![]() ![]() Located in the heart of Bar Harbor, the Village Green is a short walk to many restaurants, stores, hotels, and waterfront. The road is not very busy, but there is no sidewalk and not much of a shoulder. Note: Use caution when walking along Ledgelawn Avenue and Great Meadow Drive. ![]() 4 mile where becomes a gravel trail and soon leads to the Sieur de Monts Area. Interpretive waysides provide hikers with engaging facts about the wildlife and ecology in the area. Keep an eye out for the impressive variety of lichen, fungus and mosses adhering to the bark of these trees. Visitors can stop at the several benches along the way to rest and take in the beauty and listen the bird song and chatter. The boardwalk runs through a wetland area filled with red maple, yellow and white birch, sedges, and ferns. 2 mile it intersects with the Jessup Path, turn left onto the Jessup Path boardwalk. Return to the Great Meadow Loop Trail and continue until the Hemlock Road Trail enters from the left. Turn left and cross the Park Loop Road there are no crosswalks, so use caution.įollow the Hemlock Road Trail crossing the Great Meadow under a lovely arbor of grey birch and more views of the surrounding meadow. This is a great place for photos as the water in the creek reflects the meadow and the mountains adding to the beauty. After crossing a wooden footbridge, a short spur trail leads left to the Park Loop Road where an expansive view stretches across the Great Meadow with Champlain Mountain and Dorr Mountain in the distance. The trail then turns right and crosses the road where it enters a small wetland and passes over Cromwell Brook. The take the trail as it parallels the road for about. Directly across from the sign the Great Meadow Loop Trail begins at the left. Go past the trail and continue down the road and soon a sign indicates the boundary of Acadia National Park. Continue down Great Meadow Drive and about a half mile later the Great Meadow Loop Trail begins from the right. The road cuts through a forest of a variety trees such as white ash, eastern white pine, and red maple. Keep walking south until the intersection of Cromwell Harbor Road cross the road and use caution as there is no crosswalk.Ĭontinue straight on Ledgelawn Avenue and take the green foot bridge across the Cromwell Brook where the road soon becomes Great Meadow Drive. Walk along Mount Desert Street for three blocks and turn left on Ledgelawn Avenue. ![]() Hiking: From the Village Green Island Explorer bus stop, walk south on Kennebeck Place to Mount Desert Street and turn right. ![]()
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