6/9/2023 0 Comments Mushroom wars audio loop![]() About two miles from Blueberry Hill parking Area, the park ends at Wonsqueak Harbor. You can reach the summit of this 180 foot promontory via the trail which starts across the road from the parking lot. To your right is Little Moose Island, behind you and across the road is a steep slope called The Anvil. If you look towards the ocean, Schoodic Island emerges. Along this windswept coast, huge granite ledges turn Atlantic Ocean waves into lofty geysers and dark-colored basaltic dikes intrude between slabs of pink granite.Īfter leaving Schoodic point, bear right and follow the road - one-way again - until you reach Blueberry Hill Parking Area, about one mile beyond Schoodic point. Returning to the main road, keep right at the intersection past the entrance to the Schoodic Institute. On a clear day, from the summit, vistas of the ocean, forests, and mountains claim your attention. Although you can drive up the one mile road, you may choose to walk. This is a narrow gravel road, so please exercise caution when meeting traffic. From these turnouts you can see Mount Desert Island and enjoy views of lobster boats, wheeling gulls, and forest-draped islands.Ībout two and one half miles from the picnic area, an unmarked trail ascends to the top (440 feet) of Schoodic Head. There are automobile turnouts for viewing along the way. Leaving the picnic area, the park road is one-way and parallels the western shore of the peninsula leading to Schoodic Point. Next you will pass the Frazer Point Picnic Area, with tables, fire rings, comfort stations, and drinking water along with seacoast views of islands, coves and rocky beaches. Exploring the Schoodic PeninsulaĪfter passing through the town of Winter Harbor and entering the park, you will pass the Schoodic Woods Campground and Ranger Station. The Schoodic Peninsula is also home to the Schoodic Research Learning Center, a place for science and learning operating in cooperative partnership with the Schoodic Insitutute. It is about an hour drive from the Hulls Cove Visitor Center on Mount Desert Island. It is intentionally managed by Acadia National Park as a minimally-developed, low-visitation area. Although similar in scenic splendor to portions of Mount Desert Island, the Schoodic Peninsula is a more secluded area. It boasts granite headlands that bear erosional scars of storm waves and flood tides. The Schoodic Peninsula is the only part of Acadia National Park found on the mainland.
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