Long Point Island is a privately owned island located in Harpswell, Maine and is part of a unique coastal community of 200 islands that reach out into beautiful Casco Bay. Long Point Island is a tidal island which means that every twelve hours as the tides change the water recedes exposing a rock and sand path to the mainland, just 300 yards away. In itself, this phenomenon brings much pleasure in the form of tide watching as the scenery is constantly changing. The island affords spectacular views of the water activities that coastal Maine is so well known for. You will be intrigued by the passing lobster boats, sail boats catching the wind and kayakers paddling their way along the coast. A park like setting, the five acres of Long Point Island are diverse with flora and fauna. At any given time visitors to the island will see many land and sea birds along with an occasional raccoon or red fox. Seasonally, the island blooms with the colors and scents of bayberry, sea lavender and rugosa rose. Close to neighboring Brunswick, a charming town which is home to Bowdoin College, to Freeport and its shopping mecca anchored by L.L. Bean, to Bath a shipbuilding town with a splendid Maritime Museum and to Portland, Maine's largest city; the island is a perfect home base for your coastal Maine vacation.