Bailey Island is an island in Casco Bay, Maine.
Get in
- By car, down US Route 24.
- By ferry, from Portland on Casco Bay Lines.
Get around
See
Visitors will enjoy the sight of lobster traps stacked in the front yard of houses on Bailey Island.
- Bailey Island Bridge, Route 24 (between Bailey Island and Orr's Island), 43.74936°, -69.98858°. A crib bridge built with granite slabs that allows the water to flow through. If you drive to Bailey Island, you will cross the bridge.
Do
- Real Time Charters. Charter a fishing tour with Captain Bruce Almeida.
Buy
- Glen's, Mackerel Cove Rd, 43.73092°, -69.99861°. Lobster fresh off the boats. Single lobsters at wholesale prices. (e.g. $5/lb Aug 13, 2006).
Eat
- Cook's Lobster House Restaurant, 68 Garrison Cove Rd, 43.74934°, -69.99188°, +1 207 833-2818, cooks@cookslobster.com. Daily 11:30AM-9PM. Good lobster. Was made famous with the Visa commercials "You better bring your Visa card, because they don't take American Express". $8-30
- Giant Stairs Take-out, US Route 24. Get lobster rolls, fish 'n' chips, etc. to go in a handy handled paper bag. Take your picnic to Giant Steps, eat, and then climb around on the rocks.
Drink
Sleep
- Bailey Island Motel, 2041 Harpswell Island Rd, 43.74131°, -69.99277°, +1 207 833-2886, baileyislandmotel@comcast.net. Check-in: 4-6PM, check-out: Before 11AM.