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“Escape” to a Waterfront Artist’s Home on Secluded Evergreen Point, Taunton Bay

Beachfront holiday home with kitchen and patio

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House and deck from the rocks
Living room with loft above
Living room nook
Front deck looking south and the new Escape sign
Front deck looking north

Reviews

9.8 out of 10
Exceptional
3 bedrooms3 bathroomsSleeps 5139.4 sq m

Popular amenities

  • Dryer
  • Beach view
  • Kitchen
  • Fireplace
  • Washer
  • Parking available

Explore the area

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Sullivan, ME
  • Place, Acadia National Park's Visitors Center
    ‪47 min drive‬
  • Place, Village Green
    ‪53 min drive‬
  • Place, Bar Harbor Whale Watching
    ‪53 min drive‬
  • Airport, Bar Harbor, ME (BHB-Hancock County - Bar Harbor)
    ‪32 min drive‬

Rooms & beds

3 bedrooms (sleeps 5)

Loft

1 Single Bed, 1 Double Bed and 1 Queen Bed

Master Suite

1 Queen Bed

Small bedroom

1 Queen Bed

3 bathrooms

Back bath

Toilet · Shower only

House bathroom

Toilet · Shower only

Master Bath

Toilet · Shower only

Spaces

Deck or patio
Porch or lanai
Kitchen
Dining area

About this property

“Escape” to a Waterfront Artist’s Home on Secluded Evergreen Point, Taunton Bay

This cedar and granite retreat sits on a point 25’ from the water and offers tremendous bay views, secluded canoeing/kayaking, and quick access to Acadia or Schoodic. Originally built as an artist’s hideaway on the unique protected waters of Taunton Bay, Escape is a perfect refuge for those looking to enjoy the water, explore the islands and shores, or lounge on the massive deck.

“Escape” is a modern, spacious vacation retreat with 2BR and a large loft, 3Baths and a large wraparound deck that steps down to the granite grottos of Taunton Bay. The downstairs flooring and carpeting have just been redone.
A spacious master suite offers great bay views from every window and a pink granite fireplace. The main kitchen is open and well appointed with stainless appliances and a rough granite half wall separating it from the dining and living rooms. The loft has three beds, great views and a game area for the children. A small second bedroom, with views, is situated on the main level adjacent to a bath/laundry room. Two canoes and a kayak are available for exploring the bay and the mussel bed.

The home provides WiFi, BBQ, washer/dryer and a TV/DVD.

This quiet and secluded location is perfect for relaxing on the deck or the shore and within 30 minutes drive to Acadia or Schoodic Point. Your family will love playing in the calm water on the cove, exploring the bay and the marine life around the mussel beds and, of course, listening to the loons.

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Amenities

Kitchen
Washing machine
Dryer
Pet-friendly
Outdoor space
Parking available

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House Rules

Check in after 4:00 PM
Minimum age to rent: 25
Check out before 10:00 AM
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Children

Children allowed: ages 0–17
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Events

No events allowed
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Pets

Pets allowed: dogs (limit 1 total)
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Smoking

Smoking is not permitted

Important information

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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
On-site parties or group events are strictly prohibited
Host has not indicated whether there is a carbon monoxide detector on the property; consider bringing a portable detector with you on the trip
Host has not indicated whether there is a smoke detector on the property

We should mention

A car is required for transport to and from this property

About the area

Sullivan

Located in Sullivan, this holiday home is on the beach. Downeast Scenic Railroad and Ellsworth Congregational Church are local landmarks, and travellers looking to shop may want to visit Sullivan Harbor Farm and L.L. Bean Shopping Outlet. Seacoast Fun Park and Rooster Brother Coffee Roasters are also worth visiting. Discover the area's water adventures with sailing and fishing nearby, or enjoy the great outdoors with hiking/biking trails and cycling.
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Sullivan, ME

What's nearby

  • Acadia National Park's Visitors Center - 47 min drive - 51.7 km
  • West Street Historic District - 51 min drive - 56.4 km
  • Village Green - 53 min drive - 57.5 km
  • Bar Harbor Whale Watching - 53 min drive - 57.5 km
  • Cadillac Mountain - 59 min drive - 61.7 km

Getting around

  • Bar Harbor, ME (BHB-Hancock County - Bar Harbor) - 31 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Tracey's - ‬12 min drive
  • ‪YU Take Out - ‬13 min drive
  • ‪Ruth & Wimpy's - ‬12 min drive
  • ‪Chippers - ‬9 min drive
  • ‪Flanders Bbq - ‬12 min drive

Frequently asked questions

Is “Escape” to a Waterfront Artist’s Home on Secluded Evergreen Point, Taunton Bay pet-friendly?

Yes, this property allows dogs (limit 1 total).

What time is check-in at “Escape” to a Waterfront Artist’s Home on Secluded Evergreen Point, Taunton Bay?

Check-in begins at 4:00 PM.

What time is check-out at “Escape” to a Waterfront Artist’s Home on Secluded Evergreen Point, Taunton Bay?

