Complete Visitor's Guide to Deer Isle — Deer Isle Maine Pin

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Sunset over Penobscot Bay from Deer Isle

Most Deer Isle listings get marketed as a generic Penobscot Bay stay. That pitch could describe a dozen other towns, and it wastes what actually sets Town of Deer Isle, Hancock County, Maine apart. Guests who typed Deer Isle are looking for Causeway Beach, Settlement Quarry Preserve, Eggemoggin Reach, the Deer Isle-Sedgwick Bridge — not Solomons, and not Eastport. 77 active listings sit on this extract. Write the town you can actually walk. Keep the listing specific. A vague water caption loses the booking.

Typical listings here earned about $17,949 last year from 77 active rentals, AirROI trailing twelve months through July 2026. The average night was $296. Occupancy was 37.0 percent. Revenue per available night was $113. Year over year is minus 23.7 percent. Active supply moved 0.0 percent. Do not average in Solomons at $38,794 on 40 listings. That is a different town. Leave Eastport as a different market. Do not mix those towns. Treat this as a small sample, not a blended coast.

The three strongest months are August, September, and July. August is the busiest. January is the slowest. Most guests arrive from New York, then Portland. Typical stay is 5.8 nights, booked about 80 days ahead. Call Town Office at 207-348-6060. Confirm live town rules. Stonington is another municipality. Bar Harbor STR is another municipality. AirROI low-regulation label is a scrape The Island Agency holds still show up in this sample. Confirm the live desk before you advertise. A regulation scrape is not a permit.

Deer Isle is a granite Hancock County island, not a Bar Harbor listing and not a Stonington mash. Photograph Causeway Beach, Settlement Quarry Preserve, Eggemoggin Reach, and the Deer Isle-Sedgwick Bridge. Call the Town Office at 207-348-6060 and confirm the live rule before you advertise.

Arrive at Deer Isle on Purpose

That heading is the useful way to read Deer Isle, not a dashboard label. Guests come for Causeway Beach. Say that in the listing. Do not bury it under a generic Penobscot Bay caption. Do not write Solomons copy onto a Deer Isle address. Do not use Eastport as if it were this occupancy. Be specific about the walk. A vague caption loses the guest who typed this town. Keep the other town out of the title.

Read more in Deer Isle STR Report 2026 and Market a Deer Isle Stay. Typical listings earned about $17,949 last year from 77 active rentals, at $296 a night and 37.0 percent occupancy. August is the busiest month. January is the slowest. Most guests arrive from New York. Call Town Office at 207-348-6060. Confirm live town rules. Stonington is another municipality. Bar Harbor STR is another municipality. AirROI low-regulation label is a scrape

Year over year is minus 23.7 percent. Supply moved 0.0 percent. Keep Eastport ($15,265 a year) on its own line. A 33.8-percent share of listings uses a 30-night minimum. That is a stay rule, not occupancy. Photograph Causeway Beach. Confirm the parcel before you advertise. Sales tax can still apply under 30 days. Call the desk. Do not underwrite another town's year.

Walk Causeway Beach Before You Promise a Costume Day

That heading is the useful way to read Deer Isle, not a dashboard label. Guests come for Settlement Quarry Preserve. Say that in the listing. Do not bury it under a generic Penobscot Bay caption. Do not write Solomons copy onto a Deer Isle address. Do not use Eastport as if it were this occupancy. Be specific about the walk. A vague caption loses the guest who typed this town. Keep the other town out of the title.

Read more in Market a Deer Isle Stay and Deer Isle STR Rules. Typical listings earned about $17,949 last year from 77 active rentals, at $296 a night and 37.0 percent occupancy. August is the busiest month. January is the slowest. Most guests arrive from New York. Call Town Office at 207-348-6060. Confirm live town rules. Stonington is another municipality. Bar Harbor STR is another municipality. AirROI low-regulation label is a scrape

Year over year is minus 23.7 percent. Supply moved 0.0 percent. Keep Eastport ($15,265 a year) on its own line. A 33.8-percent share of listings uses a 30-night minimum. That is a stay rule, not occupancy. Photograph Settlement Quarry Preserve. Confirm the parcel before you advertise. Sales tax can still apply under 30 days. Call the desk. Do not underwrite another town's year.

