Formally: Winter Harbor Cottage
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Schoodic Point Cottage ~ Warm, cozy and beautiful vacation cottage. Enjoy being near the ocean, the feeling of being in a cottage out in the countryside and yet you are right in town. From here it's a short walk to the harbor, marina, stores, restaurants, golf course and shuttle bus stop. Enjoy hiking trails, bicycling, fishing, kayaking, golf, swimming and picnicing along our rocky granite shoreline. Experience a little bit of life in the slow lane and treat yourself to some real downeast treasures. Have it all!
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One bedroom - Queen sized bed with a wrought iron antique-like frame, end tables, lamps, dresser and chair. (Linens included)
Large bathroom Shower, hair dryer. (Towels and washcloths included.)
Living room - Futon and coffee table, armchair and end table, Television, VCR/DVD and TV stand, and an electric fireplace/parlor stove. There is also a collection of recent and older DVD movies and videos, hall stand with CD player, books, magazines.
Kitchen - Microwave, coffee maker , toaster, pots, pans silverware, dishes, glasses and cups (etc. etc.).
Additionally Indoor - Tide clock. Central heating. Washer and dryer. Wireless broadband internet access. Bring your cell phone, service is good. Porta crib & highchair available upon request.
Front porch - Charcoal barbecue, double rocker, two chairs and patio table.
Additionally Outdoor - Picnic table, two adirondack chairs, two chaise lounge chairs & fire ring
with cook grates.
To sum it up - The cottage is completely furnished (and decorated) with everything we can think of that you may need to get started even including complimentary items that you may forget like coffee, tea, toothpaste, shampoo, razor and more. As like our other rentals we try not to do things just half right.
Built the winter of 2007-08. It was built with your vacation in mind, a place having some illusion of being rustic yet beautiful and with all the comforts and conveniences of home. Except for the bathroom the floors are eastern white pine, portions of some walls have been left unfinished and it has a vaulted ceiling. Pictures can't convey the ambiance. You have to see it. Especially in the evenings. So, if you want something special. You don't want to walk into a rental that looks like the house you just left. Then this may be the place for you!
Welcome to Schoodic Point
Where it doesn't get any better.
Although the park is flat out gorgeous and there's no denying that. There's more to the area than just the park. Less commercialized than the other tourist hotspots we have a lot to offer visitors. Especially those guests who desire a more relaxed, less crowded atmosphere. But even those desiring days of crowds, shopping and non stop activities can have the needs easily met here. That's one of the beauties of a vacation or living here. You can have remote, secluded, quiet or crowds anytime you want, it's your call.
Explore and enjoy Schoodic Point with its many beauties and relaxed pace. From here all the shops, businesses, stores and restaurants are just a short walk. You can rent bikes and kayaks for exploring or play golf. Bob's is about the cheapest place around to buy lobsters and his sons bring them in daily. If you are here when the lobsters are shedding their shells do yourself a favor and try them. They are tender and sweet and what most locals prefer. And because they are so fragile and don't ship easily you generally can't get them anywhere else but here.
During the tourist season there is a free shuttle bus service partly sponsored by L.L. Bean that starts in Winter Harbor and tours the park and area before returning. The bus runs every half hour or so and stops are scattered. Not that it matters since the drivers are more than happy to pick you up if you wave them down from the side of the road. Anyway in the immediate area there are shops, stores, restaurants, piers and pounds to buy your lobsters plus a lot more. Grindstone Neck has a nine hole golf course with views of the ocean from every hole. If you really enjoy the ocean and don't mind getting wet then rent or bring a kayak and meander through the bays and coves. Ride out and see the seals basking on the rocks on the other side of Turtle Island, the osprey nesting near the Halibut Hole or the lighthouse on Mark Island.
Throughout the year there are different programs, theaters, concerts, dances and many other cultural events mostly on weekends. Then during the summer there is an arts festival for two weeks which usually starts around the first of August. But still overall it's generally quiet here (compared to where you probably live) except for the lobster festival and a few other things. Once a year the entire area goes on holiday. Usually the second Saturday in August. The only time of year you see more tourists than lobsters. Sometimes the cars get backed up at the stop sign downtown ten deep waiting to make the turn for the craft fair or to watch the lobster boat races. (What can I say I'm not used to crowds and lines anymore 
) Seriously, the day starts off with a 5K road race in the morning and ends with a parade in the evening. Of course there are lobster dinners, barbecues and a lot of other things. It's always a good time.
A short walk up Main Street is the entrance road to the park. There is no entrance fee. The view from the road that loops around the point is magnificent. You can while the day away relaxing and taking in the spectacular views of the islands, sea and wildlife. Wander out on the rocks and picnic or bring back mussels for dinner. Have a cook out or lobster bake and relax into the evening around the campfire
if you like listening to the loons after dark at Fraziers Point where there are picnic tables and fire pits for barbecues. And I'm not really sure why but lobsters always seem to taste that much better there. On any given day you'll see lobster boats pulling in the days catch and eagles soaring about the harbor. On other days you can watch the sail boats from the yacht club race. Words can't really describe time in this place.
The hiking trails in the park provide a natural perspective of the park while hikers meander through birches, cedars, jack pines, climb granite outcroppings. Along the way you can pick wild blueberries, cranberries and apples from overgrown trees on old farmsteads. The shoreline consists of rocky beaches, jagged cliffs and exposed, weathered pink, red, gray granite and black basalt that varies from 10 to 100 feet from sea to the tree line. Several islands of various sizes, also part of Acadia National Park, are close to shore including Little Moose Island, Schoodic Island, Pond Island, and Rolling Island. A couple of which you can get to at low tide.
There is also freshwater swimming and canoeing at Jones Pond (5 miles away) where you can also enjoy fishing for its landlocked salmon, brook trout, lake trout and bass or if you are a leaf peeper and plan on visiting to view New England’s fall foliage in all it's colors. The leaves generally reach their peak in October and can be quite spectacular.
I met someone at the docks last year from NJ and he said it better than I can "its like being in heaven". Do yourself a favor this year, come see!
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Wes & Carney Williams
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