This duplex is surprisingly roomy. It is also a very comfortable and convenient place to stay if you and your family want to visit Acadia National Park on the Schoodic Peninsula, the far less busy part of the park. While the location was superior, we found that if you enjoy cooking while on vacation, you might want to confine yourself to grilling and cooking very simple meals as the kitchen is very small. Additionally, during our stay the WiFi went out, and we could not access the router to restart it. Fortunately, our hosts, who were easy to contact, were able to have someone with access to the router to restart it for us eventually.

We loved staying in Winter Harbor! Our friends came from Ohio and wanted to see Acadia, and we liked staying on this quieter Schoodic side of the park. This property was comfortable and welcoming. The description was very accurate. We liked the homey touches and played the games that were provided. If you have a sensitivity to smells (we don’t) there was a musty smell to the downstairs, but it didn’t bother us at all, just an fyi. The property was cleaned and maintained well and had very clear check in and out procedures. We used the fire pit and really enjoyed it. We would definitely recommend and hope to visit again!

We enjoyed our stay. Winter Harbor is very quaint and has a laidback vibe. We found our stay to be very relaxing. We love the house’s proximity to Acadia, to the grocery store and restaurants. We could walk to the grocery store and Chase’s which was helpful. Having 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms was nice. I missed that the house did not have air. Maine was experiencing some pretty warm weather while we were there but the house stayed fairly cool. Our teens loved having the basketball hoop out front. We had a great time in Maine!

We stayed here for 4 nights with our family as part of our summer vacation. It worked perfectly for us. There was plenty of space, a playground for our kids, a nice patio out back, and the location was great. We loved the town of Winter Harbor, and the host was very nice. We would definitely stay here again.

Very nice.

We had a MAJOR problem our first night - NO HEAT and NO HOT WATER!! We discovered this after driving back from sunset at Cadillac Mountain which is an hour away. The owner was VERY RESPONSIVE and ordered fuel to be delivered the next morning to provide for heat and hot water. The gas grill was completely out of fuel. Again, the owner was responsive in providing propane the next day. The gas grill had been on fire and the knobs melted!! Had my brother not been mechanically inclined, it would have been unusable. There is NO KERIG as stated in the description so buy coffee accordingly. It was disturbing to read in the house rules book that the comforters and blankets are ONLY WASHED SEASONALLY!! The garage is full of trash bags. Not sure how they get their trash picked up but IT'S FULL OF TRASH!! The screens are full of holes which wasn't a problem for us but if you plan to stay during warm months there will be no way to get fresh air into the house without letting all the mosquitos in too. We found that most of the activity for Acadia was on the western side of the park. We would be inclined to stay on that side next time rather than drive the one hour to those activities and Bar Harbor. That said, we thoroughly enjoyed MOOSE ISLAND in the Schoonic Peninsula close to the house. The biggest problem with this stay is the owner is not aware of the actual condition of the home. Even though the issues were resolved, it caused stress disappointment.

We loved the location of this rental! We walked to the 5 and 10 in Winter Harbor, enjoyed the Pickled Wrinkle and the short drive to Schoodic Point. The neighborhood was very quiet! We spent four nights here while we explored the Schoodic and Mount Desert Island. The rental was exactly what we were expecting and fit our needs well. We had 4 adults and 3 kids and it was just enough space for us all.

The house smelled very musty, holes in window screens, slow bathroom drain. No hot water first day, resolved the next day. Not made aware that it was a duplex. We really liked the area, locals very welcoming. Property manager was friendly and helpful.