Acadia National Park - Part 2

You can read Part 1 here: Acadia National Park Part 1. The cold front and rain that ended the sweltering heat wave came in around dinner time of our second night in Acadia National Park.  This was good timing because the rain was winding down and it was only drizzling the next morning.  We grabbed umbrellas from the hotel lobby and headed over to Bar Island.  This is a little island north of the town of Bar Harbor.  At low tide, you can walk across the natural gravel bridge.

There are signs on both sides with low / high tides and a phone number to call if you get stuck on Bar Island when the tide comes in.  There is about 90 minutes both before and after low tide where you can walk across, so it is a solid 3 hour window. If you do get stuck, it will cost you $50 for a water taxi to come and rescue you.

Gravel road to Bar Island at low tide

View of Bar Harbor from Bar Island

We did the short hike to the peak of Bar Island and then strolled around town. By the time we got back to our hotel, we had logged 3.3 miles walking.

The sun was starting to come out, so we drove over to the Park Loop Road with our bicycles in tow. Acadia has miles of carriage roads that are closed to motor vehicles of all kinds, and are accessible for biking, walking and horse back riding only.  We rode our bikes around Eagle Lake and then up and around Witch Hole Pond.  We biked a total of 11.2 miles according to the carriage road map.

Taking a break to look at the views

Dappled sunlight on carriage road

Everyone we met was friendly, like a young dad who let us borrow his pump when our travel pump didn't work and our tires were low.  We met a family who were avid hikers and runners (we knew by each others' race shirts) who gave us a tip on where to hike the next day as well as what kind of ice cream to buy!


Once again, after a full day of activity, we got in some swimming at the hotel pool before heading out for something to eat.


I wanted to mention that we chose our hotel specifically for the pool and because it included a full hot breakfast.  We also brought bread, peanut butter and jelly from home to make lunches since we knew we would be out on the trails. I even remembered to bring aluminum foil!  Each day, my husband grabbed an  UBR Cinnamon Breakfast Cookie from the hotel breakfast as a snack. This is not an affiliate link, but he loved them and I figured they would be on Amazon.


Stay tuned for Part 3.