Mount Desert Island - Somesville Maine is the oldest settlement and a beautiful little village on Mount Desert Island just minutes from Bar Harbor. It is an excellent opportunity to take some of the best photos while you are visiting Acadia and Mount Desert Island. The white foot bridge is one of the most photographed scenes on Mount Desert Island for it is renowned for having the only fjord on the U.S. East Coast known as Somes Sound. The Somes Sound is a result of a mile high glacier which formed the gouges in the land and left the 7 mile long Somes Sound with mountain tops, lakes and boulders. There are many hiking trails, picnic areas, beaches in and near Somesville.