Mount Desert Island is about 3 hours beyond Freeport. Think Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park. Bass Harbor is over on the "quiet side" of the island, away from Bar Harbor (although Bar Harbor isn't such a zoo at this time of year).
I'm also at stock height. This isn't really a "wheeling" weekend, although we are still hoping to identify some mild to moderate level trails in the area. This is more of a camping, eating, and talking weekend get-together.