Ride Report: Acadia National Park

Prior to last weekend, I had never ridden in Acadia National Park.
I guess I thought there would be too much tourist traffic
Or that it always rains when I go to Maine
Or it just wasn't going to be worth taking the extra day off.
Boy was I wrong, on all counts!



We left Friday AM in thick clouds, but never saw rain.


We camped at Seawall Campground, Southwest Harbor, one of two park camps. A bargain at $20/night, all the wood you can burn...but no showers on site.
There is a "camp store" down the way that has a sign for hot showers. But they didn't seem open very much. In fact, it seems that we missing the big opening by a week. This was not a plan but worked out in our favor :thumb
We had the place to ourselves...maybe 25% occupancy.

We were not familiar with the one way section of the Loop Road, and its not obvious on the map, it is one way toward Sand Beach, that means you have a glorious 2 lane (freshly paved I might add) winding road all to yourself, pass cars and bicyclists as needed.



Late afternoon sun at a bay near Pretty Marsh. hard to say exactly, I was leading...and getting us...misplaced.


Top of Cadillac Mt. on a sunny day


This was the top of the Mt. during the first part of the day, cloudy, cold and misty.


Sand Beach




Not much traffic...


Dinner, sweet potatoes and russet potatoes cooked on the coals, served with bubbling hot chili over the them.


This is a summary of our camping at Seawall Campsite...everything except the Maine State bird (mosquito)


Acadia is already on next years list! Hope you are getting out and finding new favorite spots!