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HAER No. ME-13, "Rockefeller Carriage Roads, Mount Desert Island, Bar Harbor", 20 photos, 7 color transparencies, 4 measured drawings, 139 data pages, 3 photo caption pages HAER No. ME-31, " Cobblestone Bridge, Spanning Jordan Stream on Gardiner–Mitchell Hill–Jordan Stream Carriage Road, Seal Harbor ", 4 photos, 6 data pages, 1 photo ...
November 14, 1979 (Acadia National Park and vicinity: Acadia National Park: Network of scenic carriage roads with 13 bridges and two gatehouse complexes, established 1919–1931 by John D. Rockefeller Jr. for automobile-free recreation by high-society vacationers.
Bar Harbor is a resort town on Mount Desert Island in Hancock County, Maine, United States.As of the 2020 census, its population is 5,089. [3] The town is home to the College of the Atlantic, Jackson Laboratory, and MDI Biological Laboratory.
It runs for 5.84 miles (9.40 km) across the island to Bar Harbor, where it terminates at SR 3. SR 233 services Acadia National Park and provides a direct connection between Mount Desert and Bar Harbor, bypassing a 15.4-mile (24.8 km) section of SR 3 which loops the perimeter of the eastern lobe of the island. It is locally named Eagle Lake Road.
Blackwoods Campground is located on the east side of the island, closer to the most popular sites, the carriage roads, and Bar Harbor. Seawall Campground is on the less crowded west side of the island. [23] Schoodic Woods on the Schoodic Peninsula is the newest NPS campground, opened in 2015. [82]
Network of scenic carriage roads with 13 bridges and two gatehouse complexes, established 1919–1931 by John D. Rockefeller Jr. for automobile-free recreation by high-society vacationers. Now open to non-motorized use by the public.
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Park Loop Road is a scenic road through part of Acadia National Park in Maine, United States. 27 miles (43 km) long, [1] it traverses the eastern side of Mount Desert Island in a (mostly) one-way, clockwise direction, from Bar Harbor to Seal Harbor. The road is two-way for a section between Wildwood Stables, toward the middle of Mount Desert ...