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Acadia National Park
Hiking - Strenuous

Beehive Trail

Description: Cliffs, iron rungs on open ledges
Begin and End at: 100 feet north of Sand Beach Parking Area
Round Trip Distance: 0.8 miles / 1.3. km

Cadillac Mountain South Ridge Trail

Description: Forest opening to gentle granite ascent
Begin and End at: 100 feet south of Blackwoods Campground entrance (Route 3)
Round Trip Distance: 7.4 miles / 11.8 km

Champlain Mountain (Beachcroft Trail)

Description: Rocky open slopes
Begin and End at: North end of The Tarn (Route 3)
Round Trip Distance: 2.4 miles / 3.8 km

Precipice Trail

Description: Cliffs, open ledges. Iron rungs and ladders, very steep.
Begin and End at: Precipice Parking Area
Round Trip Distance: 1.6 miles / 2.6 km

Pemetic Mountain Trail

Description: Forest, sometimes along rocky stream
Begin and End at: Bubble Pond Parking Area
Round Trip Distance: 2.4 miles / 3.8 km

Acadia Mountain Trail

Description: Mostly open, with views, steep descent to fire road
Begin and End at: Acadia Mountain Parking Area (Route 102)
Round Trip Distance: 2.5 miles / 4.0 km

Norumbega Mountain (Goat Trail)

Description: Ascent: Woods to ledges / Descent: softwood forest
Begin and End at: North of Upper Hadlock Pond (Route 198)
Round Trip Distance: 1.0 mile / 1.6 km

Mansell Mountain (Perpendicular Trail)

Description: Rocky stairsteep
Begin and End at: South end of Long Pond (near Southwest Harbor)
Round Trip Distance: 2.0 miles / 3.2 km

See also a 5-mile loop route for Mansell Mountain.

Dorr Mountain

Description: Canon Brook to Murray Young Path to Dorr Summit. Forest to steep granite ascent
Begin and End at: Canon Brook Parking Lot (Route 3)
Round Trip Distance: 4.8 miles / 7.7 km

See alternative route for Dorr Mountain—a 7.8-mile hike.

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