We took our last trip into Bar Harbor for a lunch at Paddy’s, the pricey Irish place on the edge of the Bay. And after lunch we hiked across the land bridge to Bar Island and the took the trail around the outside of the village.
It was a beautiful day at about 74 degrees and we walked 4.6 mostly easy miles. Fortunately, there were no cruise ships in town, so we just enjoyed a nice peaceful walk.
We took the free Island Explorer bus again from the Narrows Too Camp Resort into the village. The 40 minute ride soon became a full bus with many people standing and holding onto the ceiling rail, subway style. We were lucky that our stop is the 2nd out of 6 to pick up folks.
Bar Island
Bar Island is a small tidal island directly north of Bar Harbor and is only accessible by foot during low tide. They have many warnings posted to make sure that you are off the island at least 1.5 hours before high tide.
The uninhabited island is part of the Acadia Park system and has several trails around it. It is forested in mostly pine and birch trees and rocky paths.
It was interesting that after our one hour hike on the island that the land bridge had shrunk to a sliver of the width as the tide was coming back in.
Bar Harbor Lunch
Lunch at Paddy’s again. We ate there soon after arriving and Pat had a great steak salad, so we both tried it again.
I was able to pick up a couple more caps for my collection and Pat bought a cute kitchen towel for souvenirs.
Then it was back to the bus stop for our trip back to the campground.
This mountain trail started in the popular Echo Lake parking lot. It is rated at moderate, but I would think it should be more of an aggressive/advanced hike. The trail was mostly very rugged, stone steps that were in switchback formation to get you to the top of the 839 foot summit.
At one switchback, the stairs were less than a foot wide with a 100 foot drop off. We kept going, but started to have some doubts at this point. We safely finished it and saw one guy doing the rocky hike barefooted. Very strange.
This may wrap up the blogs from Northeast Maine, unless I can think of something that was missed. It was a busy month with many things to see and do while here, although we did have many down days of relaxing at the campground.
On Friday, we drive south to Boothbay for an overnighter, then on to Hampton NH for a couple of nights, then to Connecticut.
Take care and God Bless.
It sounds like you would not have had an issue spending more time in Maine. It was fun to follow along. I think it is on the top of my must visit list for the east coast.
Safe travels when heading south!! Keep the painted side up and between the fence posts.
Thanks Robert!
Awesome looking part of the country. My friends John and Donna Livesy (federl-mogul guy) are there now also. Maybe you’ll run into them. Keep that fun going!
We must have passed the Livesy’s on Hwy 1 as just left Bar Harbor today! They will enjoy it, I’m sure.
Sure enjoyed reading and seeing the pics!
Thanks Laura!