Winter Harbor is a town on the Schoodic Peninsula in Hancock County, Maine, United States.

Winter Harbor was once the location of a US Naval Station, NSGA-WH, which closed in the mid-2000s, and is now home to the Schoodic Institute’s Education and Research Center.

The Schoodic Point District of Acadia National Park is adjacent to the town, and has played an important role in the community’s economic and social development.

In addition, the community is or was a summer residence of several notable figures, such as Frederick Hauck, Fitzgerald Eugene Dixon, among others.

The festival draws crowds from across the Peninsula and wider Downeast Acadia Region, and includes activities, markets, boat races, a parade, and other events.

[1] Winter Harbor was raided various times by French and natives during Queen Anne's War.

A United States Navy radio communications station operated here during World War II.

In 1889 a group formed “The Gouldsboro Land Improvement Company” with the idea of creating a summer colony much like that of Bar Harbor.

[7] Residents of this community share in an association which includes a yacht club, nine-hole golf course,[8] tennis courts and footpaths.