HISTORY AND CULTURE
THE FIRE OF 47 STARTED NEAR THIS PART OF BAR HARBOR WHERE WE ARE TODAY
WHAT IS HULLS COVE
CONSTRUCTED BETWEEN 1913 AND 1940, THESE WIDE GRAVEL PATHS COVER HOW MANY MILES IN ACADIA?
WHAT IS 45 MILES
THIS IS THE "COMMON" BLACK AND WHITE BIRD THAT PEOPLE MIGHT SEE ON LAKES AND PONDS, OR HEAR IN THE EVENING
WHAT IS A COMMON LOON?
THANKS TO THE VOLCANIC HISTORY DATING BACK 420 MILLION YEARS, THIS TYPE OF ROCK IS FOUND THROUGHOUT MOUNT DESERT ISLAND.
WHAT IS GRANITE?
THIS TERM REFERS TO THE SEASONAL VISITORS WHO TRAVELED TO MOUNT DESERT ISLAND FROM NEW YORK AND BOSTON DURING THE 1840S - 1920S.
WHAT ARE RUSTICATORS (SOMETIMES "COTTAGERS")
THE CARRIAGE ROADS ARE USED BY THESE THREE MAIN GROUPS.
WHAT ARE PEDESTRIANS, BICYCLISTS, AND HORSES?
THE MOST ABUNDANT WARBLER ON MOUNT DESERT ISLAND
WHAT IS THE BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER
THE TYPE OF SURFACE YOU SOHULD AVOID HIKING ON IF IT IS RAINGING FOGGY OR WET
WHAT IS GRANITE
THIS LARGE GLACIAL ERRATIC WAS CARRIED BY GLACIERS OVER 50 MILES AND NOW SITS ON A CLIFFSIDE OVERLOOKING JORDAN POND.
WHAT IS BUBBLE ROCK?
THIS RESOURCE USED BY INDIGENOUS PEOPLE TO BUILD CANOES WAS ALSO USED IN THE DECORATION OF THE ORIGINAL JORDAN POND HOUSE WHICH BURNED IN 1979
WHAT IS BIRCH BARK?
BEATRIX FERRAND, A LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT, USED THESE TYPES OF PLANTS TO REPAIR THE VEGETATION ALONG THE CARRIAGE ROADS.
WHAT ARE NATIVE PLANTS AND TREES?
THIS EDIBLE PLANT THAT LIKES ACIDIC SOIL AND BOREAL CLIMATES GROWS ALONG MANY OF ACADIA'S TRAILS
WHAT IS BLUEBERRY
THE AMOUNT OF TIME IT TAKES TO DRIVE THE PARK LOOP ROAD WITHOUT STOPPING AND WITHOUT CADILLAC MOUNTAIN
WHAT IS 1 HOUR
THIS GLACIAL PERIOD, RESPONSIBLE FOR ACADIA'S U-SHAPED VALLEYS, SHARES ITS NAME WITH A MIDWESTERN STATE.
WHAT IS THE WISCONSIN GLACIATION?
THIS LANDMARK IN ACADIA WAS NAMED FOR TWO BROTHERS WHO OWNED A SAWMILL NEARBY
WHAT IS JORDAN POND
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER JR. DESCRIBED THIS TYPE OF NEW-FANGLED TRANSPORTATION AS "NOXIOUS, NOISY...AND UNRELIABLE"
WHAT IS THE AUTOMOBILE?
THIS TREE THAT PRODUCES ACORNS IS THE MOST COMMON OF THE TWO OAK SPECIES IN ACADIA
WHAT IS RED OAK
WHAT IS BLACKWOODS SERVICE ROAD
DURING THE LAST GLACIATION PERIOD, GLACIERS REACHED THIS HEIGHT ABOVE THE MOUNTAINS CAUSING EXTREME PRESSURE AND FRACTURING OF THE ROCKS.
WHAT IS 1 MILE?
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES HAVE INHABITED THE LANDS WE NOW CALL MAINE FOR THOUSANDS OF GENERATIONS. TODAY THESE 5 TRIBES MAKE UP THE WABANAKI CONFEDERACY.
MALISEET, MI'KMAQ, PASSAMAQUODDY, PENOBSCOT AND ABANAKI
IT IS THE ONLY BRIDGE THAT IS NAMED AFTER THE MATERIAL OF WHICH IT IS CONTRUCTED.
WHAT IS COBBLESTONE BRIDGE?
THE ONLY MEMBER OF LAGOMORPHA IN THE PARK
WHAT IS THE SNOWSHOE HARE
WITH THE EARLIEST SUNRISE TIME IN ACADIA BEING 4:45AM THIS IS THE WINDOW OF TIME THAT VISITORS ARE ALLOWED TO ENTER CADILLAC WITH SUNRISE RESERVATIONS
WHAT IS 4AM-5:30AM
THIS MINERAL PROVIDES THE DISTINCT PINK COLOR SEEN IN CADILLAC MOUNTAIN GRANITE
WHAT IS FELDSPAR?