Golf in Southwest Harbor

Southwest Harbor occupies the quieter, working-fishing-village side of Mount Desert Island, where the boatyards and lobster wharves define the character rather than the souvenir shops and whale-watch boats that dominate Bar Harbor. The Hinckley Company's iconic yacht-building operation has anchored the marine trades here for decades, and the Wendell Gilley Museum of Bird Carving adds to the community's cultural identity. Somes Sound (the only true fjord in the eastern United States, separating Southwest Harbor from Northeast Harbor) provides a dramatic natural boundary and backdrop. The Causeway Club's nine holes serve island residents and the seasonal community who prefer the western shore's lower-key character.