Ellsworth Home ~ 18 Mi to Acadia Nat'l Park!

We stayed in Ellsworth for a week and had an amazing time! Many local fishing spots, restaurants, and shops within minutes of the house. The house itself was exactly what one would hope for while staying in Maine. Beautiful scenery, smokeless fire pit, grilling space, the perfect hammock trees and more! There was also hammocks, a canoe, and more equipment on the property for you to use! It’s about a 25 minute (beautiful) drive to Bar Harbor and Acadia which is very convenient if you are wanting to explore that area. The host was extremely helpful, quick to get back to us with questions we had, and was full of amazing recommendations. All you really need to bring is yourself here, there is so much provided. We can’t wait to book again!

The rental home is located in a nice area that my wife and I were looking for, that is someplace close to Acadia National Park (about 20 miles inland), but away from the tourism trappings of Bar Habor. The house has a full kitchen with just about anything one could need to live within the comforts one is accustomed. The dinning area and the adjacent entertainment room both overlook the lovely, wooded back area of the property. Of which there is a spacious wooden deck on back of the house, and a fire pit close by. Another nice feature of the house is that there is a full washer and dryer. Now for the less desirable features and aspects of the house and our stay there. Although the two bedrooms are spacious and accommodating, both rooms are located upstairs, the stairs of which may be difficult to navigate for some individuals. Also, the only bathroom is located on the first floor. So one must tromp up and down the awkwardly designed stairs to shower, and/or use the toilet facilities, which also means sleepy-headed nighttime trips (pardon the pun) up and down the stairs to the bathroom. The house has a single split AC/Heat unit which is located on the first or bottom floor. And even though there is a catwalk atop the stairs connecting the two bedrooms upstairs, and which allows air to better circulate between the bottom and the top floors, we could never find a sweet spot in operating the first floor air conditioner which would make both the top and bottom floors comfortable at the same time; either too cold on one floor while stifling on the other floor. However, one of the more troubling issues we discovered, is the smell inside the house. It has a definite musty odor. We found that the musty smell strongly permeated our clothes, and our luggage, and even the contents of our luggage. For the remainder of our New England vacation in Maine and later in New Hampshire, our clothes, and every item within our luggage, ie, toiletry bags, meds bags, shoes, outerwear, etc, reeked of moldiness. And, to top things off, at times the bathroom toilet in the house had a strong septic smell, as if there might be septic gases backing up into the house. By far the most unpleasant part of our stay was the smell inside the house. All in all, I doubt that my wife and I would ever consider staying again at this rental house. I doubt that my wife and I would consider staying again at this rental house. The bedrooms and bathroom locations, and the odor were too off-putting.