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Acadia National Park Maine

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Hiking and parking in a national park is always best if you start early. We head up the Beehive; one of Acadia’s most popular hikes at eight. It’s less than a six hundred foot climb overall but it’s thirty five degrees or steeper for at least half the scramble up. Hundreds of feet of the trail are straight up or close to it. We tightly grasp smooth metal handles embedded in the rock to aid access. The views are well worth the climb. Ferries and lobster boats track back and forth over flat seas beneath us.

A pond we passed earlier, filled with croaking frogs in mating mode, now lies far below us, a silent blue-green oval. Islands dot the horizon for a full two hundred degrees or more around us. The blue cloudless sky offers no protection from the sun up here, but we don’t seek shade since it’s nice and cool.
After an hour we head down, then stroll over the sandy beach to sunbathe. More Pictures

acadia National Park beehive hike view of the ocean

Above: Acadia National Park beehive hike view of the ocean. You can see the beach we will swim at later in the week.

picture of lobster boat in acadia national park maine

picture from beehive hike acadia national park maine

Above: Picture of Beehive trail overlooking Sand Beach. Not quite to the peak but getting very close.

acadia national park cadillac mountain sunrise picture

Above: Sunrise party for the early birds on Cadillac Mountain in Acadia National Park.

picture of sand beach acadia national park maine

Above: Panoramic picture of beautiful Sand Beach in Acadia National Park. The sandy beach park is crowded with families back behind us sunbathing, though not a single person swims in the clear fifty-degree water.

picture of thunder hole acadia national park maine

Above: Picture of Thunder Hole in Acadia Park. Unfortunately we didn't see or hear any thunder.

picture at echo lake acadia national park maine

Above: Picture of Echo Lake in Acadia National Park. The lake water is much more refreshing compared to the cold ocean temperatures.

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