Winter Harbor, Maine

About Winter Harbor

Winter Harbor, ME is a small unincorporated community located in eastern Maine.

Officially, Winter Harbor is a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 2.17 square miles.

📰 Winter Harbor News Today

• Great white shark spotted in Frenchman Bay near Winter Harbor WABI · Aug 10
• Winter Harbor museum renovations in progress with new foundation, funding The Ellsworth American · Apr 15
• UPDATED: Great White Shark Spotted in Frenchman Bay Near Mount Desert Island. Bar Harbor Story | Carrie Jones | Substack · Aug 14
• Tom Hitchins: Driftwood & Found Objects Artist Reception | Oct. 4, Winter Harbor newscentermaine.com · Sep 21
• Winter Harbor Music Community Opera presents L'italiana in algeri with English supertitles Maine Public · Jun 16

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

📰 Local News

Read the latest Maine headlines on our news site, Bless News Daily.

What Makes Winter Harbor Unique

• The only place in America named Winter Harbor — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in eastern Maine, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Housing dollars stretch further here than in the nearest metro.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 14 miles.

📍 Neighborhoods in Winter Harbor

Click a neighborhood to see it on the map.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Winter Harbor

• Bunker's Seafood — seafood
• Chase's Restaurant
• Downeast Mexican Takeout — mexican
• Downeaster (café)
• JM Gerrish
• The Humble Grumble
• The Pickled Wrinkle
• Tree House Seaside Grill

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · click a restaurant to read or write reviews.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• Egg Rock Light Station · Attraction
• Historical Museum · Museum
• Littlefield Art Gallery · Art gallery
• Schoodic Point · Attraction
• Winter Harbor Historical Society · Museum
• whopaints Gallery & Art Studio · Art gallery

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Winter Harbor

• Day Ridges Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Baker Hill Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Corea Heath Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Flat Island · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Forbes Pond Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Gouldsboro Town Park reviews ★
• Jones Pond Recreation Area reviews ★
• Long Ledges Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Ned Island Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Schoodic Bog Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Schoodic Connector Trail · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Schoodic Forest · Nature reserve reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in Winter Harbor

• Peninsula Sch
• Sumner Memorial High School
• Sumner Middle Sch

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

⚡ Quick Facts

🌤️ Current Weather

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Source: National Weather Service

🗺️ Map of Winter Harbor

🏘️ Nearby Communities