bald eagle on Bar Harbor island
Cara and I went to Bar Harbor the last week in June, staying at Emory's Cottages on upper Frenchman's Bay. We visited Acadia National Park and covered a lot of the less famous features of Mount Desert Island as well. Below is the Bass Harbor lighthouse, located at the southeast corner of the island. This post, part one of two, covers the interior of the island and views from Cadillac Mountain. Part Two covers our cottage's beach, our boat trips and Indian Point nature preserve. The naturalist essay based on these pictures is at Raleigh Nature.
Don't forget - all pics click to enlarge!
John Dancy-Jones (author) at Bass Harbor, Maine***********************
Otter Cliffs by Cara Dancy-Jones
scoters off Otter Cliffs
Thunder Holehottest tourist spot in Acadia National Park
Acadia interior creek
close-up of beaver dam by Cara
frog in Abbe' Garden, Acadia National park
Trail up Dorr Mountain, named for the founder of Acadia National Park. He, Rockefeller and others just bought up the island farm by farm and gave it to the Park.
Cara on Dorr Mountain trail
We had a wonderful carriage ride in Acadia National Park, on some of the 47 miles of carriage roads designed and built by John D. Rockefeller, Jr., whose anti-automobile covenant on his magnificent donation protects the park to this day. Our driver was a horseman from Pennsylvania who uses these horses for logging in the winter and drives eight of them to Acadia each summer for some productive exercise!
Mr. Rockefellers's Depression bridge
carriage ride brook by Cara
the Bubble Mountains
Cara and I are both point-n-shoot folks, but she has a better camera and a wonderful eye for natural beauty. This "photo painting" is her trimmed zoom of some cliff flowers. All of the photos she took in this post are clearly labeled so. Thanks, baby-baby!
bearberries by Cara
Eagle Lake, Acadia National Park
summit of Cadillac Mountain
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Acadia interior creek
close-up of beaver dam by Cara
frog in Abbe' Garden, Acadia National park****************
Trail up Dorr Mountain, named for the founder of Acadia National Park. He, Rockefeller and others just bought up the island farm by farm and gave it to the Park.
Cara on Dorr Mountain trail****************
We had a wonderful carriage ride in Acadia National Park, on some of the 47 miles of carriage roads designed and built by John D. Rockefeller, Jr., whose anti-automobile covenant on his magnificent donation protects the park to this day. Our driver was a horseman from Pennsylvania who uses these horses for logging in the winter and drives eight of them to Acadia each summer for some productive exercise!
Mr. Rockefellers's Depression bridge
carriage ride brook by Cara
the Bubble Mountains*******************
Cara and I are both point-n-shoot folks, but she has a better camera and a wonderful eye for natural beauty. This "photo painting" is her trimmed zoom of some cliff flowers. All of the photos she took in this post are clearly labeled so. Thanks, baby-baby!
bearberries by Cara******************
Eagle Lake, Acadia National Park
summit of Cadillac MountainAcadia National Park, Maine
Cadillac Mountain granite
Bar Harbor from Cadillac Mountain
Porcupine Islands from Cadillac Mountain
Otter Point from Cadillac Mountain
This is upper Frenchman's Bay from Cadillac Mountain. We stayed at Sand Point, the triangular protrusion just to the right of center. That beach and other adventures from our week at Bar Harbor are covered in Part Two of this photo post.
Cadillac Mountain granite
Bar Harbor from Cadillac Mountain
Porcupine Islands from Cadillac Mountain
Otter Point from Cadillac Mountain
This is upper Frenchman's Bay from Cadillac Mountain. We stayed at Sand Point, the triangular protrusion just to the right of center. That beach and other adventures from our week at Bar Harbor are covered in Part Two of this photo post.return to Raleigh Nature
