The Bass Harbor Head Light Station is located in Tremont, Maine, marking the entrance to Bass Harbor and Blue Hill Bay on the southwest corner of Mount Desert Island. Of the nearly 80 lighthouses in Maine, few are accessible by vehicle. Acadia manages three lighthouses within the park, and Bass Harbor Head Light Station is the only one readily accessible to visitors by vehicle.
With an estimated 180,000 annual visitors, Bass Harbor Head Light Station is the most visited place on the west side and the fifth most popular destination in the park, behind only Cadillac Mountain, Jordan Pond, Sand Beach, and Thunder Hole. The light station has become iconic and appeared on the America the Beautiful quarter in 2012, and the NPS centennial postage stamp representing the park in 2016.
