have) to ease aching muscles. It was wonderful having a full kitchen and grill, which we used most nights. We packed most of our food from home for the week so we could make full use of the day and then come "home" for a late dinner (we brought snacks-nuts, granola bars, etc which were easy to grab and throw in a pack for the day out, for dinner, pre-packaged salad kits were great!, meats for the grill, and then breakfast foods). The cottage was very clean, the bed was comfy and it was wonderful having sheets and bath towels provided. Richard was a good host- he gave us our privacy but checked in with us, usually in the morning as we were heading out for the day. The gardens are beautiful-we appreciated the fresh-cut flowers awaiting our arrival and the smell of lilacs through the kitchen window.

Things we did: we began at the Hulls Cove Visitor Center where we purchased our park pass for the week, walked along the Ocean Path to see Thunder Hole, Sand Beach, drove the parkloop, biked one of the carriage roads to Jordan Pond, had lunch, walked the trail around the lake-not challenging and very enjoyable, kayaked Eagle Lake, Long Lake and Northeast Harbor. We had planned on spending more time in Bar Harbor on the 4th of July but it was just too hot. We walked around, picked up gifts for the kids, had lunch at Paddy's across from the water and were going to stay for fireworks but decided to watch from the top of Cadillac Mountain (and catch the sunset!). We ate at Two Cats Cafe for breakfast, hit low tide and got to walk out on the "bar" and took a lighthouse boat tour where we also got to see a few puffins and seals! We hiked the flying Mt./St. Saveur Trails. We checked out tide pools by Otter Cliffs. Our last night we enjoyed a wonderful dinner at Xanthus Restaurant at the historic Claremont Hotel and finished by watching a gorgeous sunset over Pretty Marsh. Thank you, Maryann and Richard!!

We rented the cottage along with the Cove House for our larger family. It was perfect. Most of the meals were cooked in the larger house, but kids bounced back between the house and cottage to play games and watch movies. We explored Acadia National Park and did quite a bit of hiking, so it was great to come back and rest at the house. Richard and MaryAnn were great hosts! I would highly recommend this location!