Hike Cadillac Mountain
Emilie Phillips
Saturday after Thanksgiving, Tyson found a loop to Cadillac Mountain that we could hike from our rental cottage. It was great. We hiked from the cottage, down the road, and into the woods. The first part of the trail was a long boardwalk across a wetland. We found some of the flora described on the interpretive signs. Most were out of season. We skirted the long pond called The Tarn, with good views of Champlain Mountain from the day before. Then we headed up Ladder Trail.
Isaac was excited to climb iron rungs on more cliffs. Unfortunately, we found that “ladder” was optimistic marketing. It had a few ladders, but the dominant feature were endless granite stairs.
We ate lunch on Dorr Mountain. From there, we could see the smaller islands south and west of Mount Desert Island. We tried to identify as many as we could from the map.
Next we continued to Cadillac Mountain. A modest continent of folks had driven up to the summit. This peak gave better views of the bay to the north. We did a quick tour of the summit and then headed down the North Ridge Trail. The views weren’t captivating on a gray cloudy day.
Read about the rest of our Thanksgiving in Acadia National Park
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- Hiking from the rental cottage -- Comments (0)
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- Old road turned trail -- Comments (0)
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- Nature walk through the wetland -- Comments (0)
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- Emilie and Isaac reading the sign -- Comments (0)
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- Trail definitely maintained by the park service -- Comments (0)
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- A rock -- Comments (0)
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- Tyson and Isaac in a cave under the rock -- Comments (0)
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- Stairs on Ladder Trail -- Comments (0)
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- More stairs on Ladder Trail -- Comments (0)
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- Emilie squeezing through a narrow wet spot on Ladder Trail -- Comments (0)
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- Emilie climbing metal rungs with Champlain Mountain behind -- Comments (0)
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- Tyson -- Comments (0)
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- Unstable rocks -- Comments (0)
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- Emilie following Isaac out of a cave -- Comments (0)
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- Isaac in the cave -- Comments (0)
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- Tyson climbing Dorr Mountain -- Comments (0)
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- Emilie and Isaac on Dorr Mountain -- Comments (0)
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- The various porqupine islands -- Comments (0)
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- Notch between Dorr and Cadillac Mountains -- Comments (0)
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- Family photo on Cadillac Mountain -- Comments (0)
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- View south from Cadillac Mountain. -- Comments (0)
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- Descending the north ridge of Cadillac Mountain -- Comments (0)
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GPS Track
(distances are suspect on Tyson’s new phone GPS)
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