Welcome to Bubbie’s Place and Beech Hill Pond
The Essentials
For your everyday essentials - milk, bread, eggs, etc.
Also have great
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Otis General Store
171 Otis RdFor your everyday essentials - milk, bread, eggs, etc.
Also have great
The Maine Experience - check it out
Cheap shopping for all the essentials and things you never knew you needed
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Reny's Department Store
175 High StThe Maine Experience - check it out
Cheap shopping for all the essentials and things you never knew you needed
Perfect for picking up forgotten layers or shoes for that hike you’re dying to do. Great place to bargain shop for high quality outdoor wear and shoes.
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L.L.Bean Ellsworth
150 High StPerfect for picking up forgotten layers or shoes for that hike you’re dying to do. Great place to bargain shop for high quality outdoor wear and shoes.
Quick stop grocery - lots of essentials and non essentials including milk, bread, eggs, alcohol, ice cream, s’mores. Even has fresh produce, small deli/meat counter and bakery. Where we grocery shop for things we forgot to bring or snacks for movie night.
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G&M Family Market
1024 Main RdQuick stop grocery - lots of essentials and non essentials including milk, bread, eggs, alcohol, ice cream, s’mores. Even has fresh produce, small deli/meat counter and bakery. Where we grocery shop for things we forgot to bring or snacks for movie night.
Sightseeing
Historic small seaport. Tons of history, shopping and eating
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Bar Harbor
Historic small seaport. Tons of history, shopping and eating
Bar Harbor’s sleepy cousin - much more low key but still with great history, shopping and eating
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Southwest Harbor
Bar Harbor’s sleepy cousin - much more low key but still with great history, shopping and eating
The Down East Sunrise Trail is a multi-use corridor connecting eastern Maine and the East Coast Greenway. Discover a natural landscape of green forests and vast marshes, habitat for iconic moose, beavers, eagles, wild turkeys and white tail deer. Perfect for biking and hiking.
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Sunrise Trail
395 State StThe Down East Sunrise Trail is a multi-use corridor connecting eastern Maine and the East Coast Greenway. Discover a natural landscape of green forests and vast marshes, habitat for iconic moose, beavers, eagles, wild turkeys and white tail deer. Perfect for biking and hiking.
Food scene
Hands down - Best Lobster on Mount Desert Island. You can try other places, but you will always come back to Beals. Check website for COVID updates
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Beal's Lobster Pier
182 Clark Point RdHands down - Best Lobster on Mount Desert Island. You can try other places, but you will always come back to Beals. Check website for COVID updates
Delicious food, great outdoor seating, easy ordering
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Union River Lobster Pot
8 South StDelicious food, great outdoor seating, easy ordering
Lovely fine dining restaurant - prefix menu full of seasonal dishes and locally sourced ingredients. Full bar. Make reservations online.
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Novio's - Fine Dining in Bangor Maine
130 Hammond StLovely fine dining restaurant - prefix menu full of seasonal dishes and locally sourced ingredients. Full bar. Make reservations online.
Local beer hall serving craft beer brewed on site and great pub food. Nice outdoor dining option. Overlooks Penobscot River. Walk the riverway when you’re done.
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Mason's Brewing Company
15 Hardy StLocal beer hall serving craft beer brewed on site and great pub food. Nice outdoor dining option. Overlooks Penobscot River. Walk the riverway when you’re done.
City/town information
Closest bigger town for all the essentials - supermarkets (Shaw's, Hannaford's), Dunkin Donuts, fast food, LLBean Outlet
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Ellsworth
Closest bigger town for all the essentials - supermarkets (Shaw's, Hannaford's), Dunkin Donuts, fast food, LLBean Outlet
Small town city feel - walkable downtown - local farmers market (seasonal)- historic sites - essential shopping (Target, Home Depot, LLbean, etc.)
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Bangor
Small town city feel - walkable downtown - local farmers market (seasonal)- historic sites - essential shopping (Target, Home Depot, LLbean, etc.)
Rainy Day Play
Maine Discovery Museum
74 Main StGreat rainy day activity for the kids
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Ukuhamba-hamba
About that dirt road
The house is down a long passable dirt road. Expect it to be about 3 miles. Speed limit is 10mph (people do go a bit faster). It’s well maintained by the HOA and businesses that use the road. During rainy weather you may come across sizable pot holes.
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Don’t forget groceries
Given how remote the camp is - we always bring in our groceries and essentials. Sometimes we’ll pack the car with a full load of groceries from home and sometimes we’ll order grocery pick up from the Walmart in Brewer or Target in Bangor. The nearest grocery store is about 30 minutes. See local grocery options in the guidebook.
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Lots of kid items available
We have three kids of our own so the house is full of all the comforts you need for young kids.
The list includes - portable crib w/ sheet, toddler bed rail, high chair, books and toys, foldable bath tub, outdoor chairs, sand toys, life vests (required for any boat outing), and dinnerware/cups/silverware.
Please let us know if you can think of any additional items we should add
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Reusable grocery bags
The state of Maine instituted a grocery bag tax. If you need a bag at a store they will charge a small fee. You are encouraged to bring your own bag (even for take out or small orders). There are a couple extra bags stored in the drawer by the stove. Please return them when you are done using them.
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Everybody runs on Dunkin
If you’re like us - coffee is a must. The nearest Dunkin Donuts are in Brewer (Family Market) or Ellsworth (State St). It’s about 1 hour round trip to either. Worth it for us some days. Consider buying a box of Joe to keep in the fridge if you don’t want to make the trip daily. Or bring your own coffee supplies and use our percolator.