Maine / Hancock / Mount Desert

Mount Desert

Town in Hancock County.

People

2,214Census · July 1, 2025

Hunt district

WMD 26Map · Boundary

Deer 2025

21 in 2024

Income

$72,744Hancock County — not this town alone

Land

1,587 sq miHancock County — not this town alone

Density

36 per sq miHancock County — not this town alone

Federal money

$589.3 millionHancock County, FY2025

Weather alerts

0Hancock County

Climate reporters

0 placesThis town

Chemical reporters

0 placesThis town

Town office

21 Sea Street, Northeast Harbor Mount Desert, ME 04662
Google Maps

Phone: (207) 276-5531
Clerk: Claire Marie Woolfolk
www.mtdesert.org

Lakes

LakeAcres

Long Pond 937

Echo Lake 236

Jordan Pond 186

Somes Pond 103

Hodgdon Pond 45

Upper Hadlock Pond 38

Lower Hadlock Pond 37

Round Pond 36

Long Pond 34

Little Echo Lake 12

Little Round Pond 12

unnamed pond 10

Mountains

Summit point inside this town polygon. A peak on the line can land in the next town.

SummitElevation

Sargent Mountain 1,362 ft

Pemetic Mountain 1,237 ft

Penobscot Mountain 1,184 ft

Gilmore Peak 1,024 ft

Beaches

No Active Advisory Seal Harbor

Maine Healthy Beaches. Advisory is the latest posted status, Memorial Day to Labor Day. The town posts the sign.