Trip to Acadia National Park - Day 3 of 4

Here are a couple of interesting facts about Acadia National Park. It was established in 1916, the first national park east of the Mississippi. All the land that was joined together to create the park was donated by private citizens.

On this third day our destination was Eastport, Maine, the furthest we could go up the coast without being in Canada.We also went to Lubec to make sure we visited the eastern most point in the US. On our way up, we drove down the Schoodic Peninsula to visit this section of Acadia.

Along the western side of the Schoodic peninsula.

At the top of Schoodic Head, 440 feet.

The light on Mark Island.

The light on Egg Rock.

From Schoodic Point

A lobster fisherman hauling in his catch.

Near Eastport at low tide. You can't really see them here, but there were people way out, digging for clams.

Interesting statue in Eastport

On our way back to Bar Harbor, we took the roads closest to the coast. We see very interesting things this way, like this Navy antenna installation near Cutler.

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.

Trip to Acadia National Park - Day 1 of 4

Our trip to Maine would not be complete without a trip to Acadia National Park. So many people had told us many wonderful things about this park and it certainly met our high expectations. We took a four day trip from Scarborough, and stayed in a nice, small, clean motel in Bar Harbor.

The following 3 pictures are of the Penobscot Narrows Bridge and Observatory, which we crossed on our way to Acadia.

The following are a series taken at Thunder Hole in Acadia. True to it's name, there was a thunderous sound when the water would slam against the rocks and we could actually feel it on the ground. We accidentally stopped there at the best time to see nature's show. The bottom part of the walkway was gated on this day. We stopped a few days later when the situation was very different. Those pictures will appear on another post.