To the east, explore Milbridge, Harrington and Columbia Falls, quaint villages with rich histories. Heading further downeast from Mount Desert Island, you will find the Schoodic Peninsula with its towns of Gouldsboro and Winter Harbor. You might also like to visit the Schoodic Point and Isle au Haut, two areas of the park not located on Mount Desert Island. Discover Bar Harbor, with its shops, museums, and restaurants, as well as quaint towns such as Northeast Harbor, Southwest Harbor and Tremont. The Park Loop Road is the link to many of the interesting sites located within the park, including Sand Beach and Thunder Hole, a tidal cavern that allows trapped water to create booming water spouts that shoot up to 40 feet in the air. Visitors to the park will want to experience the carriage trails, maybe including a stop for popovers and tea in the afternoon. The second-most visited national park in the United States, Acadia is an impressive 35,000 acres in area and includes 41 miles of spectacular coastline. No Maine destination is as well known or visited as Acadia National Park on Mt. If you enjoy theater, you may want to check out the performances at the restored Grand Theater right on Main St. The shops and restaurants in Ellsworth’s quaint downtown are delightful for an afternoon stroll or to have a delicious dining experience. You will also want to visit Blue Hill itself with its small town charm and lovely shops and galleries.įurther to the west is Ellsworth.
Nearby is a half-mile-long suspension bridge spanning Eggemoggin Reach to Deer Isle and Stonington, one of Maine’s liveliest lobster towns. The town of Castine, home to the Maine Maritime Academy, is one of Maine’s historic jewels. The Blue Hill Peninsula is an area rich in beauty and renowned for its artist community and its rich maritime history. Folklore buffs might want to stop at the historic cemetery in town to see the grave of Jonathan Buck, with the footprint of a witch on his stone.
After you cross the bridge, you will enter the town of Bucksport. Accessible from Fort Knox, you will not want to miss the view from the top. This engineering marvel also boasts an observatory, over 400 feet high, from which you can see the entire region. Whale watching, hiking, biking, kayaking, canoeing and fishing are all part of what make the DownEast & Acadia Region special and our history is preserved through our historic homes, museums and historical societies.Īs you enter the region from the west, you will cross over the brand new Penobscot Narrows Bridge. The Oceanarium is an impressive sight with its 4.5 mill litres of sea water and 2-3000 fish, including the sunfish.Seafaring traditions and culture are still thriving in many of the coastal towns and villages. In the spring, the mackerel and the garfish live near the Danish coasts where anglers are eager to catch them. Herring, mackerel, horse mackerel and garfish do this – the fish simply hide between a large flock of peers. In the midwater there are no hiding places, and that is actually the reason why the fish form shoals in this area of the sea. The microscopic plants, the plankton algae, subsist on sunlight and get eaten by larger animals, which get eaten by larger fish – and so on. Here, the foundation of life in the sea begins.
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The midwater between the sea floor and the surface is full of life. litres of sea water, and this makes it Northern Europe’s largest aquarium. Fish shoals need a lot of space, and that is why the Oceanarium is shaped like an ellipse on 22 x 33 metres. Here, you are in the middle of the North Sea with the large shoals of fish and the special and famous sunfish.
Watch our large shoal of mackerels as they move around gracefully in the largest aquarium in Northern Europe.
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