Ultimate Acadia : 50 Reasons to Visit Maine's National Park.
Wright, Virginia M.
Ultimate Acadia : 50 Reasons to Visit Maine's National Park. - 2nd ed. - 1 online resource (128 pages)
Ultimate Acadia -- INTRODUCTION -- PARK LOOP ROAD IS MAINE'S MOST SCENIC DRIVE -- ANYONE CAN WALK THE OCEAN PATH -- SAND BEACH IS 290 YARDS OF PARADISE... -- BAR HARBOR IS A FESTIVAL ALL SUMMER LONG -- THE BUBBLES ARE BEAUTY EMBODIED -- YOU CAN DINE LIKE A RUSTICATOR AT JORDAN POND HOUSE... -- THUNDER HOLE THRILLS -- YOU CAN CLIMB TO GREAT HEIGHTS -- YOU'LL SEE GREAT ARCHITECTURE IN THE WOODS -- SCHOODIC PENINSULA BELONGS TO THE CURIOUS (AND LUCKY) FEW -- THE WAVES HAVE SCULPTED NATURAL WONDERS -- FLORA AND FAUNA ABOUND -- THE BIRD-WATCHING IS FIRST RATE -- THE PEREGRINE FALCONS HAVE RETURNED -- THERE ARE SECRET BEACHES -- YOU CAN RIDE THE CARRIAGE ROADS, ROCKEFELLER STYLE -- THE OCEAN SERENADES YOU AS YOU HIKE -- YOU CAN SLEEP UNDER THE STARS -- THE QUIET SIDE REALLY IS QUIET -- THE RANGERS WILL ENTERTAIN (AND TEACH) YOU -- LIFE'S A PICNIC -- THAR SHE BLOWS! -- OTTER CLIFF WILL TAKE YOUR BREATH AWAY -- GREAT HEAD IS NO ORDINARY DAY AT THE BEACH -- THERE ARE SEA CAVES IN THE MOUNTAINS -- YOU GET THE LONG VIEW ON CHAMPLAIN MOUNTAIN -- EVEN THE CAIRNS HAVE A RUSTIC BEAUTY -- BASS HARBOR HEAD LIGHT HAS STORIES TO TELL -- THE TRAILS ARE A REAL-LIFE GAME OF CHUTES AND LADDERS -- WONDERLAND IS WONDERFUL. SHIP HARBOR, TOO -- ON ISLE AU HAUT, YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE THE ONLY SOUL AROUND -- THE MOUNTAINS ARE BALD, SO THE VIEWS ARE GREAT -- YOU CAN BAG THREE PEAKS IN ONE MILE -- THE PRECIPICE IS A GIANT JUNGLE GYM -- THE BOWL IS PERFECTLY NAMED -- SOMES SOUND. NEED WE SAY MORE? -- THE QUIET SIDE HAS GREAT HIKES, TOO -- YOU CAN GET A TASTE OF HISTORY AT SEA -- MOUNT DESERT (THE TOWN) HAS MULTIPLE PERSONALITIES -- WHERE ELSE CAN YOU SEE A CROQUET TOURNAMENT? -- LOBSTERMEN STILL MAKE A LIVING IN TREMONT -- THERE ARE 2,600 ACRES OF LAKES AND PONDS -- A CADILLAC MOUNTAIN SUNRISE IS WORTH GETTING UP FOR... -- YOU CAN TRAVEL TO THE STARS -- ACADIA FACTS. ACADIA TIMELINE.
Ultimate Acadia is the essential book about Maine's Mount Desert Island, providing everything you need to know to make the most of your time there. Thoroughly revised and updated, the book is compiled as a kind of bucket list, suggesting 50 things to do and see to make the absolute most of your time in Acadia National Park, Bar Harbor, and the surrounding villages and environs. It includes history, natural history, geology, profiles of prominent and popular institutions, and loads of useful insider information. This fun, accessible guide is the book to buy before you go to Acadia, and the book to take with you when you leave.
9781608935840
Acadia National Park (Me.)--Guidebooks.
Electronic books.
