210 Feet of Deep-Water Frontage on Harrington Bay — Sold Fully Furnished
$725,000
Milbridge sits on the Down East coast of Maine, the stretch past Ellsworth where the crowds thin out and the shoreline gets wilder — this isn't the Bar Harbor tourist corridor, it's ten minutes from it. The town itself is small and real: a modern grocery, a handful of restaurants, medical services, even a theater, which is more than you'd expect for a village this size. Harrington Bay is a working tidal bay, not a resort lake, and the lobster boats working the water in front of this house aren't scenery — they're the actual local economy.
Here's what got this one noticed: 210 feet of deep-water frontage on granite shoreline, with room for a private mooring just offshore if you want one. The house was built in 1990 and designed entirely around the view — vaulted ceilings, a wood stove, walls of picture windows in the living area, and a sunroom with a cathedral ceiling that turns the whole main level into a place to watch the bay. Three bedrooms, three baths, 2,042 square feet, on 5.3 acres. The primary suite has its own deck access and a walk-in closet big enough to actually notice. And it comes sold fully furnished — you're not starting from zero on a coastal property with an already-proven vacation rental history.
At $725,000, or $355 a square foot, you're paying for the water, not the drywall — and on this stretch of coast, water like this doesn't come up often. Zillow has this one moving faster than 97% of nearby listings, which tracks: furnished, income-producing, deep-water coastal properties in this price range don't sit. Get in and ask about the mooring permitting specifics and the rental income history if that's part of your plan — both are worth nailing down before you're too attached. Listed by Realty of Maine.
Life at the Water
Water Access & Depth
This is direct waterfront on a granite shoreline with 210 feet of frontage — no shared access, no easement questions, the water is simply there. The listing notes the possibility of a private mooring just offshore, which is a meaningful upgrade from a dock in tidal water like this: moorings handle ice and storm surge better than fixed structures. Confirm with the agents what mooring permitting already exists or would need to go through the Maine Department of Marine Resources and the town harbormaster before you count on it being simple.
Recreation & Boating
Harrington Bay puts you in serious Down East fishing and boating territory — lobster boats work this water daily, and the bay itself supports striped bass, mackerel, and groundfish along with the lobstering. The granite shoreline is built for kayak and small-boat launches right from the property. Watch for bald eagles and seabirds working the tideline, which the listing calls out for good reason — this stretch of coast has serious raptor activity. Schoodic Point, the quieter mainland section of Acadia National Park, is a short drive and gives you the hiking and granite-coast scenery without the Bar Harbor crowds.
Dock & Waterfront Features
No fixed dock is described — the property's water access is the granite shoreline itself plus the possibility of a mooring offshore. Maine's tidal range along this coast is significant, which is exactly why a mooring makes more practical sense here than a fixed pier: it rides the tide rather than fighting it. If a dock or float is part of your plan anyway, that's a Maine DEP and Army Corps permitting process on top of the harbormaster mooring conversation — budget real time for it, this isn't a same-season build in most Down East towns.
Flood & Insurance Considerations
Coastal Maine flood risk is driven by storm surge and nor'easters more than river flooding, and a granite-shoreline property sits differently than a low sandy coast — the elevation and rock face here work in your favor. Still, pull the FEMA flood zone designation for this specific parcel before closing, and get a real flood insurance quote from a Maine-licensed agent who has actually underwritten Down East coastal property before — pricing on this stretch of coast is a different conversation than southern Maine's beach towns.
Beyond the Property Line
Local Flavor & Small-Town Character
Milbridge is a genuine Down East fishing town, not a summer-tourist stand-in for one — lobstering is still the actual economy here, and the Milbridge Historical Society Museum tells that story straight, without polish. The Milbridge Days festival runs every July with a parade, a codfish relay race down Main Street, and a fireworks show over the harbor — it's a real small-town event, not a manufactured one. For groceries and everyday errands you're set right in town; for a bigger night out, Ellsworth is about 40 minutes and Bar Harbor closer to an hour, both worth the drive when you want it, neither one required for daily life.
Outdoor Recreation & Natural Surroundings
Schoodic Point — the mainland, less-crowded section of Acadia National Park — is about 25 minutes away and gives you the same granite-and-surf coastline as the main park's Ocean Drive without the summer gridlock; the Schoodic Woods trail network and the one-way Park Loop Road there are genuinely underused relative to how good they are. Quoddy Head State Park and its red-and-white lighthouse, the easternmost point in the continental U.S., is about an hour up the coast and worth the trip for the cliffside trail alone. Campobello Island, across the Canadian border via the bridge at Lubec, adds Roosevelt Campobello International Park to the list if you're up for a passport-required day trip.
Listed on Zillow
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