Trip to Acadia National Park - Day 2 of 4

Our second day we explored some of the less visited areas of Mount Desert Island, where Acadia is located. Most of our day we drove around the western half of the island, stopping at park overlooks and quaint fishing villages.

Village of Southwest Harbor

Acadia National Park - Natural Seawall

 Cobblestone beach

Acadia Bass Harbor Head Lighthouse trail

Unfortunately, they were sandblasting the lighthouse in preparation for painting. So even though it's one of the most photographed lighthouses in Maine, it was not to be for us this time.

Lobster traps on a dock in the village of Bernard

Village of Northeast Harbor

Mount Desert Island is almost split in half by the only fjord on the east coast of the United States. A fjord is a long, deep, and narrow valley cut by glaciers and flooded in by the sea. We enjoyed nice views of Somes Sound while driving on Sargeant Drive.

Somes Sound

A wonderful overlook we stumbled upon and had all to ourselves.

There are almost 100 miles of hiking trails and 45 miles of historic carriage roads in Acadia. We tried a small sampling of each from Jordan Pond.

Jordan Pond

One of the many old stone bridges on the carriage roads.

Trail along the shore of Jordan Pond.