Thrift stores in Bar Harbor

Thrift stores reward the patient. In Bar Harbor, Maine that patience currently stretches across 5 mapped shops — 1 of them are charity shops and 4 are independent second-hand stores, so Bar Harbor gives you both flavours of thrifting in one trip.

This guide covers every thrift store we could verify in and around Bar Harbor (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Another's Treasure and Goodwill, plus 2nd to None — each with its own personality, which is half the fun. If a shop's missing from Bar Harbor's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet — the scene is bigger than any single dataset.

The Bar Harbor thrift lineup

5 mapped within about 40 km:

What the map tells us about thrifting in Bar Harbor

2 of the 5 shops list their opening hours, which is unusually helpful for Bar Harbor — thrift stores are notorious for surprise closures. Still, call ahead if you're making a special trip to Bar Harbor; volunteer-run shops sometimes close early on quiet days.

2 shops have websites listed, worth a look before you go — some post new arrivals or sale days online.

Most shops in Bar Harbor list a phone number. Use it — a thirty-second call beats a wasted drive, especially for furniture or anything you can't carry home on the bus.

The Bar Harbor thrift circuit

Plot these 5 on a map and the day plans itself: Another's Treasure, Goodwill, 2nd to None on 142 Main Street, The Ark Thrift Shop, and Tree of Life Food Pantry;Turn Style on 23 South Street. That's the full Bar Harbor circuit in one sensible order.

Thrifting tips for Bar Harbor

Regulars learn these fast; visitors to Bar Harbor can skip the learning curve:

• Go early in the week at Another's Treasure. Donations land on weekends, so Monday and Tuesday shelves are the freshly stocked ones. By Saturday the good stuff is gone.
• Don't ignore the kids' section at Goodwill. Kids outgrow everything in months, so the children's racks are full of barely-worn quality. Even without kids, the small furniture is great for small spaces.
• Try everything on. Sizing across decades is chaos. The fitting room — or a brave moment by the mirror — saves you from the almost-right jacket.
• Learn your fabrics. A quick touch tells wool from acrylic, leather from pleather. Natural fibres at thrift prices are the whole game.

Good to know

We searched about 40 km around Bar Harbor — that covers the town itself plus the surrounding communities you'd reasonably drive to for a thrifting run. Listings come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by local volunteers, so a brand-new shop in Bar Harbor can take a while to appear. Spotted a closure among the 5, or a shop we missed entirely? The map is the source of truth here — one OpenStreetMap edit corrects it for everyone.

Prices at Bar Harbor's thrift stores are set by each shop and change constantly, so we don't list them. As a rough rule, charity shops are the cheapest, independents sit in the middle, and anything labelled vintage costs more everywhere — Bar Harbor included.