Knowles Exclusive Luxury Offerings
The Knowles Company is a leader in listing and selling luxury real estate on and around Mount Desert Island. We invite you to explore this special section of our website for truly exceptional properties.
Northeast & Seal Harbors
49 Harborside Drive , Northeast
$4,900,000
Mount Desert
A restored Fred Savage Northeast Harbor seaside cottage, offering 5+ bedroom,5+ baths, with an understated elegance throughout. Countless fine amenities for year round enjoyment, wood burning fireplaces, covered porches facing strait out the harbor, set on 114' of deep water with a dock!
Fairview
$3,950,000
Northeast Harbor
With 674+/- feet of shorefront and resting on 11.32+/- acres of native gardens and forests, “Fairview” offers a year round 8000 sft+/-shingle styled main house designed by Christopher Glass and landscaping by Patrick Chasse’, in a meticulously built house for elegance, dignity, comfort, and closeness to the natural world. Gardens and ferns fill the pine covered paths to the shorefront, allowing for seamless contact with the waters of Somes Sound. Building with the highest quality of materials and efficiencies of high-tech operational systems defines the structure as well as the layout of the rooms.Â
Harbor Ledge
$2,450,000
Northeast Harbor
Designed by Architect Keith Kroeger in 2001, the creative, multi-generational floor plan provides for both privacy and celebratory gathering. Welcoming porches, fireplaces, plus professionally landscaped grounds and gardens by Dennis Bracale, 10 bedrooms in two attached residences, all near the Village, Marina, and Acadia National Park.
Sumner House
$2,100,000
Northeast Harbor
The westerly views over Somes Sound from this year-round residence high on Norumbega Mountain are superb. The 4+/- acre property abuts Acadia National Park; the designer house features an open floor plan, Master wing and office, 3 guest bedrooms, 6 baths, fireplaces, large open deck and heated outdoor swimming pool. The light-filled main floor contains all living quarters and entertaining spaces; the spacious open lower level offers endless possibilities. Sumner House is a luxurious, airy retreat with unparalleled vistas of Valley Cove and mountains.
39 New County, Seal Harbor
$1,975,000
Mount Desert
Forest Ledge is a gracious, shingle and stucco summer cottage prominently sited on the high point of Ox Hill with commanding western views of Seal Harbor, Outer Islands and the Atlantic Ocean. The full house length terrace is a perfect place to relax and enjoy the cool sea breeze, views and sunsets over the far outer islands. The formal dining room offers a wood-burning fireplace, and floor to ceiling windows framing the stunning ocean vistas. The first floor also includes a generous living room with a fireplace and a cozy den accented by a hand-painted mural of Mount Desert Island. There are seven bedrooms, including a large Master Suite with ocean views, a fireplace, private bathroom and dressing room. Forest Ledge is nestled with moss and fern covered granite outcroppings along with native blueberry bushes spread through the natural landscaping. This wonderful cottage is only moments from Acadia National Park Carriage Roads and Trails, Seal Harbor Beach, and local restaurants.
Waterfront Properties
49 Harborside Drive , Northeast
$4,900,000
Mount Desert
A restored Fred Savage Northeast Harbor seaside cottage, offering 5+ bedroom,5+ baths, with an understated elegance throughout. Countless fine amenities for year round enjoyment, wood burning fireplaces, covered porches facing strait out the harbor, set on 114' of deep water with a dock!
Fairview
$3,950,000
Northeast Harbor
With 674+/- feet of shorefront and resting on 11.32+/- acres of native gardens and forests, “Fairview” offers a year round 8000 sft+/-shingle styled main house designed by Christopher Glass and landscaping by Patrick Chasse’, in a meticulously built house for elegance, dignity, comfort, and closeness to the natural world. Gardens and ferns fill the pine covered paths to the shorefront, allowing for seamless contact with the waters of Somes Sound. Building with the highest quality of materials and efficiencies of high-tech operational systems defines the structure as well as the layout of the rooms.Â
Mark Island
$2,300,000
Winter Harbor
A 4+/-acre island just west of Schoodic Point, Mark Island served as the Winter Harbor Lighthouse for over 75 years. Since the 1930s it has been privately owned and occupied by summer residents who love the sea, and the 3-bedroom keeper’s house incorporates modern amenities while retaining the rare charm of an island retreat truly “encircled by the sea.”