Name Settlement Quarry Preserve as a Separate Stop

That heading is the useful way to read Deer Isle, not a dashboard label. Guests come for Eggemoggin Reach. Say that in the listing. Do not bury it under a generic Penobscot Bay caption. Do not write Solomons copy onto a Deer Isle address. Do not use Eastport as if it were this occupancy. Be specific about the walk. A vague caption loses the guest who typed this town. Keep the other town out of the title.

Read more in Deer Isle STR Rules and Deer Isle Shoulder. Typical listings earned about $17,949 last year from 77 active rentals, at $296 a night and 37.0 percent occupancy. August is the busiest month. January is the slowest. Most guests arrive from New York. Call Town Office at 207-348-6060. Confirm live town rules. Stonington is another municipality. Bar Harbor STR is another municipality. AirROI low-regulation label is a scrape

Year over year is minus 23.7 percent. Supply moved 0.0 percent. Keep Eastport ($15,265 a year) on its own line. A 33.8-percent share of listings uses a 30-night minimum. That is a stay rule, not occupancy. Photograph Eggemoggin Reach. Confirm the parcel before you advertise. Sales tax can still apply under 30 days. Call the desk. Do not underwrite another town's year.

Confirm City Versus Eastport Before You Promise Downtown

That heading is the useful way to read Deer Isle, not a dashboard label. Guests come for the Deer Isle-Sedgwick Bridge. Say that in the listing. Do not bury it under a generic Penobscot Bay caption. Do not write Solomons copy onto a Deer Isle address. Do not use Eastport as if it were this occupancy. Be specific about the walk. A vague caption loses the guest who typed this town. Keep the other town out of the title.

Read more in Deer Isle Shoulder and Deer Isle Remote Stays. Typical listings earned about $17,949 last year from 77 active rentals, at $296 a night and 37.0 percent occupancy. August is the busiest month. January is the slowest. Most guests arrive from New York. Call Town Office at 207-348-6060. Confirm live town rules. Stonington is another municipality. Bar Harbor STR is another municipality. AirROI low-regulation label is a scrape

Year over year is minus 23.7 percent. Supply moved 0.0 percent. Keep Eastport ($15,265 a year) on its own line. A 33.8-percent share of listings uses a 30-night minimum. That is a stay rule, not occupancy. Photograph the Deer Isle-Sedgwick Bridge. Confirm the parcel before you advertise. Sales tax can still apply under 30 days. Call the desk. Do not underwrite another town's year.

Eat in a Place of 77 Cards

Read more in Deer Isle Remote Stays and DIY vs Hire in Deer Isle. Typical listings earned about $17,949 last year from 77 active rentals, at $296 a night and 37.0 percent occupancy. August is the busiest month. January is the slowest. Most guests arrive from New York. Call Town Office at 207-348-6060. Confirm live town rules. Stonington is another municipality. Bar Harbor STR is another municipality. AirROI low-regulation label is a scrape

Do Not Treat This as Eastport

Read more in DIY vs Hire in Deer Isle and Who Books a Deer Isle Rental. Typical listings earned about $17,949 last year from 77 active rentals, at $296 a night and 37.0 percent occupancy. August is the busiest month. January is the slowest. Most guests arrive from New York. Call Town Office at 207-348-6060. Confirm live town rules. Stonington is another municipality. Bar Harbor STR is another municipality. AirROI low-regulation label is a scrape

Year over year is minus 23.7 percent. Supply moved 0.0 percent. Keep Eastport ($15,265 a year) on its own line. A 33.8-percent share of listings uses a 30-night minimum. That is a stay rule, not occupancy. Photograph Settlement Quarry Preserve. Confirm the parcel before you advertise. Sales tax can still apply under 30 days. Call the desk. Do not underwrite another town's year.

