WHAT ARE THE CAMP SITES LIKE AT BLACKWOODS CAMPGROUND?

Over the past several years the National Park Service has been planting more brush to better screen one camp site from the next.  Water faucets spaced throughout the campground, and each camp site has a picnic table and a fire ring.  The Park Service is pretty strict when it comes to leaving a fire burning or smoldering when no one is around the site, as well as campers leaving food out where bear or other animals can be attracted to it - bear sightings are rare but they do happen.  The main animal that could come by your site after dark poking around for food are raccoons.
Rangers will also monitor from a distance, any camp site where it is believed the people staying there might be cutting branches off of living trees, in fact, picking up dead branches from the ground is also forbidden.  Blackwoods Campground usually maintains a large pile of split firewood free for the taking, a quick search of the campground will usually reveal where this large pile of firewood is kept, but  you can also ask another camper if you see one carrying an armful of split firewood.  No matter what campsite you end up in, you will never be very far away from a restroom  with flush toilets and sinks, and these restrooms all have wall outlets where you can charge your electronic devices.  The last I knew there are still pay phones located by the free Island Explorer bus stop there.

WHEN IS THE BEST TIME TO VISIT THUNDER HOLE?

For most tourists, a visit to Thunder Hole, one of the star attractions in Acadia National Park, the experience is either great or very disappointing.  The best time to visit Thunder Hole is a few hours before high tide, as the tide is coming in, as this is when the sea is at its roughest and the waves most active.  The worst possible time to visit Thunder Hole is at the high tide mark, there will be no sounds of thunder, nor will there be any high crashing waves.
If your in the area as a storm is moving in with heavy winds, that is by far the best time tot catch a show you will not soon forget, the rougher the conditions of the water the more active Thunder Hole is.  A good storm moving up the coast will produce waves so large the Park Service will most likely shut down the observation deck due to the fact that huge waves will most likely be sweeping over the deck, at the point the safest spot to watch the action is from the roadside above.
Thunder Hole is along the One Way section of the Park Loop Road, beyond the Fee Station and Sand Beach.  On a hot summer day Thunder Hole can become over crowded with people and traffic.  To reach Thunder Hole on the free Island Explorer buses, from Main Street at the Bar Harbor Village Green, hop on the Sand Beach bus - Thunder Hole is a regular bus stop.

THUNDER HOLE
Acadia National Park

DOES BAR HARBOR HAVE A SKATE PARK?

Yes, it is located by the town Ball Fields directly across from the YMCA along Main Street.

DOES BAR HARBOR HAVE A YMCA?

Yes, it is located along Main Street directly across from the town Ball Fields.

DOES BAR HARBOR HAVE FREE WI-FI?

Yes, the town parks are free wi-fi zones.  The College of the Atlantic along Eden Street also offers free wi-fi as well as a computer room with computers the public can access for free.  The Jesup Library located along Mount Desert Street also has a downstairs computer room with free computer access to the public as well as free wi-fi. 

DOES UBER OPERATE IN BAR HARBOR?

Yes, as well as several local cab companies.

WHERE CAN I FIND A NATURAL FOOD STORE IN BAR HARBOR?

There is a natural food store located on Cottage Street next door to the Mainway store.