The Keeper's House
$1,975,000
Isle au Haut
Historic and Beautiful Oceanfront Property
Waterside
$1,795,000
Mount Desert
Conveniently located, this year round home enjoys the ever changing wonderful views of Somes Sound and beyond to Acadia National Park’s Parkman and Sargent Mountains. For the water enthusiast, the substantial deep-water dock offers electricity and water, with a nearby mooring. This post and beam home hallmarks many handcrafted items. Featuring hand pegged wooden floors, an impressive walk-around granite fireplace and stained glass.
Windswept
$1,750,000
Southwest Harbor
Expansive views to the East stretch from the entrance to Southwest Harbor, past Greenings Island to Acadia National Park, to Bear Island with its iconic lighthouse, and past Sutton Island and the Cranberries to open ocean. Windswept is a dream house for those who love the ocean and yearn for the idyllic privacy of a Mount Desert Island waterfront retreat.
Fjord Home
$1,675,000
Hall Quarry
This property offers an elevated location on Somes Sound. Features include new appliances, master suite with a private deck, a second family room and a rental history. The property has an open living plan, a spacious wrap around deck all on 4.27+/- acres with 260+/- feet of water frontage. The property has a deep water deck and two moorings. Beautiful views and close to hiking trails and Echo Lake.
19 Connor Cove Lane
$1,650,000
Southwest Harbor
Located on Fernald Cove, classic summer cottage is reminiscent of the rusticating days, without compromising on comfort and convenience. The property offers 2,474+/- feet of living space with 6 bedrooms and 4 full baths. The home offers a charming escape in a private setting on 2.32+/- wood acres. It features 575+/- feet of accessible tidal shore frontage with 180 degree water views. Mountain trails are just a walk away, and the property is a short distance to Southwest Harbor's village center.
12 Grace Point
$1,650,000
Mount Desert
Perched to take in every changing view of Blue Hill Bay, Osprey Cove Cottage is a lovely year-round 4-bedroom home on 8+ acres with over 700 feet of shore front. Frontage is along two coves and offers a sweeping Maine pebble beach with views to Blue Hill as well as a frontage on tranquil Squid Cove. A private, shared dock gives you access to all of Blue Hill Bay, the myriad of islands and harbors along the coast of Maine and beyond.
Pepper Point Shores
$1,550,000
Pretty Marsh
Private deep-water frontage on Goose Marsh Point on Bartlett Narrows offers 14+ acres and 438+/- feet of deep-water shorefront. Also includes a lovely 869+/- feet section of tidal beach on Squid Cove. Enjoy views to the west across the Narrows to Bartlett Island and Western Bay, and the morning light when overlooking a peaceful, protected, east-facing cove. Rising gently from the shore, the site is richly diverse from a dense spruce forest to outcroppings of moss-covered ledge. Watch the wildlife and enjoy the unspoiled view.
3 Lighthouse
$1,465,000
Tremont
''Roots and Berries'' sits on 4.5+/- acres with 308'+/- of deepwater ocean frontage in Bass Harbor. Located on the southern tip of Mount Desert Island, Bass Harbor offers a traditional New England coastal lifestyle with an active fishing community, prominent harbor, hiking trails, and restaurants.This private location is a perfect setting for a 3 -bedroom, 3 bath Post and Beam at waters edge and and a 2-bedroom, 2 and a half bath guest house. Stunning landscaping with shore path and easy access to the shore offers a peaceful setting.
The Maine House
$1,450,000
Blue Hill
Dramatic oceanfront contemporary with spectacular views of Blue Hill Bay
Barrett Ware Cottage
$1,200,000
Great Cranberry Island
Barrett Ware Cottage has been enjoyed by the same family for almost 75 years. This unique property offers water frontage on The Pool and on Great Harbor. The two lots together offer 4.93+/- acres and combined shore frontage of 1,555+/- feet of shore frontage. The lot with detached garage and separate studio fact The Pool and the lot with a 3-bedroom cottage offers panoramic mountain and ocean views of Great Harbor, and a sandy beach. Quiet location on Jimmy's point.
Maypole
$1,200,000
Little Cranberry Island
Maypole Point boasts 8+ Acres with 1,940 feet of varied shores. A rock beach, a sand beach and fields with antique apple trees. Ready to build! Little Cranberry Island is fairly flat as Maine islands go, but that quality contrasts nicely with the stony peaks of Mount Desert Island that loom so dramatically to the north.
Sawyers Cove
$1,195,000
Tremont
In The Story of Mount Desert Island, Emily Morison Beck shares the tale of her father, Samuel Eliot Morison who sailed around the west side of Mount Desert Island with a cousin: There they found the irresistible sheltering Sawyers Cove...The cove looks north across Blue Hill Bay and toward Pretty Marsh and Bartletts Island, all then totally wild and undeveloped.
