Bailey Island

Bailey Island is an island in Casco Bay, Maine.

Get in

• By car, down US Route 24.
• By ferry, from Portland on Casco Bay Lines.

Get around

See

Visitors will enjoy the sight of lobster traps stacked in the front yard of houses on Bailey Island.

• Bailey Island Bridge, Route 24 (between Bailey Island and Orr's Island). A crib bridge built with granite slabs that allows the water to flow through. If you drive to Bailey Island, you will cross the bridge. 

Do

• Real Time Charters. Charter a fishing tour with Captain Bruce Almeida. 

Buy

• Glenn's (on Mackerel Cove). Lobster fresh off the boats. Single lobsters at wholesale prices. (e.g. $5/lb Aug 13, 2006) 

Eat

• Cook's Lobster House Restaurant, US Route 24, ☎ [phone], fax: [phone], e-mail: [e-mail]. Daily 11:30AM-9PM. Good lobster. Was made famous with the Visa commercials "You better bring your Visa card, because they don't take American Express". 
• Giant Stairs Take-out, US Route 24. Get lobster rolls, fish 'n' chips, etc. to go in a handy handled paper bag. Take your picnic to Giant Steps, eat, and then climb around on the rocks. 

Drink

Sleep

• Cook's Island View Motel, 2041 Harpswell Island Rd, ☎ [phone]. Check-in: 3PM, check-out: 10AM. 
• The Bailey Island Motel, Route 24, ☎ [phone], fax: [phone], e-mail: [e-mail]. 

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