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3496Sieur de Monts Spring
  • Reference
  • Places, Spring
  • Acadia National Park
  • Sieur de Monts Spring
3499Great Head
  • Reference
  • Places, Shore
  • Acadia National Park
  • Great Head
Great Head is located near Sand Beach in Acadia National Park. The area was owned in the early 1900s by the Satterlee family and they built an observatory and a tea house on the point. The ruins of the structure remain. J.P. Morgan had purchased 110 acres on the Maine coast at Mount Desert including Great Head, now given to Acadia National Park, as a gift for his daughter, Louisa. She and her husband Herbert Satterlee had built their country home there and enjoyed it for many years.
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Great Head is located near Sand Beach in Acadia National Park. The area was owned in the early 1900s by the Satterlee family and they built an observatory and a tea house on the point. The ruins of the structure remain. J.P. Morgan had purchased 110 acres on the Maine coast at Mount Desert including Great Head, now given to Acadia National Park, as a gift for his daughter, Louisa. She and her husband Herbert Satterlee had built their country home there and enjoyed it for many years. [show more]
3503Beech Mountain and Beech Cliff
  • Reference
  • Places, Mountain
  • Acadia National Park
  • Beech Mountain
3504Echo Lake
  • Reference
  • Places, Lake
  • Acadia National Park
  • Echo Lake
Echo Lake is located on the western side of Mount Desert Island. The lake is a popular swimming area and is surrounded by hiking trails on the nearby mountains.
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Echo Lake is located on the western side of Mount Desert Island. The lake is a popular swimming area and is surrounded by hiking trails on the nearby mountains.
3613Brown Mountain Gate Lodge
  • Reference
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Lodge
  • Acadia National Park
One of two gate lodges (the other being the Jordan Pond Gate Lodge) built for John D. Rockefeller Jr. to serve as entry points to his system of carriage roads and to guard against the entry of automobiles. The Brown Mountain Gate Lodge is the larger of the two, with a small complex consisting of a gate house, carriage house, and a care taker's house. The carriage road no longer passes through the grand gate. The two lodges were designed by Grosvenor Atterbury, a New York architect who had previously designed the Congregational Church in Seal Harbor. Atterbury shared Rockefeller's dedication to philanthropy and was one of the few architects to study and use light and ventilation in tenement buildings. These lodges allowed Atterbury to design for the aesthetics of a grand estate and the purpose of housing the working class families that cared for the carriage roads. The gate lodges were subsequently given to Acadia National Park along with the system of carriage roads. In the years since, they have served as housing for park employees. While they are no longer necessary to guard against the entry of automobiles, they serve as a reminder of this long tradition and as architectural gems within the Park.
Description:
One of two gate lodges (the other being the Jordan Pond Gate Lodge) built for John D. Rockefeller Jr. to serve as entry points to his system of carriage roads and to guard against the entry of automobiles. The Brown Mountain Gate Lodge is the larger of the two, with a small complex consisting of a gate house, carriage house, and a care taker's house. The carriage road no longer passes through the grand gate. The two lodges were designed by Grosvenor Atterbury, a New York architect who had previously designed the Congregational Church in Seal Harbor. Atterbury shared Rockefeller's dedication to philanthropy and was one of the few architects to study and use light and ventilation in tenement buildings. These lodges allowed Atterbury to design for the aesthetics of a grand estate and the purpose of housing the working class families that cared for the carriage roads. The gate lodges were subsequently given to Acadia National Park along with the system of carriage roads. In the years since, they have served as housing for park employees. While they are no longer necessary to guard against the entry of automobiles, they serve as a reminder of this long tradition and as architectural gems within the Park. [show more]
3684Thunder Hole
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  • Places, Shore
  • Acadia National Park
Thunder Hole is a naturally occurring inlet between Great Head and Otter Creak Point. The shape of the rock formation can cause the waves to sound like thunder at the right time in the tide. Thunder Hole is part of Acadia National Park.
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Thunder Hole is a naturally occurring inlet between Great Head and Otter Creak Point. The shape of the rock formation can cause the waves to sound like thunder at the right time in the tide. Thunder Hole is part of Acadia National Park.
13869Bernard Mountain
West Peak
Western Mountain
  • Reference
  • Places, Mountain
  • Acadia National Park
  • Western Mountain
Bernard Mountain
West Peak
Western Mountain
14130Schooner Head
  • Reference
  • Places, Shore
  • Acadia National Park
  • Schooner Head
Note: While Schooner Head is completely surrounded by Acadia National Park, it is privately owned and not part of the park.
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Note: While Schooner Head is completely surrounded by Acadia National Park, it is privately owned and not part of the park.
14132Newport Mountain, later Champlain Mountain
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  • Places, Mountain
  • Acadia National Park
  • Champlain Mountain
14234Duck Brook Carriage Road Bridge
  • Reference
  • Structures, Transportation, Bridge, Carriage Road Bridge
  • Acadia National Park
3500Jordan Pond House
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Restaurant
  • Acadia National Park
15366Gladys Ella Whitmore's Cabin at Echo Lake
  • Reference
  • Structures, Dwellings, Camp House
  • Acadia National Park
  • Echo Lake
13272Ocean Drive - Acadia National Park
  • Reference
  • Places, Shore
  • Acadia National Park
13431Pulpit Rock
  • Reference
  • Places
  • Acadia National Park
  • Cadillac Mountain
13438Jordan Pond
  • Reference
  • Places, Lake
  • Acadia National Park
13466Green Mountain, later Cadillac Mountain
Bald Mountain
  • Reference
  • Places, Mountain
  • Acadia National Park
  • Cadillac Mountain
13524Precipice Trail
  • Reference
  • Places, Hiking Trail
  • Acadia National Park
  • Precipice Trail
13729Wonderland
  • Reference
  • Places
  • Acadia National Park
  • Wonderland
13734Flying Mountain
  • Reference
  • Places, Mountain
  • Acadia National Park
  • Flying Mountain
13773Sand Beach
  • Reference
  • Places, Shore
  • Acadia National Park
  • Sand Beach
12904Otter Point and Otter Cliff
  • Reference
  • Places
  • Acadia National Park
  • Otter Point
12905Otter Cliff Radio Station
  • Reference
  • Places
  • Structures, Other Structures, Radio Station
  • Acadia National Park
  • Otter Point
12974US Naval Radio Station at Seawall
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  • Places
  • Structures, Other Structures, Radio Station
  • Acadia National Park
The station was located on what later became the Seawall Camp Ground. "John Dolliver had a house farther to the west [from Enoch Newman’s place at Seawall] which he sold to United States Government and it was burned a few years ago. The radio station and house were built during the World War and the station was dismantled some years after the war was over. The radio house as it is still called, is owned by United States and in the care of Park authorities." - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 205.
Description:
The station was located on what later became the Seawall Camp Ground. "John Dolliver had a house farther to the west [from Enoch Newman’s place at Seawall] which he sold to United States Government and it was burned a few years ago. The radio station and house were built during the World War and the station was dismantled some years after the war was over. The radio house as it is still called, is owned by United States and in the care of Park authorities." - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 205. [show more]
13018Wildwood Farm
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  • Places
  • Acadia National Park
13091Anemone Cave
  • Reference
  • Places
  • Acadia National Park
  • Schooner Head

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