Maine ❤️ Acadia Cadillac Mountain
Getting into Acadia Natiknal Park takes a little pre-planning. One needs their National Park Pass, but also a private car pass, and timed entry pass for certain places in a park.
Thanks to Ron we have the Gold NP Pass, but I had to go online and purchase the car pass, $35 for a week plus $4 for the 30 min window to get up to Caddilac Mountain. I believe all this was set up for crowd control as Acadia is not very big but over 4 Million people visit each year. So if one wants to visit National Parks nowadays remember to leave some spontaneity at home and plan ahead. Check the Website for reservations as many checkpoints don't do transactions and will turn people around.
It was a beautiful drive up and amazing views towards the East. I admit I wanted to go for the sunset ‘lottery’ as one has to apply but there are so many other things to discover that I put it on the shelve.
We will be here in Bar Harbor for 8 days and the race is on for me to get in as much as possible. We already had one rainy day on Wednsday and another is forecast for Monday.
Thanks to Wikipedia I can bring you the stats much better then if I wrote it all. Honestly, a big tank you to Wikipedia who is such a powerful resource when traveling.
| Cadillac Mountain | |
|---|---|
 Cadillac Mountain from Champlain Mountain | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 1,527 ft (465 m) NAVD 88[1] |
| Prominence | 1,527 ft (465 m)[1] |
| Coordinates | 44°21′05″N 68°13′35″W[2] |
| Geography | |
| Location | Hancock County, Maine, U.S. |
| Topo map | USGS Seal Harbor |
| Climbing | |
| Easiest route | Paved road or marked hiking trails |
Cadillac Mountain is located on Mount Desert Island, within Acadia National Park, in the U.S. state of Maine. With an elevation of 1,530 feet (470 meters), its summit is the highest point in Hancock County and the highest within 25 miles (40 km) of the Atlantic shoreline of the North American continent between the Cape Breton Highlands, Nova Scotia, and peaks in Mexico.[3] It is known as the first place in the continental U.S. to see the sunrise, although that is only true for a portion of the year.
History
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Cadillac Mountain was originally inhabited by the Wabanaki People or the "People of the Dawn Land."[4] The Wabanaki Confederacy consists of four tribes: Maliseet, Micmac, Passamaquoddy, and Penobscot.[5] Mount Desert Island provided the Wabanaki with a place to meet, trade, fish, and hunt.[4] Before its name Green Mountain, it was thought the natives referred to the mountain as the Passamaquoddy word Pesamkuk.[4] Additional research indicates that Pesamkuk refers to Mount Desert Island in general,[6] and the name of the mountain itself was Wapuwoc, meaning "white mountain of the first light."[7]. In the 1500s, the natives were confronted with European colonization; however, they withstood the confrontation and continue to inhabit the land today.[4]
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