Hidden Gems in Bar Harbor
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Hidden Gems
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Bar Harbor, ME
Schoodic Point
Located on the Schoodic Peninsula, this is the only mainland section of Acadia National Park. The broad, flat granite ledges meet the open Atlantic, producing spectacular wave action during storms. Dark diabase dikes cut through the pink granite, creating striking geological patterns.
morningspring · summer
Hidden Gems
14
Bar Harbor, ME
Somes Sound
Often described as the only fjord on the U.S. Atlantic coast, Somes Sound is a narrow glacially carved inlet that nearly bisects Mount Desert Island. Steep forested mountains rise on both sides of the deep, sheltered waterway. The sound extends approximately five miles inland from the ocean.
morningsummer · fall