Acadia National Park

General Information about Acadia

Acadia National Park is in Maine, off the Northern coast. The park has rocky beaches and mountains (well, New England mountains, anyway), and great places to hike. A great asset of the park is its system of carriage roads. Apparently one of the Rockefellers used to live on the island at the turn of the century. He had something against cars, so as they were growing in popularity, he decided to show everyone you could still use horse drawn carriages by building an elaborate grid of carriage roads. They crisscross the park and let you bike ride into areas that would otherwise take hours to hike to.

These pictures are from a visit to Acadia made with my friends, Geoff Ziebold and Kevin Levey.

Regular (paper) prints of the photos can be purchased in a variety of sizes. Contact me at the address below for details and prices.

To download a larger version of an image, click on the links below it.

Bubbles

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The hills in the distance are called, "The Bubbles." Don't ask me why.

Eagle Lake

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This is a picture of Eagle Lake from one of the carriage roads.

Bridge and Geoff

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Along with the system of roads, Rockefeller had several bridges built, many of which still stand.

Mansion

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The park lies on Mt. Desert Island but does not occupy the whole island. There are a few residential areas, and some beautiful houses. I wouldn't mind shacking up in this one.

Sandy Beach

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This picture is of Sandy Beach. Encircling the park is the Park Loop Road, and Sandy Beach lies off that road.

Sunset #1

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Geoff, Kevin, and watched the sunset one night from Cadillac Mountain. It was a great sunset with low clouds and rich, red colors, and the mountains gives a nice panoramic view.

Sunset #2

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Here is another view of the sunset as the sky yellowed.

Sunset #3

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And now here it is as it softened and reddened. Nature rules, doesn't it?

Geoff watching sunset

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Geoff soaks in the sunset.

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Dave Becker, dbecker@media.mit.edu

Last modified: Fri Oct 25 14:16:07 EDT 1996