Click on the pins below to see some of the resources in and around Mt. Desert Island. Zoom in for a closer view of in-town Bar Harbor and some of the key landmarks within walking distance of the COA campus.

Courses related to MDI:
Student perspectives:
  • - Eleanor Gnam
  • The town is small and concentrated but becomes unusually busy in the summer months and the beginning and end of the school year. Poorly suited to agriculture and trade and traditionally hostile towards fishermen (through the park service), the town is overwhelmingly reliant on tourism. Areas immediately off the island, on the nearby islands, and on the southwest side tend to be more typical downeast communities, with their small, diversified farms, sprawling blueberry barrens that redden in the fall, thriving lobster fisheries, and clam flats.

    - Lucian Vazquez
  • There is always something to do or new things to find through exploration. I love searching the inter-tidal zone and finding shells and bones, dragging my friends through the mud to find a shipwreck, walking up a random mountain, or just finding weird things around town

    - Sarah Stovicek