Checkout is at 10:00 AM.

Where is “Escape” to a Waterfront Artist’s Home on Secluded Evergreen Point, Taunton Bay located?

Nestled on the beach, this Sullivan holiday home is within 9 mi (15 km) of Tidal Falls, Sullivan Harbor Farm and Wild Mountain Man Ray's Chainsaw Show. Donnell Pond and Indian Point Trailhead are also within 12 miles (20 km).

Reviews

9.8

Exceptional

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9.8/10

Cleanliness

10/10

Check-in

10/10

Communication

10/10

Location

10/10

Listing accuracy

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Jolene R.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Thank you for letting us rent your beautiful home. We really enjoyed our stay here while visiting Acadia NP. The views and setup of the house were perfect. We would love to stay here again someday.
Stayed 5 nights in Oct 2025

10/10 Excellent

Lara H.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Beautiful property!
Stayed 6 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Greg P.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
We loved our stay at “escape”. Beautiful home and location. Private and peaceful but close enough to Acadia and Schoodic. Would absolutely stay again.
Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Stacey G.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Beautiful escape in Maine!

My family loved our stay at "Escape!" The house sat right on the water's edge where my kids could watch the change in the tides and search for intertidal creatures during the day and at night, we would sit on the back porch and watch the sunset over the water. The house was clean and had everything we needed for our week away. We would absolutely stay here again!
Stayed 5 nights in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Kyle C.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Fantastic as usual

We’re stayed here before and plan to continue
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Satish R., Land O Lakes, FL

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Peaceful vacation home with a million dollar view

We truly enjoyed our stay at the Escape. It was quite spacious for our family of six and had a gorgeous backyard. Love to spend more time at the Escape on our future visits to Acadia NP and Mt. Desert Island. The main living area has been recently updated and loved the amount of space we had including the convenience of cooking in the open kitchen.
Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Amy A.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Clean, Quiet with Beautiful Sunsets

The location is very beautiful with gorgeous views when the sunsets. Extremely clean. Just a great house for a quiet and relaxing vacation. Acadia/Bar Harbor is a good 45 minute drive from house. Ellsworth with grocery stores and fast food restaurants 20 minutes. The one negative is indoor furniture is pretty uncomfortable and difficult to get on and off of since so close to the floor. Mark is great to communicate with. Easy check in/out.
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Nancy O.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Escape is our favorite place to come and relax. It is peaceful and beautiful. Easy to get to Acadia for hiking. Mark is very easy to communicate with. And the sunsets are magnificent!
Stayed 9 nights in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

Mary M.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
ESCAPE on Evergreen Point is a lovely, large house. You cannot beat the location just feet away from the bay. Also, it is just north and east of MDI but an easy drive to Acadia. Also an easy drive to the Schoodic Penninsula that we also love. I would rent this property again in a heart-beat!
The stunning view from the deck.
Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

Roy T.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Peaceful retreat

This was a wonderful stay for us. Very clean and beautiful home. Even better than the pictures. Peaceful, quiet surroundings. Can’t ask for much more!
Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Harrison M.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Great stay! We had a wonderful time exploring the area with our family. There were a few fruit flies in the kitchen.
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Laurie R.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
My family of five had a wonderful time at the property. and exploring the Schoodic Peninsula and seeing the rest of Acadia. We really enjoyed kayaking and taking the canoes out on the bay. Sunsets with a campfire and smores were so relaxing and fun at the end of the day.
Stayed 5 nights in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Tracey B.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Lovely lake house

We absolutely loved our time at Escape lake house in Maine! The setting was gorgeous and cannot be beat. The view is never the same and we loved watching the changing light on the water. The house is as described in the listing and the primary bedroom and bathroom are great. Note that one of the “bathrooms” is actually in a side entry room with the washer/dryer and extra stove, and is not super private. Also, 2 of the showers are very small stand-up showers. But, that said, for just 2 of us, this was not an issue and the location and views are worth it! Mark sent lots of good info prior to our trip and we contacted him after arrival to report a potential issue that turned out to be nothing. Communication with him was fast and efficient. Overall, we really loved our stay at Escape and we found it to be a great location for exploring Acadia and the Schoodic peninsula. It was also great to just hang at the house and enjoy the wonderful, ever-changing views. Thanks to Mark for sharing Escape with us! We hope to return again soon!
Stayed 8 nights in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Lorraine M.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Escape

This house is an escape. It has a beautiful view and it is quiet and serene. Anyone staying in the loft needs to come down to the first floor to use the bathroom. Property is approx. 45 mins from Bar Harbor.
Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Lauren s.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Beautiful place

Amazing spot! Secluded, beautiful sunsets and loved watching the tide change. We saw seals, eagles and all types of seagulls. Made lobsters multiple times. Our dogs really enjoyed the cove. Such a great spot! Only recommendation would be to note in the listing that the fireplace is “non working” or not for guest use.
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Oz A.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Oh the views!!!

Waking up every morning to the view in the waterfront and seeing the stars on a clear night was truly one of the great assets of this location. Property owner was responsive and helpful when needed. Looking forward to going back.
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Courtney A.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

We loved Escape!

