Popular Trips in Acadia National Park
This loop of about 5 miles takes the hiker around Jordan Pond and up the west face of the South Bubble Mountain (766 feet), then returns you for lunch at the Jordon Pond House, where tea and popovers await.
a 4mi hike over four peaks (including sargent mt, the second highest peak in acadia)
We had planned on doing Beehive, but it rained heavily on Friday, and so we decided the iron rungs and ladders on that trail might be too slippery and dangerous. Instead, we tried Gaint Slide which is supposed to be especially beautiful after rains. It was indeed very pretty, with numerous small water falls and clear mountain pools as you clamber over moss covered rocks. It's pretty strenous, not because of grade...
Walking across Sand Beach of course presented a challenge of getting KJ off the sand and ready to actualy start the hike. After about 20 minutes of "racing the waves" we finally got across the beach and started the ascent up to Great Head. Prime with outstanding views, this hike offerred a balance of woods and awesome sceneary to the North, South, East and West. On the descent, KJ...
This is a hike in Acadia National Park near Bar Harbor in Maine. It is a loop that hits the sights of Featherbed, a secluded mountain pond, the not so secluded summit of Cadillac mountain, and then down, up, and over to neighboring Dorr mountain before heading back down Dorr's southern side. It's our longest hike to date at 6.3 miles, and quite breathtaking in sections. I found it to be pretty challenging, though that's...
Parking at the Sandy Beach upper parking lot we started our 2 miles hike on the Ocean Trail. What an amazing hike with absolutely incredible views. Adding to the beauty was the complete isolation in the park. We saw a total of six people during the entire trek. With gorgeous views of Sand Beach, Thunder Hole, Monument Cove, Otter Cliffs and the culmination at Otter Point the hike...
This is a well used trail within the area of Acadia that you must pay to enter. We made it a loop by including the Cadillac Cliffs trail with the Gorman Mountain section. While we ascended the Gorman trail and descended the Cadillac Cliffs one, I would suggest the opposite because there is a large rock slide area that would probably be much more fun to climb up than it was to...
We started the morning a little late after Daddy decided to get up at 4am and photograph the sunrise at Otter Cliffs. Needless to say, our intention was to hike the complete loop over to Acadia Mountain which would have added an additional .7 miles. However, after seeing the rapid descent on the backside of the trail and the impending ascent in the same short distance to the top of...
This hike of almost exactly 11 miles starts and ends at the trailhead located inside the Blackwoods Campground (A-loop) on Mount Desert Island in Acadia National Park.This is the Cadillac South Ridge Trail, and includes a side trail to Eagles Crag, a cliff overlooking the Atlantic Ocean and the eastern shore of the United States.Cadillac Mountain is 1,566 feet (according to my Garmin GPSMap 60 CSx.
Norumbega Mountain - Goat Trail to Lower Hadlock Loop
Acadia National Park, Maine, United States
3.4 miles
3.4 miles
This is a hard hike to characterize, since it starts off with a strenuous ascent up Goat Trail but finishes quite leisurely along Lower Hadlock Pond and some beautiful cascades. The difficult part of Goat Trail is only about 0.3 miles and it comes at the very beginning, so once you get through that it's clear sailing with only the modest distance, not steepness, providing any challenge. Not a great hike for anyone looking...
