Schoodic Peninsula
Across Frenchman Bay to the east of Bar Harbor, Schoodic Peninsula sticks out into the Gulf of Maine south of Maine Route 186.
Seawall
The Seawall area, along Route 102A as it circles between Bass Harbor and Southwest Harbor, provides Acadia National Park visitors their access to the ocean on the western half of Mount Desert Island.
Somes Sound
The five-mile-long body of water that divides the eastern and western halves of Mount Desert Island, like the town of Somesville at its northern end, is named for Abraham Somes, one of the first settlers on the island.
Echo Lake
The 237-acre Echo Lake, nestled in a scenic wooded area at the base of the Beech Mountain cliffs, has an average depth of 66 feet.
Eagle Lake
The 437-acre Eagle Lake is the largest ‘pond’ wholly within the boundaries of Acadia National Park.
Frenchman Bay
One cruising guide calls Frenchman (not Frenchman’s) “Maine’s most dramatic bay.”
Gulf of Maine
The Gulf of Maine, a unique ‘sea within a sea’ up to 1,500 feet deep, is sometimes called “New England’s own ocean.”