Direct Flights from Boston to Bar Harbor
Bar Harbor · Maine
Nonstop service from BOS to BHB on Cape Air. Here's the schedule at a glance — plus what to do once you land.
How rare is this nonstop?
Boston is the only city in our data with a nonstop to Bar Harbor — everywhere else connects.
How long to go to Bar Harbor for, from Boston
55m in the air, 196 miles: short enough that a single night in Bar Harbor is worth it, and a day trip is not absurd.
About Bar Harbor
Bar Harbor is a village on Mount Desert Island in Hancock County in the Down East area of Maine. It is a useful base for those visiting Acadia National Park.
Summary from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA).
Top things to do in Bar Harbor
- The summit road climbs 3.5 miles to 1,530 feet, and from October 7 to March 6 this is the first place in the country to see the sun rise. A vehicle reservation is required in summer; in winter you can just drive up.
- The 27-mile road that strings the park together — Sieur de Monts, Sand Beach, Otter Point, Jordan Pond, the Bubbles and Cadillac Mountain all hang off it. Expect congestion from June through mid-October.
- The only sandy beach in Acadia, reached by a 37-step stairway down the cliffside. The water sits between 50 and 60°F even in summer, so most people come for the setting and the trails leading off it rather than the swim.
- A strip of sand and pebbles that surfaces at low tide and lets you walk from downtown Bar Harbor out to Bar Island — 1.9 miles round trip, with tide pools on the way. The window is about 1.5 hours either side of low tide; the rest of the day it is under roughly 12 feet of water.
- At 150 feet deep and 187 acres it is the deepest lake in the park, framed by the two rounded peaks known as the Bubbles. It is Seal Harbor's drinking water, so there is no swimming — people walk the shore and stop at Jordan Pond House, which has served tea and popovers since the 1890s.
- Forty-five miles of broken-stone road built by John D. Rockefeller Jr. and his family between 1913 and 1940, closed to cars and open to walkers, cyclists and horse-drawn carriages. Seventeen stone-faced bridges cross the streams and cliffsides, and the granite guardrails are known as “Rockefeller's teeth”.
- A narrow inlet in the granite shore where an incoming wave traps air and forces it back out with a boom. Come 1–2 hours before high tide for the best chance of hearing it — and stand back, because the spray can reach over 40 feet.
- Acadia National Park is a national park of the United States located along the mid-section of the Maine coast, southwest of Bar Harbor.
- The Abbe Museum is a cultural institution with two locations in Bar Harbor, Maine, on Mount Desert Island.
- The Islesford Historical Museum and Blue Duck Ships' Store are related historical exhibits on Little Cranberry Island in Maine, USA, within the boundaries of Acadia National Park.
- Lamoine State Park is a public recreation area occupying 55 acres (22 ha) on the shore of Frenchman's Bay in the town of Lamoine, Maine.
- Thuya Garden is a semi-formal herbaceous garden, in the style of Gertrude Jekyll, located at 15 Thuya Drive, Northeast Harbor, Maine.
Local picks from Bar Harbor Chamber of Commerce, described from the National Park Service (public domain). Other attraction descriptions from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); place data from Wikidata (CC0).
Looking for things to do in Bar Harbor? Bar Harbor Chamber of Commerce is the official visitor guide.
Bar Harbor weather, compared with Boston
6° cooler than Boston on average across the year, on daytime highs:
- January
- Bar Harbor 32°F · Boston 37°F · 6° colder
- April
- Bar Harbor 50°F · Boston 57°F · 6° colder
- July
- Bar Harbor 76°F · Boston 82°F · 7° colder
- October
- Bar Harbor 57°F · Boston 62°F · 5° colder
January bottoms out near 32°F — a real coat, not a layer.
Daily highs averaged from Meteostat station records (CC BY 4.0), measured at each city's airport.
Planning a trip to Bar Harbor
- Best time to visit
- The best time to visit Bar Harbor is May–September, when daytime highs are a comfortable 61–76°F.
- How long to stay
- Bar Harbor rewards a longer visit — a full week lets you explore its many sights, from Cadillac Mountain, Park Loop Road, and Sand Beach and beyond.
Frequently asked questions
- Is there a direct flight from Boston to Bar Harbor?
- Yes — you can fly nonstop from Boston (BOS) to Bar Harbor (BHB) on Cape Air.
- Which airlines fly nonstop from Boston to Bar Harbor?
- Cape Air flies nonstop between Boston (BOS) and Bar Harbor (BHB).
- How many nonstop flights are there from Boston to Bar Harbor?
- There are about 4 nonstop departures per day (roughly 27 per week) from Boston to Bar Harbor.
- How far is Bar Harbor from Boston?
- Bar Harbor is about 196 miles from Boston by air.
- What is there to do in Bar Harbor?
- Popular things to do include Cadillac Mountain, Park Loop Road, Sand Beach, The Sand Bar, and more.
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