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"There are an estimated 3,000-3,500 rooms for visitors in Bar Harbor, not counting campgrounds and vacation rentals."

While the 3,500 figure has been stated often, particularly by one individual (despite repeated corrections with that individual present), it is not accurate. Here is a list of every hotel/motel/B&B room presently operating in Bar Harbor. It's 2,885.

Acacia House 9

Acadia Hotel Downtown 27

Acadia Inn 95

Acadia Oceanview 34

Acadia Pines 22

Anchorage 56

Atlantean 8

Balance Rock Inn 27

Bar Harbor Cottages & Suites 12

Bar Harbor Grand 70

Bar Harbor Inn 153

Bar Harbor Manor 43

Bar Harbor Motel 84

Bass Cottage 11

Bay Ledge 11

Bay Meadow Cottages 13

Bayview 26

Belle Isle 26

Best Western 96

Black Friar Inn 6

Bluenose 74

Central House 14

Chiltern Inn 7

Cleftstone 18

Coach Stop Inn 6

Pathmaker 46

Cromwell Harbor Motel 26

Days Inn 66

Eden Village 21

Edenbrook 47

Edgewater 19

Elmhurst 12

Emery's 23

Eyrie 58

Gallagher's Travels 21

Hampton Inn 103

Hanscom's Motel 12

Harborside 193

Hearthside 9

Heathwood 5

High Seas 39

Highbrook 26

Hinckleys Cottages 26

Holbrook House 13

Inn on Mount Desert 31

Island Place 10

Ivy Manor 18

Lewis Cottages 10

Little Fig 23

Main Street Motel 44

Maples Inn 7

Mira Monte 19

Oceanside 153

Primrose 15

Queen Anne's Revenge 29

Regency 278

Robbins 30

Rose Eden Cottages 12

Salt Cottages 40

Saltair 8

Sand Bar Cottage 19

Seacroft Inn 6

Seaside Cottages 8

Seasider 77

Shore Path Cottage 9

Stratford 7

Sunnyside 20

Thornhedge 12

Tide Watch Cabins 5

Town Motel 18

Ullikana 12

Villager 63

West St. 85

White Columns 10

Wild Wood Way Cottage 2

Windward Cottages 5

Wonderview 72

Woodland Park Cottages 8

Yellow House 7

Total 2885

-Stephen Coston

--P.S.--I think this is a good example why one Councilor's comment that "The call for data is misplaced" ought to be a real eye-opener. Just because something gets repeated so frequently as to feel self-evident doesn't make it true. Data, obviously, should always be present in every important conversation. Only someone who knows or suspects the data does not support their position would say otherwise.

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