Three bedrooms, two baths, and 500 feet of private Jericho Bay shoreline, with sunrise views and a lobster-ready kitchen.
Booked through The Island Agency — visit their booking site, call (207) 367-2828, or email info@islandrentalsmaine.com.
Ledge & Tide gives you private rocky shoreline, sunrise over Jericho Bay, a real kitchen for lobster dinners, and interiors shaped by Deer Isle’s art, boats, books, craft, and shore. It is beautiful enough for adults, easy enough for families, and full of small details that make a week feel rooted in the island.
Every room has been updated with brand-new furnishings, quality bedding, practical family and work details, and a design approach rooted in Deer Isle rather than generic coastal décor.
The house faces east over Jericho Bay, with sunrise light, granite shoreline, spruce islands, and Acadia in the distance. The view has interest beyond flat water: tides move in and out, ledges appear and disappear, and the shore keeps changing through the day.
Ledge & Tide takes its name from the shoreline of the property itself. Just below the house, granite ledges meet the sea, and the tides continually reshape the beach. At low tide, more of the shoreline is revealed for exploring; at high tide, the water returns and transforms the view again.
This is a classic Deer Isle shoreline: rocky, tidal, beautiful, and best for exploring, watching the tide, and sitting by the water rather than a conventional sandy beach day. Children should be supervised near the shore, rocks, stairs, tide, and water.
The layout is practical and the feeling is personal: comfortable for adults, easy for families, and rooted in Deer Isle.
All three bedrooms are newly furnished, designed for high sleep quality, and given their own sense of place. The goal is simple: everyone gets a great bed, comfortable bedding, room darkening curtains, solid wood bed frames, plenty of charging outlets, and stunning water views.
A calm green and terracotta room honoring the nature of the island and shore. It includes art from a Maine artist inspired by Winslow Homer’s paintings of coastal Maine, giving the room a grounded sense of place.
A quiet upstairs king room with design elements inspired by Joel White, the famous Maine boat builder, and the craft traditions of the coast. The upstairs full bath sits directly between this room and the McCloskey Room.
A flexible room for kids, cousins, or friends, inspired by Robert McCloskey’s children’s books. Many of McCloskey’s books are from this part of Maine, making the room playful, local, and still comfortable for adults.
Full bath supplies are included: towels, soaps, shampoo, conditioner, and hair dryer. A convenient washer dryer is in the home along with supplies.
The house is stocked and organized around the way guests actually use a coastal Maine stay: cooking, resting, working, playing, heading out, and coming back.
Booking summer 2026 for a limited first season on Deer Isle.
Booked through The Island Agency — visit their booking site, call (207) 367-2828, or email info@islandrentalsmaine.com.
Deer Isle rewards a longer stay. You can keep days slow at the house, explore trails and beaches close by, spend time in Stonington, get out on the water, visit galleries and local makers, or take a bigger day trip when you want one. It is quiet, but it is not empty: the island has enough food, nature, art, water, and local character to make a week feel full without making it feel scheduled.
Stay close and still have plenty of ways to shape the day.
Explore Island Heritage Trust trails, granite shoreline, spruce woods, beaches, ponds, quiet roads, and places where the island opens back onto water.
Book a Stonington Archipelago kayaking trip, bring your own kayak, canoe, or paddleboard, watch the harbor, or take the Isle au Haut mailboat to a quieter piece of Acadia.
Visit Nervous Nellie’s, local galleries, makers, the Opera House, Haystack-adjacent craft culture, and the island’s boatbuilding touchpoints.
Mix a short trail, a pond or beach stop, the country club, books and games at the house, and an easy lobster dinner back by the shore.
A full week does not have to mean a full schedule, but there are plenty of directions to go.
Harbor, galleries, shops, seafood, the Opera House, boat trips, sunset, and the working waterfront feel that makes this part of Maine distinct.
A good day for bigger groceries, bakeries, restaurants, shops, galleries, and a little more town energy before returning to the quiet of the island.
A quiet boatbuilding town that produced WoodenBoat magazine and was E.B. White's home for forty years. The inspiration behind the upstairs king.
A preserved 18th century seaport on a peninsula pointing into Penobscot Bay, with Federal architecture, an old fort, a maritime college, and good walking.
A massive granite Civil War fort and the tallest public bridge observatory in the world, on the same site.
Take a bigger adventure when you want one, without making the whole trip about crowds or spending every day in the car.
The short version: it is private, quiet, rocky, tidal, family-friendly with supervision, and best for guests who want Deer Isle more than resort-style beach infrastructure.
Private rocky shore, two full baths, three bedrooms, brand-new furnishings, and a beautifully refreshed home designed for comfortable coastal Maine days. Booking summer 2026 for a limited first season.
Booked through The Island Agency — visit their booking site, call (207) 367-2828, or email info@islandrentalsmaine.com.