Harbor Watch
$1,188,000
Southwest Harbor
Seaside living with potential to create, bring your imagination to this parcel! A charming shingled cottage that takes in the views is move in ready, a large parcel with large footprints are just begging to be developed into something lovely!
Harbor Watch
$1,188,000
Southwest Harbor
Seaside living with potential to create, bring your imagination to this parcel! A charming shingled cottage that takes in the views is move in ready, a large parcel with large footprints are just begging to be developed into something lovely!
The Homestead
$1,075,000
Somesville
A gracious, impeccably restored and updated home situated in a national historic district. One of the benefits of living in Somesville is that just a short distance away is the Somesville Landing Corporation and for a nominal annual fee one may belong and have private access to Somes Sound, a tranquil spot to launch a kayak, canoe, paddle board, swim, access your boat, or simply enjoy the view.
Residential Properties
49 Harborside Drive , Northeast
$4,900,000
Mount Desert
A restored Fred Savage Northeast Harbor seaside cottage, offering 5+ bedroom,5+ baths, with an understated elegance throughout. Countless fine amenities for year round enjoyment, wood burning fireplaces, covered porches facing strait out the harbor, set on 114' of deep water with a dock!
Harbor Ledge
$2,450,000
Northeast Harbor
Designed by Architect Keith Kroeger in 2001, the creative, multi-generational floor plan provides for both privacy and celebratory gathering. Welcoming porches, fireplaces, plus professionally landscaped grounds and gardens by Dennis Bracale, 10 bedrooms in two attached residences, all near the Village, Marina, and Acadia National Park.
Mark Island
$2,300,000
Winter Harbor
A 4+/-acre island just west of Schoodic Point, Mark Island served as the Winter Harbor Lighthouse for over 75 years. Since the 1930s it has been privately owned and occupied by summer residents who love the sea, and the 3-bedroom keeper’s house incorporates modern amenities while retaining the rare charm of an island retreat truly “encircled by the sea.”
Sumner House
$2,100,000
Northeast Harbor
The westerly views over Somes Sound from this year-round residence high on Norumbega Mountain are superb. The 4+/- acre property abuts Acadia National Park; the designer house features an open floor plan, Master wing and office, 3 guest bedrooms, 6 baths, fireplaces, large open deck and heated outdoor swimming pool. The light-filled main floor contains all living quarters and entertaining spaces; the spacious open lower level offers endless possibilities. Sumner House is a luxurious, airy retreat with unparalleled vistas of Valley Cove and mountains.
39 New County, Seal Harbor
$1,975,000
Mount Desert
Forest Ledge is a gracious, shingle and stucco summer cottage prominently sited on the high point of Ox Hill with commanding western views of Seal Harbor, Outer Islands and the Atlantic Ocean. The full house length terrace is a perfect place to relax and enjoy the cool sea breeze, views and sunsets over the far outer islands. The formal dining room offers a wood-burning fireplace, and floor to ceiling windows framing the stunning ocean vistas. The first floor also includes a generous living room with a fireplace and a cozy den accented by a hand-painted mural of Mount Desert Island. There are seven bedrooms, including a large Master Suite with ocean views, a fireplace, private bathroom and dressing room. Forest Ledge is nestled with moss and fern covered granite outcroppings along with native blueberry bushes spread through the natural landscaping. This wonderful cottage is only moments from Acadia National Park Carriage Roads and Trails, Seal Harbor Beach, and local restaurants.
The Keeper's House
$1,975,000
Isle au Haut
Historic and Beautiful Oceanfront Property
Waterside
$1,795,000
Mount Desert
Conveniently located, this year round home enjoys the ever changing wonderful views of Somes Sound and beyond to Acadia National Park’s Parkman and Sargent Mountains. For the water enthusiast, the substantial deep-water dock offers electricity and water, with a nearby mooring. This post and beam home hallmarks many handcrafted items. Featuring hand pegged wooden floors, an impressive walk-around granite fireplace and stained glass.
Windswept
$1,750,000
Southwest Harbor
Expansive views to the East stretch from the entrance to Southwest Harbor, past Greenings Island to Acadia National Park, to Bear Island with its iconic lighthouse, and past Sutton Island and the Cranberries to open ocean. Windswept is a dream house for those who love the ocean and yearn for the idyllic privacy of a Mount Desert Island waterfront retreat.
