Landscaping Material Delivered in Bass Harbor, ME

Some of the largest tides on the Maine coast push surge and wave action onto exposed granite shoreline here. Runoff scours the sandy ground and culvert outlets behind it.

Maine Rock Supply sells gravel and aggregate delivery in Bass Harbor, ME, with Type A gravel as the base course and rip rap as the stone that answers moving water.

Order online, size the load, and a dump truck tips it on your site.

Delivery to Bass Harbor and the Surrounding Area

Order online and pick a quantity by the ton or by the yard. Each product page has a calculator if you want to size the load before checkout.

Choose a delivery date at checkout. A dump truck arrives and tips the material in one pile on your site.

Plan where that pile lands, because everything after that is yours to move.

Bass Harbor sits in Hancock County, and delivery covers the county, including Ellsworth, Bar Harbor, Bucksport, Blue Hill and Hancock.

Materials for Bass Harbor Projects

Start with the project, not the material. A bed, a border or a dry creek bed wants rounded stone.

A drive wants a compacted base and a crushed running surface. A drain wants clean washed stone.

For beds, borders and dry creek beds, round stone is the material. River Rock fills a dry stream bed and runs along a drip edge.

Large River Rock holds the bigger accents and shoreline edging where a rounded stone reads better than broken ledge.

Ground cover and walkways take a finer stone. 3/8" Natural Pea Gravel, which Maine yards call pea stone, suits walkways, dog runs and play areas.

Stone Dust beds pavers, flagstone and patio stone, and it is the New England setting bed under flatwork.

For a driveway, build in two courses.

Driveway Gravel, sold as 3/4 inch crushed gravel, is the top course on a gravel drive or camp road.

For drainage, use clean washed stone. 3/4" Crushed Stone, also called 3/4 inch washed stone, goes in drainage trenches, drywells and pipe bedding.

Drain Rock covers foundation drains, curtain drains and french drains.

Ground and Conditions in Bass Harbor

Across the Downeast coast and blueberry barrens, the ground runs to coarse sandy and bouldery till over granite and volcanic bedrock, with ledge close to the surface. Broad glacial outwash sand and gravel sits under the barrens, marine clay fills the lower valleys, and peat and bog ground is extensive.

That mix does two different things to a base. Shallow soil over ledge and wide areas of bog and peat leave water sitting on the surface, so an under-built base pumps and fails.

The outwash barrens drain almost too fast and wash out any surface that was never bound together.

Match the stone to the ground. Wet, soft subgrade takes 1 1/2 inch crushed stone before a gravel course goes on.

Ground that sheds water takes a compacted Type A gravel base with a crushed gravel top course over it.

The working season is short. A late spring thaw near the water, then fog and damp that slow curing and compaction, push base and paver work toward the middle of the season.

Long cold winters bring heavy frost, held slightly in check near the water by fog and sea air, and hard frost heaving on gravel roads and camp drives every spring. Your local building official sets footing depth.

Order Type A Gravel and Decorative Stone in Bass Harbor

Type A gravel is the Maine base course, and it is the material to start with when a drive, a pad or a camp road needs a compacted base. Round stone, pea stone and stone dust handle the beds, borders and dry creek beds around it.

Order online and a truck tips it on your site.