Access: Bass Harbor Head Light Station

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Parking - Auto, Restroom - Accessible, Scenic View/Photo Spot, Toilet - Vault/Composting, Trash/Litter Receptacles

The video shows a wooden building which holds vault toilets at the end of an asphalt parking lot. A forest of tall evergreen trees sits behind the parking lot and restrooms. There are two accessible spaces on the right side of the parking lot, designated by faint paint on the ground. As the video pans to the beginning of the parking lot, there is a white fence along the parking lot with scattered conifer trees behind it. Through the trees, there are glimpses of the ocean. At the beginning of the parking lot, there is one accessible space, designated by a sign on the white fence. Adjacent to this parking space, there is an asphalt path down to the lighthouse. A large white building with green trim and the NPS logo sits at the start of the path. The path is lined with a rope fence and wooden posts as it steeply curves downhill to the left and to the lighthouse.

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The video shows a wooden building which holds vault toilets at the end of an asphalt parking lot. A forest of tall evergreen trees sits behind the parking lot and restrooms. There are two accessible spaces on the right side of the parking lot, designated by faint paint on the ground. As the video pans to the beginning of the parking lot, there is a white fence along the parking lot with scattered Conifer trees behind it. Through the trees, there are glimpses of the ocean. At the beginning of the parking lot, there is one accessible space, designated by a sign on the white fence. Adjacent to this parking space, there is an asphalt path down to the lighthouse. A large white building with green trim and the NPS logo sits at the start of the path. The path is lined with a rope fence and wooden posts as it steeply curves downhill to the left and to the lighthouse.

Descriptive Transcript

The video shows a wooden building which holds vault toilets at the end of an asphalt parking lot. A forest of tall evergreen trees sits behind the parking lot and restrooms. There are two accessible spaces on the right side of the parking lot, designated by faint paint on the ground. As the video pans to the beginning of the parking lot, there is a white fence along the parking lot with scattered Conifer trees behind it. Through the trees, there are glimpses of the ocean. At the beginning of the parking lot, there is one accessible space, designated by a sign on the white fence. Adjacent to this parking space, there is an asphalt path down to the lighthouse. A large white building with green trim and the NPS logo sits at the start of the path. The path is lined with a rope fence and wooden posts as it steeply curves downhill to the left and to the lighthouse.

Duration:

49.399 seconds

An accessible description and transcript of the Access Bass Harbor Head Light Station in Acadia National Park. (July 2025)