Fjord Home
$1,675,000
Hall Quarry
This property offers an elevated location on Somes Sound. Features include new appliances, master suite with a private deck, a second family room and a rental history. The property has an open living plan, a spacious wrap around deck all on 4.27+/- acres with 260+/- feet of water frontage. The property has a deep water deck and two moorings. Beautiful views and close to hiking trails and Echo Lake.
19 Connor Cove Lane
$1,650,000
Southwest Harbor
Located on Fernald Cove, classic summer cottage is reminiscent of the rusticating days, without compromising on comfort and convenience. The property offers 2,474+/- feet of living space with 6 bedrooms and 4 full baths. The home offers a charming escape in a private setting on 2.32+/- wood acres. It features 575+/- feet of accessible tidal shore frontage with 180 degree water views. Mountain trails are just a walk away, and the property is a short distance to Southwest Harbor's village center.
12 Grace Point
$1,650,000
Mount Desert
Perched to take in every changing view of Blue Hill Bay, Osprey Cove Cottage is a lovely year-round 4-bedroom home on 8+ acres with over 700 feet of shore front. Frontage is along two coves and offers a sweeping Maine pebble beach with views to Blue Hill as well as a frontage on tranquil Squid Cove. A private, shared dock gives you access to all of Blue Hill Bay, the myriad of islands and harbors along the coast of Maine and beyond.
3 Lighthouse
$1,465,000
Tremont
''Roots and Berries'' sits on 4.5+/- acres with 308'+/- of deepwater ocean frontage in Bass Harbor. Located on the southern tip of Mount Desert Island, Bass Harbor offers a traditional New England coastal lifestyle with an active fishing community, prominent harbor, hiking trails, and restaurants.This private location is a perfect setting for a 3 -bedroom, 3 bath Post and Beam at waters edge and and a 2-bedroom, 2 and a half bath guest house. Stunning landscaping with shore path and easy access to the shore offers a peaceful setting.
The Maine House
$1,450,000
Blue Hill
Dramatic oceanfront contemporary with spectacular views of Blue Hill Bay
Barrett Ware Cottage
$1,200,000
Great Cranberry Island
Barrett Ware Cottage has been enjoyed by the same family for almost 75 years. This unique property offers water frontage on The Pool and on Great Harbor. The two lots together offer 4.93+/- acres and combined shore frontage of 1,555+/- feet of shore frontage. The lot with detached garage and separate studio fact The Pool and the lot with a 3-bedroom cottage offers panoramic mountain and ocean views of Great Harbor, and a sandy beach. Quiet location on Jimmy's point.
Harbor Watch
$1,188,000
Southwest Harbor
Seaside living with potential to create, bring your imagination to this parcel! A charming shingled cottage that takes in the views is move in ready, a large parcel with large footprints are just begging to be developed into something lovely!
The Homestead
$1,075,000
Somesville
A gracious, impeccably restored and updated home situated in a national historic district. One of the benefits of living in Somesville is that just a short distance away is the Somesville Landing Corporation and for a nominal annual fee one may belong and have private access to Somes Sound, a tranquil spot to launch a kayak, canoe, paddle board, swim, access your boat, or simply enjoy the view.
Land Offerings
Pepper Point Shores
$1,550,000
Pretty Marsh
Private deep-water frontage on Goose Marsh Point on Bartlett Narrows offers 14+ acres and 438+/- feet of deep-water shorefront. Also includes a lovely 869+/- feet section of tidal beach on Squid Cove. Enjoy views to the west across the Narrows to Bartlett Island and Western Bay, and the morning light when overlooking a peaceful, protected, east-facing cove. Rising gently from the shore, the site is richly diverse from a dense spruce forest to outcroppings of moss-covered ledge. Watch the wildlife and enjoy the unspoiled view.
Maypole
$1,200,000
Little Cranberry Island
Maypole Point boasts 8+ Acres with 1,940 feet of varied shores. A rock beach, a sand beach and fields with antique apple trees. Ready to build! Little Cranberry Island is fairly flat as Maine islands go, but that quality contrasts nicely with the stony peaks of Mount Desert Island that loom so dramatically to the north.
Sawyers Cove
$1,195,000
Tremont
In The Story of Mount Desert Island, Emily Morison Beck shares the tale of her father, Samuel Eliot Morison who sailed around the west side of Mount Desert Island with a cousin: There they found the irresistible sheltering Sawyers Cove...The cove looks north across Blue Hill Bay and toward Pretty Marsh and Bartletts Island, all then totally wild and undeveloped.