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.

See

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

• 1 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

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

Eat

• 1 Cook's Lobster House Restaurant, 68 Garrison Cove Rd, ☏ +1 207 833-2818, fax: +1 207 833-5851, cooks@cookslobster.com. 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". $8-30. 
• 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. 

Sleep

• 1 Bailey Island Motel, 2041 Harpswell Island Rd, ☏ +1 207 833-2886, baileyislandmotel@comcast.net. Check-in: 4-6PM, check-out: Before 11AM.