Confirm Hours Before You Promise the Walk

Read more in Who Books a Deer Isle Rental and Buying a Deer Isle Rental. Typical listings earned about $17,949 last year from 77 active rentals, at $296 a night and 37.0 percent occupancy. August is the busiest month. January is the slowest. Most guests arrive from New York. Call Town Office at 207-348-6060. Confirm live town rules. Stonington is another municipality. Bar Harbor STR is another municipality. AirROI low-regulation label is a scrape

Year over year is minus 23.7 percent. Supply moved 0.0 percent. Keep Eastport ($15,265 a year) on its own line. A 33.8-percent share of listings uses a 30-night minimum. That is a stay rule, not occupancy. Photograph Eggemoggin Reach. Confirm the parcel before you advertise. Sales tax can still apply under 30 days. Call the desk. Do not underwrite another town's year.

How to Use This Pin Without a Costume Stay

Read more in Buying a Deer Isle Rental and Deer Isle Tourism Data. Typical listings earned about $17,949 last year from 77 active rentals, at $296 a night and 37.0 percent occupancy. August is the busiest month. January is the slowest. Most guests arrive from New York. Call Town Office at 207-348-6060. Confirm live town rules. Stonington is another municipality. Bar Harbor STR is another municipality. AirROI low-regulation label is a scrape

Year over year is minus 23.7 percent. Supply moved 0.0 percent. Keep Eastport ($15,265 a year) on its own line. A 33.8-percent share of listings uses a 30-night minimum. That is a stay rule, not occupancy. Photograph the Deer Isle-Sedgwick Bridge. Confirm the parcel before you advertise. Sales tax can still apply under 30 days. Call the desk. Do not underwrite another town's year. Cite the city count. Leave AirROI Low off the packet. Watch sample on this year. Confirm the driveway.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is a typical Deer Isle STR year on this extract?

AirROI's trailing-twelve-month extract for Deer Isle, August 2025 through July 2026 (updated 2026-08-08), lists about $17,949 in typical revenue across 77 active listings. Average night runs $296, occupancy sits at 37.0 percent, and the year-over-year change is minus 23.7 percent. That is a small sample relative to bigger Penobscot Bay markets, so treat it as directional rather than a citywide census.

Can I average Solomons into this year?

No. Solomons is a separate Penobscot Bay market with its own extract, $38,794 from 40 listings — a different town, a different sample. Cite the Deer Isle figure, $17,949 from 77 listings, on its own line, and confirm any town-specific detail before you advertise a stay using another town's numbers.

Which months are strongest in Deer Isle?

August, September, and July are the three strongest months for Deer Isle STRs, with August the outright busiest and January the slowest. Occupancy for the full year lands at 37.0 percent against that $17,949 typical revenue on 77 listings. Price around the named peaks and holes rather than a flat calendar.

Where do guests come from?

New York sends the most guests to Deer Isle, followed by Portland. Typical stays run 5.8 nights, booked about 80 days out, with a superhost share of 59.7 percent. Write listing copy for the guest who searched Deer Isle specifically rather than a generic Penobscot Bay pitch.

Does a low-regulation label mean there is no local permit?

No — a low-regulation scrape label is not the same as a clean bill from town hall. Deer Isle runs its short-term rental process through the Town Office at 207-348-6060, covering confirm live town rules directly; confirm the live fee before you advertise. Stonington and Bar Harbor run their own separate STR desks.

Is a 30-night minimum the same as occupancy?

No. About 33.8 percent of Deer Isle listings — 26 of them — set a 30-night minimum, which is a booking filter, not a measure of how full a calendar actually runs. Typical stay length here is 5.8 nights, well under that threshold, so do not read minimum-stay settings as an occupancy proxy.

What should a buyer packet carry?

A Deer Isle buyer packet should cite $17,949 across 77 listings, the august, september, and july peak months against a january low, New York as the lead origin market, a 5.8-night typical stay with a 80-day booking lead, and the the Town Office line at 207-348-6060. Keep Solomons's $38,794 and Eastport's $15,265 labeled separately — never averaged in.

Is Eastport the same market as Deer Isle?

No. Eastport published $15,265 from 54 listings, a materially different Penobscot Bay market from Deer Isle's $17,949 on 77 listings with January as its slowest month. Confirm the Town Office at 207-348-6060 before marketing a Deer Isle stay using Eastport's numbers, or vice versa — keep each town's figures on its own line.

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