F27.M9 -- .W754 2016eb
974.1/45
Ultimate Acadia : 50 Reasons to Visit Maine's National Park. - 2nd ed. - 1 online resource (128 pages)
Ultimate Acadia -- INTRODUCTION -- PARK LOOP ROAD IS MAINE'S MOST SCENIC DRIVE -- ANYONE CAN WALK THE OCEAN PATH -- SAND BEACH IS 290 YARDS OF PARADISE... -- BAR HARBOR IS A FESTIVAL ALL SUMMER LONG -- THE BUBBLES ARE BEAUTY EMBODIED -- YOU CAN DINE LIKE A RUSTICATOR AT JORDAN POND HOUSE... -- THUNDER HOLE THRILLS -- YOU CAN CLIMB TO GREAT HEIGHTS -- YOU'LL SEE GREAT ARCHITECTURE IN THE WOODS -- SCHOODIC PENINSULA BELONGS TO THE CURIOUS (AND LUCKY) FEW -- THE WAVES HAVE SCULPTED NATURAL WONDERS -- FLORA AND FAUNA ABOUND -- THE BIRD-WATCHING IS FIRST RATE -- THE PEREGRINE FALCONS HAVE RETURNED -- THERE ARE SECRET BEACHES -- YOU CAN RIDE THE CARRIAGE ROADS, ROCKEFELLER STYLE -- THE OCEAN SERENADES YOU AS YOU HIKE -- YOU CAN SLEEP UNDER THE STARS -- THE QUIET SIDE REALLY IS QUIET -- THE RANGERS WILL ENTERTAIN (AND TEACH) YOU -- LIFE'S A PICNIC -- THAR SHE BLOWS! -- OTTER CLIFF WILL TAKE YOUR BREATH AWAY -- GREAT HEAD IS NO ORDINARY DAY AT THE BEACH -- THERE ARE SEA CAVES IN THE MOUNTAINS -- YOU GET THE LONG VIEW ON CHAMPLAIN MOUNTAIN -- EVEN THE CAIRNS HAVE A RUSTIC BEAUTY -- BASS HARBOR HEAD LIGHT HAS STORIES TO TELL -- THE TRAILS ARE A REAL-LIFE GAME OF CHUTES AND LADDERS -- WONDERLAND IS WONDERFUL. SHIP HARBOR, TOO -- ON ISLE AU HAUT, YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE THE ONLY SOUL AROUND -- THE MOUNTAINS ARE BALD, SO THE VIEWS ARE GREAT -- YOU CAN BAG THREE PEAKS IN ONE MILE -- THE PRECIPICE IS A GIANT JUNGLE GYM -- THE BOWL IS PERFECTLY NAMED -- SOMES SOUND. NEED WE SAY MORE? -- THE QUIET SIDE HAS GREAT HIKES, TOO -- YOU CAN GET A TASTE OF HISTORY AT SEA -- MOUNT DESERT (THE TOWN) HAS MULTIPLE PERSONALITIES -- WHERE ELSE CAN YOU SEE A CROQUET TOURNAMENT? -- LOBSTERMEN STILL MAKE A LIVING IN TREMONT -- THERE ARE 2,600 ACRES OF LAKES AND PONDS -- A CADILLAC MOUNTAIN SUNRISE IS WORTH GETTING UP FOR... -- YOU CAN TRAVEL TO THE STARS -- ACADIA FACTS. ACADIA TIMELINE.
Ultimate Acadia is the essential book about Maine's Mount Desert Island, providing everything you need to know to make the most of your time there. Thoroughly revised and updated, the book is compiled as a kind of bucket list, suggesting 50 things to do and see to make the absolute most of your time in Acadia National Park, Bar Harbor, and the surrounding villages and environs. It includes history, natural history, geology, profiles of prominent and popular institutions, and loads of useful insider information. This fun, accessible guide is the book to buy before you go to Acadia, and the book to take with you when you leave.
9781608935840
Acadia National Park (Me.)--Guidebooks.
Electronic books.
F27.M9 -- .W754 2016eb
974.1/45