Northeast Harbor, Maine

Boats docked at Northeast Harbor

Northeast Harbor (c. 1905)

Northeast Harbor (2014)

Northeast Harbor is a village on Mount Desert Island, located in the town of Mount Desert in Hancock County, Maine, United States. The village has a significant summer population, and has long been a quiet enclave of the rich and famous. Summer residents include the Rockefeller family, as well as the late Brooke Astor and Barbara Bel Geddes. The village was at a time so popular as a summer resort among Philadelphians that it was sometimes known as "Philadelphia on the rocks". Northeast Harbor is the home of Morris Yacht Brokerage. ^[1]

The village is home to the Asticou Azalea Garden.

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↑ David R. Contosta, Suburb in the city: Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, 1850–1990, Ohio State University Press, Columbus, Ohio; 1992. p. 156.

Municipalities and communities of Hancock County, Maine, United States

County seat: Ellsworth

City	Ellsworth

Towns	Amherst Aurora Bar Harbor Blue Hill Brooklin Brooksville Bucksport Castine Cranberry Isles Dedham Deer Isle Eastbrook Franklin Frenchboro Gouldsboro Great Pond Hancock Lamoine Mariaville Mount Desert Orland Osborn Otis Penobscot Sedgwick Sorrento Southwest Harbor Stonington Sullivan Surry Swan's Island Tremont Trenton Verona Island Waltham Winter Harbor

Unorganized territories	Central Hancock East Hancock Northwest Hancock

CDPs	Bar Harbor Blue Hill Bucksport Castine Southwest Harbor Winter Harbor

Other villages	Bass Harbor Bernard Birch Harbor Corea Harborside Hulls Cove Islesford Manset Minturn Northeast Harbor Otter Creek Prospect Harbor Salisbury Cove Sargentville Seal Cove Seal Harbor Sunset

Coordinates: 44°17′39″N 68°17′23″W / 44.29417°N 68.28972°W / 44.29417; -68.28972

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Northeast Harbor, Maine

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