Cadillac Mt, Bar Harbor

 Tuesday, September 8.2020 

Covid-19 Summer in Maine, travel log.

Off to Bar Harbor, Acadia NP and Cadillac Mt with Rena and Jan. 

Top of Cadillac Mt...360 view looking down on Bar Harbor . 

  

Bar Harbor is a town on Mount Desert Island in Hancock County, Maine, United States. Bar Harbor is a popular tourist destination in the Down East region of Maine and home to the College of the Atlantic, Jackson Laboratory, and MDI Biological Laboratory. Bar Harbor is home to the largest parts of Acadia National Park, including Cadillac Mountain, the highest point

Hanging out at Bar Harbor park.   

Lunch and view from Chart House...

Located just 2 miles from downtown Bar Harbor, in Hulls Cove, and right on the water, Chart Room diners enjoy spectacular views of the ocean and the Hulls Cove beach.

Hulls Cove. 

Chart House

Fort Knox 

Fort Knox, now Fort Knox State Park or Fort Knox State Historic Site, is located on the western bank of the Penobscot River in the town of Prospect, Maine, about 5 miles (8.0 km) from the mouth of the river. Built between 1844 and 1869, it was the first fort in Maine built entirely of granite; most previous forts used wood, earth, and stone.

Hawk Eye

The Penobscot Bridge site also is home to the Penobscot Narrows Observatory, the first bridge observation tower in the United States and the tallest public bridge observatory in the world. The tower reaches 420 feet (128 m) into the air and allows visitors to view the bridge, the nearby Fort Knox State Historic Site , the Penobscot River , and Bay .