Escape was a perfect oasis for our time in Maine! It was a peaceful, quiet, secluded location where we spent time canoeing, fishing, and exploring the beauty of the Taunton Bay nature and wildlife. We found it to be a manageable distance from Bar Harbor and Acadia, the quiet side of Mount Desert Island, and Schoodic Peninsula. The amenities of the property were more than satisfactory and the invaluable insight into the area from the hosts helped make our stay memorable. Cannot recommend enough!
Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Fred P.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great place away from crowds

Property was great. Wonderful view of the Bay. Away from Bar Harbor crowd but a nice drive down there if you wanted to. Everything is easy to get to. We came a little early in the season, so a lot of places were just opening up. But it also meant less people! Property had everything you needed. I suggest boiling your own lobster in the back with water from the bay just like owner suggested. It was great. We would definitely stay here again.
Stayed 7 nights in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Amy M.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Perfection

This was our second stay at Escape and we loved it just as much, if not more, than our first stay (if thats even possible!). This is a clean, extremely well stocked, beautiful property and location. It truly checks all the boxes both in terms of the property, location, and host. We couldnt find fault with anything if our lives depended on it! Plenty of kitchenware for us to cook what we wanted to, and the basic spices and plenty of utensils. The house is stocked with anything we could have needed and was cozy, welcoming and extremely clean. The location is quiet and private and all the info provided is great. I almost hate to rave so much about it for fear we may have trouble getting a spot next year!
Stayed 5 nights in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Katherine T.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Beautiful Bayside Retreat

My son and I had a wonderful week long stay at this beautiful, comfortable and quiet home right on the water. The herons, sea ducks and gulls fly close as they go around the point making it a superb location for viewing the local wildlife from either inside or outside of the home. In addition, we heard loon calls in the morning and evening on most days. We had an initial problem with contacting the owner to get the necessary information to check into the home. The owner called us back as soon as he could, and then compensated us for the inconvenience resolving the issue to our complete satisfaction. We would stay here again in a heartbeat anytime we come back to this area. Highly recommended!
Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

J. B., Idaho

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Book It!

We LOVED this unique and lovely home perched above the water in a beautiful, quiet, peaceful area. It is immaculately clean, has everything one needs to be comfortable in every way, and is a place we'd love to return to when we visit the area again. The owner is kind and provides all kinds of useful, interesting information about the area. As said above, book it.
Stayed 5 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Melanie L.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Calm on the Bay

Mark's home was exactly as described. Also, Mark was very attentive to any issues that arised. The coffee maker at the cabin was not working our first morning there, but he got us new one. Our kids loved being on the water and finding creatures everyday. And the canoes were an added bonus. We would highly recommend Mark's cabin to anyone looking for a quiet time on the Bay.
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Danielle D.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Escape is truly an escape

Peaceful. Quiet. Calm.
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

John B., Putney, USA

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

A love escape

It was just what we needed - a chance to get faaaar away from our worlds and steal time in this beautiful peaceful setting. Oh the looks at dawn:)
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Allison B.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

A week at Escape

We had a wonderful stay. We hiked in Acadia, biked at Schoodic, and went sailing. It was a perfect location to explore the area.
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2023

About the host

Hosted by Mark McMillen

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Mark spent summers as a child in Maine, helping his parents and siblings build the original cabin. During college summers he dug clams and blood worms in the area to pay much of his tuition (those were the days!). He left the east coast after college at MIT and now lives with his wife in Colorado, where the tide has been out for far too long. An avid outdoorsman and naturalist, Mark's world view remains shaped by summers at Escape.

Why they chose this property

Escape has been a formative part of our family for three generations. Parents and three kids spent early summers clearing the land, building the cabin and putting in granite walks to manicuring the blueberry bushes. The parents added on, remodeled and modernized the structure before retiring here for 20+ years. JoAnn McMillen, painted and photographed the coast here for over 40 years, most often using the bay as her subject. The third generation spent quality time in the summer with their grandparents in Maine. Revitalizing the cabin in 2015 and spending time in Maine again has allowed us to continue the tradition.

What makes this property unique

Taunton Bay is unique - period. It's calmer, warmer and more comfortable than the open waters of Frenchman's Bay. Perfect for exploring by canoe and kayak. The south and west facing deck has the perfect balance of sun, shade, breeze and protection to make afternoons incredibly relaxing. The granite grottos are smooth, comfortable and warm the water. The setting on the point allows for sunsets over the water every evening.

The sealife and wildlife in and around the bay is incredible - loons, ducks, eagles, gulls, kingfishers, herons, seals, clams, mussels, oysters, scallops, horseshoe crabs, rock crabs, lobsters, starfish, sea urchins and more are all out there waiting to be discovered.

A shellfish license (available in Ellsworth) permits you to harvest shellfish from the bay for personal consumption subject to appropriate restrictions. The mussel bed (200 yards from the cove by canoe) has mussels, razor clams and even a few oysters.

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