Balance Rock Inn

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| hotel_name = Balance Rock Inn

| image = Balance Rock Inn rear.jpg

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| caption = The rear of the hotel, viewed from Bar Harbor's Shore Path, 2021

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| location = Bar Harbor, Maine

| address = 21 Albert Meadow
Bar Harbor, Maine 04609

| coordinates = {{Coord|44.3884|N|68.2013|W|display=inline,title}}

| opening_date = {{start date and age|1903|p=yes}}

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| architect = Andrews, Jaques & Rantoul

| number_of_rooms = 27

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| number_of_restaurants = 1

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| floors = 3

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| website = {{URL|https://www.balancerockinn.com/}}

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The Balance Rock Inn is a boutique hotel in the American town of Bar Harbor, Maine. AAA Four Diamond-rated, the structure was built in 1903 as a home for Scottish railroad tycoon Alexander Maitland.[https://www.balancerockinn.com/our-story/ Our story] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211111210302/https://www.balancerockinn.com/our-story/ |date=2021-11-11 }} – Balance Rock Inn official website Maitland was Henry Flagler's partner in the Florida East Coast Railway.[https://www.portlandmonthly.com/portmag/2014/07/tycoon-for-a-night/ "Tycoon For A Night"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211115210815/https://www.portlandmonthly.com/portmag/2014/07/tycoon-for-a-night/ |date=2021-11-15 }} – Portland Monthly, July/August 2014

The hotel is named for Balance Rock, a nearby geological formation that balances on a slender stone fulcrum just off Bar Harbor's Shore Path.

The hotel, which was expanded to 27 rooms in 1995,[https://www.nytimes.com/1996/08/04/travel/mount-desert-island.html "Mount Desert Island"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211111211111/https://www.nytimes.com/1996/08/04/travel/mount-desert-island.html |date=2021-11-11 }} – New York Times, August 4, 1996 is constructed in the shingle style and was designed by the noted architectural firm Andrews, Jaques & Rantoul. Its restaurant is called The Veranda.[http://theverandabarharbor.com/ The Veranda] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211111210301/http://theverandabarharbor.com/ |date=2021-11-11 }} – official website

Situated at the eastern end of Albert Meadow, a cul-de-sac off Bar Harbor's Main Street, the hotel stands adjacent to Grant Park and overlooks Frenchman Bay and its Porcupine Islands.