Sears Island Today

There is an island not far from here that has sandy beaches, rock ledges, mature hardwood forests, rolling meadows, old stone walls, and winding footpaths. Situated at the north end of Penobscot Bay, the island has a commanding view of the entire bay -- from Fort Point to Castine and Cape Rosier to Turtle Head and Isleboro to Camden and its graceful hills to the bluffs at Bayside and Belfast Harbor. This 940 acre island and its surrounding waters is home to loons, cormorants, heron, eiders, scoters, and seals. It is home to gulls, jay, chickadees, and starlings. It is home to deer, racoon, porcupines, squirrels, and countless other forest and sea creatures. And it is a second home, a spiritual home, to the people who hunt, fish, harvest shellfish, walk, run, bicycle, paddle the island every day.