Phone--207-288-3605

The MDIBL is located on the north shore of Mount Desert Island in the village of Salisbury cove.

From Boston, Bangor and points in between:

1A. From Boston: I-95 North from Boston to Bangor area (approx 215 miles).

1B. From Bangor Int. Airport: 1-95 South from Bangor International Airport

2. Exit to I-395 (exit 182A).

3. Exit to Route 1A (exit 6A--Coastal Route/Ellsworth/Bar Harbor)

4. Take Route 1A from Bangor to Ellsworth (approx 24 miles)

5. Route 1 and 3 merge near the McDonald's

6. Continue on Route 3 to Mount Desert Island. At the of the head of the island (Exxon gas station), it's approx. four miles to Old Bar Harbor Road. Old Bar Harbor Road will intersect with Rt. 3 on your left.

7. Turn left onto Old Bar Harbor Road and follow approximately 1/8 mile to Dahlgren Hall/Maren Conference Center (yellow & white building with auditorium attached located on the left just beyond the entrance to the Lab)

Parking is in either curbside (on the conference center side only, please), or in the small gravel parking lot adjacent to the building. Overflow parking is in the field across the street.

Bar Harbor is approximately 12 minutes from MDIBL. Simply continue on Rt. 3.

questions? contact Michael McKernan (mmckernan@mdibl.org)