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Bailey Island

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Bailey Island is an island in Casco Bay, Maine.

[edit] Get in

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

[edit] Get around

[edit][add listing] See

  • Bailey Island Bridge on 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.
  • Lobster traps You will see lobster traps stacked in the front yard of houses on Bailey Island.

[edit][add listing] Do

  • Real Time Charters, [1]. Charter a fishing tour with Captain Bruce Almeida.

[edit][add listing] Buy

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

[edit][add listing] Eat

  • Cook's Lobster House Restaurant On US Route 24, +1 207 833-2818, Fax: +1 207 833-5851, Email: cooks@cookslobster.com, [2]. 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, On 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.

[edit][add listing] Drink

[edit][add listing] Sleep

  • Cook's Island View Motel, 2041 Harpswell Island Road, (207) 833-7780, [3]. checkin: 3pm; checkout: 10am.  edit
  • The Bailey Island Motel, Route 24, +1 207 833-2886, (Fax: +1 207 833-7721, Email: baileymotel@suscom-maine.net), [4].

[edit] Get out

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