Schoodic2: Acadia Nat'l Park

Left Sorrento and got back on US 1 until I reached the Schoodic Peninsula. That portion of Route 1 and Route 186 down the peninsula is known as a National Scenic Byway. It is beautiful and didn't have the traffic found around the entrance of Acadia National Park on Mt. Desert Island.

Eventually traveled through Winter Harbor, Me. A very cute village, bustling with activity. There's plenty of shops plus an IGA Foodliner, but I didn't hang out long because I wanted to get into Acadia National Park.  

Confused?  Well, the Acadia National Park is not all contiguous.  There are actually a number of parts on Mt Desert, a few islands and a hunk of land on the mainland.  Yup, it's on the end of Schoodic Peninsula and extends to the very tip known as Schoodic Point.  From there, you see the rocky coastline and the open ocean but also Mt. Desert Island to the west with Cadillac Mountain standing tall.

A double lane one-way road meanders through the Park with plenty of twisties and not a single bump or pothole. The views of Frenchman Bay, then Schoodic Point and finally Gouldsboro Bay on the west side are incredible. I think it's now my favorite part of Acadia National Park.