Acadia Mountain Hike

Wednesday, August 8, 2012 - our last full day in Acadia National Park. We pretty much hit all the highlights on our bucket list. However, there are still many, many trails that we just didn't have time to hike. With just one day left, we decided to hike Acadia Mountain (the park's name sake).

We put together a loop hike that took us up and over Flying Mountain, along the shore of Valley Cove, up Acadia Mountain, over to Mt. St. Sauveur and down to Valley Peak and down to the parking area near Fernald Cove. To say this was an up and down hike is an understatement.  At times, we felt like we were on a hiking roller coaster. Here is Kathy atop one of the many, many ledges we encountered.

On our way around Valley Cove, we had to cross over several boulder slides. The blocks of granite were square. So, when they were laying flat, you could walk across them. Only, they weren't all laying flat. Kathy got a boo-boo on her knee from a particularly pointy boulder.

We learned from the park ranger on our boat ride, that the water in the cove is really deep - deep enough for lobsters. Here is a lobsterman checking his traps.

Here is the view from the top of Acadia Mountain. Along the right side of the photo is the Valley Cove and Flying Mounting. Our truck is parked on the other side of Flying Mountain.

We met lots of family groups doing a popular smaller loop hike up Acadia and back on a fire road. It was fun getting trail advice from the little ones. Here is the last view we saw as we came down from Valley Peak.

We had a wonderful time and hope to return to Acadia some day.