Northport, Bayside, Maine

Northport Bayside, Maine, Northport is a small town with high ideals located along the coast between Camden and Belfast. Settled in 1780 and incorporated on February 13, 1796 from Ducktrap Plantation, though Ducktrap Harbor, which it shares with Lincolnville, retains the original name. The population is around 1331 in a area of 24.7 sq miles. The school district is MSAD 34. In addition to its long coastline facing Islesboro on Penobscot Bay, the town has frontage on the three-mile long Pitcher Pond and all of its Knight Pond. St. Clair Preserve in Northport protects nearly all of the unspoiled Knight's Pond. The sanctuary, 304 acres of mixed forest, bogs, swamps and fields has been home to black bears, bobcats, fishers, foxes, and deer. Loons and raptors are also common. Ducktrap Mountain rises over 700 feet from the pond's edge. It is accessible by canoe and trails from the town landing on Knight's Pond Road. Historic Bayside is a village located inside the town of Northport which few visitors to Maine know exists. The village started as a summer religious retreat for a group of Methodists from the surrounding communities in 1849. Every year, Methodists from the Penobscot Bay area gathered in Bayside (originally known as Northport Campground), lived in tents and conducted religious meetings. As the years went on, the summer gatherings became longer. People started to build more permanent housing, first in the form of large structures housing many families in a cooperative arrangement. Then, small building lots were sold and individual cottages began to be built. When the first hotel was built in 1875 the area started to grow in importance as a summer resort. More hotels followed, steamer ships visited, and Bayside became a popular summer destination. Today the large hotels are gone, as are the crowds that gathered during the heyday of the resort era. Now Bayside is a quiet community of about three hundred cottages, most built between 1870 and 1900. About one-third of them have been winterized, and are occupied year-round. The other two-thirds are occupied during the season (May through October), or are rented out for some portion of the summer. Prices vary for the cottages that are for sale and range from $200,000.00 on up, if you can find them. Yes, that’s the price for a seasonal cottage usually furnished.

The Northport area is a wonderful place to relocate. Others have already found a warm, secure place to bring and raise their children, a creative environment to inspire them, trustworthy workers for their small business, or a active, friendly community where they can retire.As a hardworking buyer's broker, I can help you find the real estate you need: Cottages on the water;cottages in the village;country farmhouses or rural land; classic homes in area, or old-fashioned Maine homes built centuries ago.

Northport Bayside Real Estate

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