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The Schoodic Peninsula is a peninsula in Down East Maine. It is located four miles (6 km) east of Bar Harbor, Maine , as the crow flies . The Schoodic Peninsula contains 2,266 acres (9 km 2 ), or approximately 5% of Acadia National Park .
The Island Explorer is a seasonal bus system which provides fare-free transportation on and near Mount Desert Island in Maine, United States.It is operated by Downeast Transportation and is largely intended to serve visitors to Acadia National Park as a means to reduce area traffic within the park and in area communities, including the Schoodic Peninsula.
Gouldsboro is a town and municipality in Hancock County, Maine, United States on the Schoodic Peninsula.The town was named for Robert Gould, a landholder in the town. [2] The town has many historically separate fishing villages, summer colonies and communities, including Birch Harbor, Prospect Harbor, South Gouldsboro, West Gouldsboro, Summer Harbor, Wonsqueak Harbor, Bunker's Harbor, Chicken ...
The Town serves as one of the crossroads of Eastern Maine, being adjacent to the Mount Desert Island, Ellsworth, Schoodic Peninsula, and Schoodic Foothills / Hog Bay Areas. With an incredible number of scenic spots overlooking MDI, Taunton & Frenchman's Bay, in addition to its location at the centre of the region, Hancock is a both an ...
The bay is bounded on the east by the Schoodic Peninsula and on the west by Mount Desert Island; parts of both are in Acadia National Park. It contains numerous islands, the largest of which is Ironbound Island. The highest elevation of the islands in the bay is found on Jordan Island.
Schoodic Education and Research Center. After the naval base on the Schoodic Peninsula closed in 2002, [92] the National Park Service (NPS) acquired the land and established the Schoodic Education and Research Center (SERC). The SERC campus is managed by the nonprofit Schoodic Institute and the NPS in a public-private partnership as one of 19 ...
Located in the Upper Schoodic Peninsula sub-region of Maine's Downeast Acadia region, the municipality has been known as [4] "Waukeag", [5] "New Bristol", and later Sullivan; and once included the nearby communities of Hancock, Sorrento, and what would later be (parts of Gouldsboro Point TWP, Tunk Lake TWP, the Schoodic Foothills, Hog Bay, and ...
After the base was closed in 2002, [3] the National Park Service (NPS) acquired the land and established the Schoodic Education and Research Center (SERC). The SERC campus is managed by the nonprofit Schoodic Institute and the NPS in a public-private partnership as one of 19 NPS research learning centers in the country.